https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:27:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837348 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:34:29 +0000 Applesandbananas 1837348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to chime in and say that LO still nurses whenever he wants, without complaint, even though I pump weaned at 10.5m. I think during the day, there's certainly less than morning/night but for nursing to sleep before a nap or whatever on a random day off, there's enough that he's content, so maybe it won't be an issue for you either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837338 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:27:58 +0000 Chillybear 1837338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: we're starting WCM when we get back from labor day weekend at the beach I'm hoping to be done pumping at work by the end of october if not sooner </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837322 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:22:35 +0000 Pirouette 1837322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: no advice but i'm about to do this too, so just wanted to wish you good luck! i have dropped from 3 to 2, and am preparing to drop to one, but LO is only 8 months, so you're a rockstar for making it this long :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837222 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:33:42 +0000 Boheme 1837222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: That's what I do! He doesn't seem to care at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837146 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:59:26 +0000 jetsa 1837146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boheme: interesting, hopefully j is the same way! So that week at the beach I should probably offer milk before boob during work hours, I guess? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837142 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:58:20 +0000 jetsa 1837142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I'm right there with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1837042 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:26:02 +0000 avivoca 1837042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @Adira: @Boheme: @jetsa: @Alivoo01: Thank you guys for your responses. I'm so ready to be done pumping but not ready to be done nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836870 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:22:53 +0000 Boheme 1836870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jetsa: I thought he would care, but he doesn't! I will occasionally nurse him to sleep for a nap but I give him a straw cup of WCM first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836866 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:21:27 +0000 Alivoo01 1836866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started removing one pumping session each week, and splitting the time difference in half to relieve my engorgement. When I stopped pumping, the engorgement was pretty uncomfortable come evening time so I'd hand express a little in the shower where I felt clogs forming. That helped tremendously, but didn't signal my body to produce more. Took me about 3 weeks from start to finish for my body to adjust. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836841 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:09:56 +0000 jetsa 1836841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boheme: what do you do on days your home? I don't think J will give it up easily when we are home but who knows. I don't intend to stop those 3 sessions (morning, after work, bedtime) for awhile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836837 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:07:56 +0000 jetsa 1836837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently pump at 9:30 and 2:30, My plan is to go down to one session at noon 9/8-9/11 and then we're going on vaca 9/15-9-18 and then the next week I don't intend to pump at all during the day unless I'm in pain.</p> <p>I'm super nervous about vaca being in the middle bc I know he'll nurse during the day but I'm ready to be done with the pump!</p> <p>DS is already on a sippy and will take WCM fine so we just use it to supplement if he wants more than 6 -8 oz at daycare. I don't mix bc he'll take it either way and I don't want to confuse him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836824 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:04:05 +0000 Boheme 1836824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dropped from 2 20 minute sessions to 2 10 minute sessions. Then I dropped one of the 10 minute sessions the next week. Then the next week I didn't pump at all. Since my supply was dropping during the day anyway, it was surprisingly easy. LO just nurses morning, dinner time, and bedtime now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836810 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:58:29 +0000 Adira 1836810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I removed one pump session a week. Prior to removing that session, I pumped less and less each day. I also shifted my pumps so that I was spreading them out to be even.</p> <p>So for example, if I was pumping:</p> <p>11:00 a.m. for 30 minutes<br /> 3:00 p.m. for 30 minutes</p> <p>To remove one, I would decrease both by a couple minutes each day and then the following week, I'd only pump at 1:00 p.m. for 30 minutes. Then that week, I'd probably pump for 5 minutes less each day until it was gone.</p> <p>Hope that was clear! Good luck! :goodluck: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836805 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:57:17 +0000 lawbee11 1836805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few weeks before I planned to stop pumping I went from 2 pump sessions down to 1 and split the difference in time (so I was pumping at 10:30 and 2 and went down to 1 pump session around noon). That's pretty much all I did. Once I stopped pumping completely I was engorged for a couple of days, but then I was back to normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-me-about-pump-weaning#post-1836780 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:48:51 +0000 avivoca 1836780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know I've posted a ton lately about my breastfeeding woes, but we've made it to almost 11 months of EBF now and I am starting to think about pump weaning. My job will not allow me to pump at work beyond a year, which is fine by me since I'm not a fan of the pump. </p> <p>As it is, I am only getting 4-6 oz. in two pump sessions, and I have exactly 12.5 oz. in my freezer stash. At this rate, I will not be able to pump extra in order to stop pumping early.</p> <p>If you've pump weaned, how did you do it and what's the best way to go about it so that I don't get mastitis/plugged ducts? I plan on introducing WCM mixed with BM once she turns 11 months and around 11.5 months transitioning from a bottle to milk in a sippy cup. </p>