How often does your toddler nurse (and a pumping/supply question)?

[whitneyg]

I am planning to start work 2 days/week in a couple of weeks and am not sure whether or not to bother with pumping.  When I am home, my daughter (13.5 months) nurses very frequently all day and night and is not interested in any EBM from a bottle or sippy (though she may be more willing to take it if I am not around).  She is also not at all interested in drinking anything else other than water from a sippy (no cow's milk or any other milk alternative).  What I am wondering is if my supply will be affected if I don't pump on those two days, or if frequent nursing on the other days will maintain it well enough.  I am also wondering in general how often other toddlers are nursing.

[C-Charm]

Our 14-month old nurses at daycare drop off, at daycare pick up, when we get home, at bedtime and throughout the night.

I stopped pumping and sending milk to daycare when she was about 12months & 2 weeks.  She drinks water with her meals.  We haven't yet decided if we want to introduce something like hemp milk, soy milk or almond milk.  She does, however, eat whole milk cheese & whole milk yogurt.

I would think that your milk supply is sufficiently established to be okay without pumping.

[AndtheStars]

My 17 mo old nurses first thing then we get up, somewhere between 10 am and noon, around 5:30 when I get home from (PT) work, to sleep around 8:30/9 and once or twice at night.  So 5 or 6 times in a 24 hour period.  I haven't pumped milk for him to take in the afternnoon when I'm at work since he was 9 mos or so.  He started refusing the bottle and I didn't force the issue since he ate pretty well and nursed consistently otherwise.