https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:11:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804489 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:12 +0000 plantains 804489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really should tag everyone so they jump in with the chitchat. I'm on my way out but will def try to do it when I get home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804430 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:54:50 +0000 pregnantbee 804430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: I didn't know there was one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804420 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:53 +0000 plantains 804420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: yes, we should! Are you posting in the Junebug First Birthdays thread? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804392 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:49:00 +0000 pregnantbee 804392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: @littlebittyhouse: We'll have to do a Junebug update thread -- maybe toward the end of June after bdays? And thanks, @littlebittyhouse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804221 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:50 +0000 littlebittyhouse 804221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: i love seeing his pics! those dimples!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804206 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:19:37 +0000 plantains 804206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: It is insane! I still remember us all obsessing over our u/s pictures wondering what our babies would look like and now they are in the last month of their first year. I get teary just thinking about it:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804194 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:22 +0000 pregnantbee 804194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. tictactoe: Hmmm. So maybe it wasn't the best idea to just not pump at lunch today. Will see how it goes and then add it back in for a shorter amount of time if needed.</p> <p>@plantains: Yay! And good to know. Thanks. And can you believe our Junebugs are almost 1 year old?? Crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804177 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:14:13 +0000 plantains 804177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I have totally stopped pumping at work now. I wasn't engorged at all. I dropped each pump at 3 day intervals with no problem. I now nurse AM an PM and on weekends and haven't noticed any supply issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804173 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:13:07 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 804173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Start by decreasing the amount of time you pump for the session you want to drop first. For example, if you usually pump for 20 minutes, do 15, then 10, then 5, then eliminate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804167 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:15 +0000 pregnantbee 804167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Glad I'm not alone! Our babies are growing up. As long as they're eating and gaining, I'm not too worried about LO's intake. I just hope he's cool with cow's milk at 1 so I don't have to seek out special milk just for him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804153 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:28 +0000 littlebittyhouse 804153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: I'm so glad you wrote this! I have been super worried about intake because we went from 18oz to about 12oz and now down to 9/10oz! I even asked Nancy Holtzman about it because I was so freaked out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804120 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:32 +0000 pregnantbee 804120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Thx! And to you, too. It's so challenging. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804070 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:20 +0000 DillonLion 804070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804046 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:16 +0000 pregnantbee 804046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the replies :) I'm just so excited. I decided to try not doing my lunch pump today and actually left the building for lunch. Freedom is amazing! I'll prob stick with this for 2 weeks then drop another. Wheeeee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804020 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:25 +0000 DillonLion 804020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any experience with this yet, but I plan on dropping a session one time a month. I want to be down to only 2 sessions a day by October. I'm currently at 5-6x a day. In August I'll drop down to 4. 3 in September, and then be down to two by October. And then she'll turn 1 in November, which is my goal. If we are both cool with the 2x a day thing we will stick with that, otherwise we'll wean entirely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804017 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:01 +0000 T.H.O.U. 804017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you are fine to start dropping. Just go slow so you dont leak or get engorged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-804004 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:37 +0000 pregnantbee 804004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pump-weaning#post-803520 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:41:07 +0000 pregnantbee 803520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, LO just turned 11 months old, and my goal has always been to breastfeed for at least a year. I'm so proud that we're still going strong. As we're increasing solids, he's starting to drink less in his expressed daycare bottles (18 oz now to 12 and sometimes only 9 oz/day). As you can imagine, I'm most excited about stopping pumping at work. I've been doing 3/day since I've been back. In the beginning it didn't cover his daycare bottles. Now it will. In fact, I think I can cover his bottles with 2 pumps at work. Do you have any advice for dropping pump sessions so that I'll still be able to nurse am and pm and not get too engorged and uncomfortable at work? I also have maybe 160 oz in freezer. And I plan to transition him to cow's milk at one year. Is it too soon to regularly drop a session? Help! </p>