Toddler's milk for flights

[curlyrebel]

Hello,
We are travelling to Australia next week with our one and a half year old. She drinks cows milk (around 4 bottles a day).
Our first leg is to Hong Kong then we have 24 hours there before the last leg to Melbourne.
I don't think it's a good idea to carry more than 2 bottles of fresh milk for the journey. So has anyone got any suggestions on what we should take instead?
I don't imagine we could carry long life milk in our hand luggage so I guess it would have to be formula. But then she hasn't drunk formula since she was a lot younger.
Any suggestions please?
Thank you

Can she drink water or some sort of carton juice instead on the aircraft?.

@AttilaTheMeerkat she does drink water and juice but she needs milk in her diet and she also has it for comfort, getting to sleep etc

I recently went abroad with my 18month old and took empty bottles and brought the milk in the airport. They sold it in Boots in the UK and in Spain in asked in one of the cafes if they could fill it up and they were quite happy too.

We decanted long life milk into smaller containers/ bottles and it was allowed in the hand luggage.

I took some long life yoghurt pouches- they seemed to fulfil ‘sucking’ need, plus not miles from milk.
You can get stuff in most airports- maybe couple cartons toddler milk? Could try some before you go?
It will be fine- eventually the white noise/ excitement will mean they drop off. Have fun!!

Thanks for the ideas. Taking some toddler cartons with us. It will be useful when we have our 24hr stopover too as I'm not sure how easily we can get fresh milk there either.

Are you leaving the airport in HK? You can get fresh milk in the supermarkets.

Powdered milk which isn't formula?

You could also take a flask and get it filled with cold milk airside. I take a Contigo cup and get it filled with iced lattes and it is still very cold 8 hours later (obv not suggesting you give her lattes, but milk plus a few ice cubes would do the job). I'm sure that there will be a coffee shop in Hong Kong airport who will refill it for you

@HotInWinter oh great good to know you can get fresh milk at HK airport

4 bottles a day

Is it medical? That seems a lot for a toddler!

@curlyrebel I don't know about in the airport. But for sure if you have a 24hr stopover and leave the airport, there is milk in the supermarkets in HK.

When we traveled with our toddler (age 2 - japan/singapore with stop overs) we took a proper flask that can keep things cold/hot. Took it empty through security. Then at cafe airside asked them to fill flask with milk. Some do it free some charge. We were always happy to pay. Once we arrived in stopover cleaned flask, asked cafe to run boiling hot water through and then buy milk in the flask again.