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10 months in...When to stop pumping?

jasminelorraine20jasminelorraine20 member
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LO is going to be 11 months on May 8th, and is still breastfed. I am also still pumping during the day while I'm at work and he mainly goes to the babysitter with 2- 5 oz. bottles of breastmilk and solid foods/snacks. I know once they reach a year, I can introduce cow's milk- however, I still want to continue to breastfeed until he weans. My question is, when is it practical to stop pumping? I don't have a large freezer stash to make up for not pumping, so is it best if I continue to pump until LO is 1 and can drink cow's milk? I would still nurse on demand at home. I'm curious as to what other moms have done. Thanks!
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Re: 10 months in...When to stop pumping?

  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    I returned to work when DS was 12 months. I did not pump. He got water and cow milk at daycare, and I nursed when we were together. I did let him nurse at night up until 18 months in part because of this - he never drank much cow milk at daycare.

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  • belladonna11307belladonna11307 member
    It's really up to you and what works for you.  I just "officially stopped" pumping about a month ago, when DD was 22 months old.  I was only pumping once a day, and when the supply started to drop I decided it wasn't worth it.  However, I h
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  • jasminelorraine20jasminelorraine20 member
    imagetheresat858:

    I wouldn't stop pumping until you are sending cows milk instead of breastmilk for the day, if you don't have a

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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    It really depends on your stash.  I had an okay stash of freezer milk, but I wanted to make sure he stayed on BM until one (which it sounds like you want to do too).  So I started weaning from the pump once he turned 1.  I dropped one pumpi
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