https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:49:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1652453 Thu, 22 May 2014 14:57:02 +0000 jetsa 1652453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 4 months we left for 4 days J picked right back up, I feel like he'd be more inclined to now bc he seems to enjoy the boob more than the bottle these days. I pumped every 3 hours, other than one 6 hour stretch at night to keep my supply up, I was so scared I'd lose it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1652032 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:47:54 +0000 shellio 1652032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Yes - you're right. You have done an awesome job to keep getting her breast milk all this time! I have a low supply too, I hear you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1651977 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:35:49 +0000 daniellemybelle 1651977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: Thanks - I hope so! With my chronic low supply it's more precarious, though. I guess I have to be okay with what happens either way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1651943 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:29:37 +0000 shellio 1651943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Just pump when you can. By 8 months your supply is probably well established enough that at 4 times a day you'll be fine. Maybe you can even squeeze in an extra pump session here and there. I bet she will pick right back up when you get back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1651920 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:24:48 +0000 daniellemybelle 1651920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: @T-Mom: That's good to know! :)</p> <p>@kml636: :( I am going to pump to try to keep my supply up on the off chance she wants to nurse when I get back... but realistically I will not be able to pump more than 4 times a day or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642944 Sun, 18 May 2014 15:12:33 +0000 T-Mom 1642944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS was 8 mo when I attended a three day destination wedding and we picked right back up after I got back! I froze my pumped milk and brought it back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642908 Sun, 18 May 2014 14:46:28 +0000 raintreebee 1642908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi. I couldn't breastfeed for a week due to medical reasons and my three month old picked it right back up. I wouldn't be too worried if I were you, although easy for me to say. I was a nervous wreck during that week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642890 Sun, 18 May 2014 14:32:51 +0000 kml636 1642890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: I know how you feel. I was away from my LO for four days at 10 months and that was it. I forgot my pump though, and I felt so guilty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642756 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:39:18 +0000 daniellemybelle 1642756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I think I would feel really guilty that I caused our breastfeeding relationship to end by going on a trip. I would probably dwell on whether or not we could have continued to nurse happily had I not gone. So psychologically/emotionally I think it would be tough on me. :( Having said that, I have said I am ready to stop when she is for a while now... I just would feel bad that I "forced" her.</p> <p>@kml636: Wow, two weeks? That's great. I feel like there can be a big difference between an 8 mo old &amp; a 11 mo old though? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642732 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:15:41 +0000 Applesandbananas 1642732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know... I think all you can do is offer and hope she goes for it. </p> <p>How will you feel if she weans herself?</p> <p>My LO was bottle fed at the beginning and intermittently due to medical issues but he comes back to nursing. I would classify him a boob monster though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642730 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:15:11 +0000 kml636 1642730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as you keep pumping, I think it's not necessarily. My friend went to Austrailia for two weeks when her baby was 11 months. She pumped and dumped while there, and when she came home baby picked right up where she left off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/5-days-away-from-8-mo-old-will-she-wean-herself#post-1642726 Sun, 18 May 2014 11:11:00 +0000 daniellemybelle 1642726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At nearly 7 months, I am surprised that we are still nursing &amp; that it is working so well for us. I struggled with low supply from the beginning &amp; we have always had to supplement with formula. I figured we'd be done by 6 months but LO seems to enjoy nursing more &amp; more every day so I figure we'll keep it up as long as it's working for us.</p> <p>In August, though, DH &amp; I are going to a wedding in CA &amp; we are going to add a few days on &amp; make a trip of it. I am really looking forward to it! LO will stay with grandma who she adores. I figured that if I am still nursing then, I will pump while we are away, mainly to keep my supply up.</p> <p>I'm worried though that 5 days of exclusive bottle feeding will be the death knoll for nursing. Does anyone have experience with this? I will say I think it's a little different for us because LO loves a bottle too, and has gone on nursing strikes in the past, so even though she loves to nurse lately it's not like she is a boob monster the way some babies are. </p>