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XP: How to use up freezer stash?

MrsBrockMrsBrock
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My DS has been EBF for 10 1/2 months now and I would like to wean from the pump soon.  When he turns 1 I would like to wean daytime feedings and only nurse when he wakes and before bed.  I have approx. 175 oz's of frozen milk but I'm not sure how to use it.  Should I go ahead and wean one feeding during the day and replace with a bottle?  He only gets 6 bottles during the week (part time babysitter).  Or should I just wait until he's 1 and start weaning the nursing sessions and replace with a bottle then?  He's pretty good at drinking out of a sippy, but I really don't want to put BM in them...only water or WCM. 

Any suggestions?  Thanks!
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Re: XP: How to use up freezer stash?

  • hwsgigles8hwsgigles8 member
    My DS will be 11 months tomorrow, so they are about the same age!  I am working on weaning right now.  DS nurses 4-5 times a day so I started by dropping his 2nd feeding and giving him a bottle.  He doesn't drink much at that time, about 2-3 oz so it's more like a snack-I am also working half days this summer, so he gets this bottle from my mom.  I dropped this session about 2 weeks ago and it's been going well.  I plan to drop the mid afternoon (3-4pm) one next, give that about 2 weeks, then drop the 12pm feeding for a bottle.  We'll see how it goes though!  I have a big freezer stash to get through too, but I figure when I stop completely I can still give him milk after 1 year.  GL!



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    imagemananana:

    If you're wanting to introduce WCM, when your pedi okays it you could always start by mixing mostly BM with little WCM and gradually shift the ratio.

    This is what I'd do.  

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  • superchixorsuperchixor

    I am cycling through my freezer stash(I EP) I give her the oldest dated bag for breakfast while I pump, the rest of her bottles is the freshly pumped and I pump 2 more times after she goes to bed and I freeze those. I will stop pumping after her 1 year birthday and then go through the stash, which is about 2 months worth.

     

    I don't understand the transition to WCM from a sippy.. My daughter has been drinking BM from a sippy for months now.. She also uses a straw well and can drink from a cup. I don't know what it being in a sippy has to do with the transition. To each their own though :) Good luck!

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  • luvmyducksluvmyducks member
    I'm in a similar situation.  I'm a SAHM but I built up a freezer stash for potential times away from DD.  They have been few and far between so now I have 151.2oz in my freezer :)  At about 11.5m I'm going to start putting frozen BM in a sippy and giving her that instead of BFing her.  I'm planning on just replacing one feeding one week, and then the other feeding the next week.  So she will be on 2 sippies during the day by the time she is 12m.  Then I will use the remaining and mix it with WCM gradually until it is gone so her transition will hopefully be easier.  I'm hoping it works out this way :)
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