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No waaaaay. I stopped pumping at 1 with DD2 and with just okay supply, I am surprised I still have milk! She's 15 mo and I nurse morning/night (overnight) and on weekends if we're home she wants the boob all the time!

I would, in the evening and in the morning. If it was just one night maybe not.

I did after 1 but I definitely had to and was nursing more frequently still (LO couldn’t have cows milk so that was part of it).

However by the time I was down to twice a day I could go a night without pumping. I can’t remember when that was but I think that was closer to 2.

DD is almost 14 months and nursing morning, midday, and before bed. If I'm going to miss the morning or bedtime session, I pump, but if it's just the midday session I'll miss, I don't pump and I wait till bedtime. I'm more worried about plugged ducts than my supply.

I did, but more for comfort, not supply. I went away for 2 days at 20 months and pumped AM and PM. I had a big supply though and I would have been engorged and uncomfortable. If I wasn't engorged, I would probably just pump like once a day and call it good. Now when my son was closer to one (like 12-16 months) he was still nursing a lot and couldn't have dairy, etc. so I would have pumped more (and my supply was higher at that point).

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I’m in a similar boat with DS (17m). We are just nursing morning/night and I’m surprised he’s getting anything, but he loves, loves, loves it! I stopped pumping around 12 months and he gets WCM at daycare — no issues. I’m going away for two nights in April and was thinking it was going to be a good time to wean. But as it get closer to April — and I talk with DS about someday not having mamma’s milk — I can tell that he’s not too into that idea. So if he’s not ready before I leave, I probably need to pump 1x day while gone. The only trouble is that my Spectra pump no longer works — any very cheap suggestions? I assume a hand pump but I don’t know what is good and cheap. I’ll probably never use it again!

LO is 17 mos and I honestly can't remember the last time I pumped... probably around 11,12 mos. He still nurses probably 4-7 times a day, but I'm pregnant and not producing like I was even a month ago, so I would probably only pump once at night and call it good.

@mfa_lady: You know my struggles with pumping! I do miss BF because we weaned kind of suddenly when A had enough, but it's nice having my body back.