XP: Working moms of 9 month olds (breastfeeding)

Wilwarin · May 2011

Are you still pumping at least 3 times a day?

I am pumping about 9-11 oz. (used to pump nearly 15 before solids). Just wondering if that is the average here.

His eating is all over the board at daycare. Yesterday he ate only 5 oz, which I don't think is enough, but last week he had a day where he ate 16 oz! I have a small freezer stash and had planned to decrease pumping sessions starting at 1 year, but I suppose I want to hear from other moms that I can cut one sooner.

jlthompson19 · May 2011

I went to 2 times a day when DD was about 3-4 months old b/c I was getting so much. It went well, and I actually produced the same amount until about 8-9 months. Norm was usually 10-15 oz a day. I'm at less than 3-4 oz a day now. DD takes two 5oz bottles a day at daycare, so thank goodness for a big freezer stash.

Honestly, unless you have enough of a stash to make it until 1 year, I'd continue doing what you're doing b/c you may be like me and continue to decrease your output. But, I will say, I can tell it's DD's "fault" she nurses less and less these days. 10 min a side used to be her norm and now she's around 2-3 min a side, 2-3 times a day. And I don't feed her a ton of table food.

summerbride12 · May 2011

I pump: 4:30am, 7:30am, 11:15ish, 2pm, 7:30pm.

I cut out my 5:30 pump about a month ago.

I am pumping total about 26-30ish oz a day. I am SOOOOO done pumping and cannot wait until July. At this point I am not cutting out any sessions. At 11months I will slowly introduce whole milk so I will cut out my 7:30 pump session.

superned · May 2011

At nine months my pedi said DD should be getting about 20 oz of BM a day. At that point I dropped a pumping session (down to two) and send 10 oz to child care each day. If she's hungry at child care she gets solids and then I nurse her as soon as we get home.

BLykins16 · May 2011

DS is now 10 month olds and I am pumping twice a day. I was pumping 3 times a day until he was about 9 months old. I just didn't have the time to pump 3 times a day anymore. I'm currently only getting around 6-8 oz a day so we are supplementing with formula. DS eats solids twice per day at daycare and takes 3-4 bottles at 5 oz each.

I was also pumping around 15 oz when I pumped 3 times per day, but between DS starting solids and no longer sleeping in our bed my supply started to go down a bit.

Kab5727 · May 2011

My daughter nurses first thing in the am, around 7. Eats one stage 2 at 9:30, then bottle 7 oz at 11, bottle 7 oz at 2, another stage 2 around 330, bottle 7 oz at 515. Dinner is at 615/630 stage 2 with 2-3 tablespoons of oatmeal. She just gave up one night nursing last week, so I upped her bottles from 6 oz to 7 each to make up the ounces.

Per her pedi she should be getting 26-30 ounces of bm/formula mixed a day.

I pump twice at work, once at noon and once at 445, get a total of 10 ounces. I mix the BM with formula, so at this point she is getting more formula than BM but that is okay with me. My supply dropped a bit when she gave up the night feed. HTH's!

JhawkCE · May 2011

Mine will be 10 months on the 13th and I pump 4 times a day. My supply went from 15-20/day to 11-15. His eating is all over the board now as well. Some days 10, other days 17. It's a crap shoot.

My Dr. said I could supplement with formula or whole milk if I want, but he doesn't seem to need it so I haven't.

I'm going to start knocking off pumping down at a year and probably let him wean himself at home. We'll see.

tyke29 · May 2011

At about 6 months I went to 3 pumping at work from 4 and I got about the same. I was also pumping at 3am. At about 9 months I changed that to pumping one side at 7am when LO was eating from the other. That did change my supply alittle, but we have plenty in the freezer. I needed that sleep.

Just this weekend/week, one of my nipple cracked and this morning it bleed into the milk while pumping. So now I have to figure out how to let it heal, but not lose my supply from that breast. I think I will let it rest from the pump today and see if it is ok for LO to nurse on tonight. I am using lanolin and letting it air while pumping the other side.

Wilwarin · May 2011

Thanks, ladies. I think based on your comments, I will continue to pump 3 times and start tapering off at one year. Note to self for baby #2: pump like a mad woman to get a better stash so I can quit pumping at work earlier.

WildcatPrincess · May 2011

I was pumping 3x to get 2 bottles up until the last month or so. She started only taking one bottle so I went from pumping 3x to once. I'm trying to judge how much I have in the freezer and how long it will take us to wean - I only work 1-2 nights a week and if she's only taking one bottle now my stash would probably last awhile. The session I kept is my dinnertime one and it would be nice to eat with my coworkers again once in awhile!

Angela814 · May 2011

Sounds like what we're going through. DD will sometimes drink a lot at daycare, and sometimes she'll practically refuse all bottles. Today she drank 11oz.

I pump when I can, which is usually twice a day. Sometimes I'll be able to sneak in a 3rd time. I don't pump enough for what she needs each day, so I'm grabbing milk out of my freezer. If she keeps drinking less with solids, then I should be fine until she gets to 1 year. I'll probably keep pumping twice until she gets to 1 year and then re-evaluate.

JJ1973 · May 2011

I'm still trying to pump three times a day, but it has been hard. I'd say 50% of the time I'm only doing it twice a day at work. I used to get 15 oz (with fenugreek and really trying hard) but now I probably am a couple to a few oz short of that (maybe 12 oz). But, I don't mind so much as we've weaned all night feedings, so the pumping session at 8 makes up for the decrease duirng the day. I plan to keep it up best I can, as I'm worried about my supply tanking given we've already weaned nights. I haven't made a decision about when I plan to stop breastfeeding (I may go a bit beyond a year), so I'd like to keep my options open best I can...I don't know about you, but I'm pretty darn proud I've made it this far. I'm totally sick of pumping, but in the grand scheme of things, it is a short amount of time.

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