s/o: HOW do you stop pumping at work? - Page 2

[maeby]

i stopped pumping at a little over 1 year. and i started sending almond milk for his nap time bottle. he nurses at home and at night and probably gets 12+ oz during this time. i work full time. he nurses lots on the weekends. he is 20 months. i dont think you need to send cows milk at all. at one of my sitters my ds does not have a bottle anymore at all. only for my mom and the ocassional sitter. its just or comfort with them. he drinks water from a cup now. they really dont need cows milk during the day.

[rozziemama]

For those of you who stopped pumping at a year... what did your DC drink during the day?

Water - juice - sometimes soy milk, sometimes cow's milk. He's actually just now getting into cow's milk - at 16 months, and I stopped pumping at 12 months. He eats a lot of yogurt - I really think that counts, if they are getting enough liquids and eating yogurt, cheese, broccoli, other stuff with calcium and fat.

[rozziemama]

Originally Posted by kristinekristine

i stopped pumping at a little over 1 year. and i started sending almond milk for his nap time bottle. he nurses at home and at night and probably gets 12+ oz during this time. i work full time. he nurses lots on the weekends. he is 20 months. i dont think you need to send cows milk at all. at one of my sitters my ds does not have a bottle anymore at all. only for my mom and the ocassional sitter. its just or comfort with them. he drinks water from a cup now. they really dont need cows milk during the day.

No need to send cow's milk at all - I just do it sometimes.

[gbutterflykissesm]

Is there anyone who is sad at the thought of giving up pumping? My DS is almost 10 months old, and is not very into solid foods yet, so I'm sure I will be pumping after he turns 1, but I know that eventually he will take less and less BM and I will have to stop pumping at work.

The thing is... I don't mind pumping at work. It's nice to get away and take that break 2-3 times a day. And I am also very afraid of losing my milk supply.

DS started daycare at 8 months and has become very clingy since then. My boy who was never a comfort nurser before now nurses about every 2 hours in the mornings before work and all day long on the weekends.

So this is my question: If you stop pumping at work, and just nurse mornings and nights/overnight during the weekday, will your body still produce milk all day long on the weekends? I can't see my DS giving up nursing all day when I'm around, even after he turns 1.

[handsandfeet]

Originally Posted by gbutterflykissesm

Is there anyone who is sad at the thought of giving up pumping?

The thing is... I don't mind pumping at work. It's nice to get away and take that break 2-3 times a day. And I am also very afraid of losing my milk supply.

Yes, I am! Same as you -- I love the breaks at work -- no one bothers me for 30 min twice a day and I love it. I am also very afraid of losing my milk supply. Plus, I also kind of am sad that he won't NEED my milk as much anymore. He already hardly nurses (only at night), and now if I cut pumping I'm terrified of drying up.

So this is my question: If you stop pumping at work, and just nurse mornings and nights/overnight during the weekday, will your body still produce milk all day long on the weekends? I can't see my DS giving up nursing all day when I'm around, even after he turns 1.

Hoping someone knows the answer to this...

[Punchy Kaby]

I hate pumping as well! DDis 10 months and I pump 1-2x at work, depending on how long a day I have. And although I hate pumping, I will be so sad to stop because it will mean an end to an era in her life. I also am traveling more and I have a pretty good freezer stash, but I am afraid if I don't pump enough while I am gone that I will lose my supply. I breastfed DS for 2.5 years and now DD, would I lose my supply if I only pumped 3-4x a day while out of town for 4 days?

[rozziemama]

Originally Posted by handsandfeet

Hoping someone knows the answer to this...

I stopped pumping @ 12 months and still produced enough milk to BF on nights, mornings, and weekends, YES.
Of course I realize that people have different milk supply and this might not be the case for everyone, my understanding is that the supply/demand system for breast milk works REALLY well.
Only now - that I am almost 100% weaned, 4.5 months later - am I starting to think my supply is drying up.
But DS only nurses very briefly at bedtime. That's all he is asking for - and I think it's comfort not milk that he wants.
I still nurse him of course, but I am starting to wonder if anything is actually coming out?!

[desertgirl01]

I'm slowing weaning off the pump. DD just turned 11 months, and I plan on not pumping much more after she's a year. I hate pumping, I'm responding less and less to the pump. But yes, in some ways I will totally miss it and it makes me really sad that I won't be giving my mom those precious little bottles of pumped breastmilk everyday. I'm pumping 2x a day (down from 3-4x a day), getting a total of 2 4oz bottles. When she turns one, like the DAY she's one, I will start pumping 1x a day and shorten sessions over time.