My 10 month old DD recently stopped taking as much EBM from a bottle during the day. She was drinking about 20 oz a day and is now drinking 8 - 12. She has been doing this for several weeks. She ate 10 oz yesterday, and I pumped 24 oz yesterday. I am pumping three times a day at work and am freezing half of it.
My question is whether I should go ahead and drop one of my three pumping sessions. I am worried about her demand suddenly picking back up and not having the supply to meet it. She suddenly reduced her intake when her nanny went on maternity leave and she got a different caretaker. Around the same time, we started partially co-sleeping. I think she is getting plenty of milk during the night (though I'd prefer if she got a bit more of it during the day). She nurses fine on the weekends.
I feel so fortunate that I have always had more breast milk than my baby needed. I guess I am paranoid about reducing my supply, but she clearly does not need as much as I am expressing each day. I am hoping to nurse her until at least age 2. What would you do?
My question is whether I should go ahead and drop one of my three pumping sessions. I am worried about her demand suddenly picking back up and not having the supply to meet it. She suddenly reduced her intake when her nanny went on maternity leave and she got a different caretaker. Around the same time, we started partially co-sleeping. I think she is getting plenty of milk during the night (though I'd prefer if she got a bit more of it during the day). She nurses fine on the weekends.
I feel so fortunate that I have always had more breast milk than my baby needed. I guess I am paranoid about reducing my supply, but she clearly does not need as much as I am expressing each day. I am hoping to nurse her until at least age 2. What would you do?
