https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:07:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560530 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 09:52:09 +0000 ShootingStar 2560530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just gradually replaced bottles with snacks. I think he was doing bottles at 7, 11, 3 and 7. We introduced small meals for lunch and dinner, and when we really ramped up dinner he was never hungry for his 7pm bottle, and our ped was fine with cutting it out. So for a while he got a bottle at 11, lunch at 12, and bottle at 3. We then replaced the 3pm bottle with a small snack, and a week or 2 later, the 11am bottle with a small snack as well. </p> <p>The last to go was the morning bottle, because it was just so convenient for me. I used to get DS up and put him in the PnP with a bottle while I got ready, and then we'd leave. It was more of a hassle to have to feed him a real breakfast, so I put that bottle off the longest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560506 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 09:31:27 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2560506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petitenoisette: my girl is doing 3 four ounce bottles so I think I could def drop one of those in a month or two and just pump once a day to have enough for her. </p> <p>She is actually doing really great with solids which is surprising to me! My first was never big on them - he much preferred to nurse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560461 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 08:50:00 +0000 petitenoisette 2560461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: 2 four ounce bottles. If I weren't going on break soon what I would probably do would be to just cut down to the one bottle before her nap (she's down to just one a day) and then reduce the amount of that bottle gradually and then cut it out entirely. </p> <p>How is your LO doing on solids? Mine was really slow on solids and wasn't until a few weeks ago that she would regularly eat enough so that's part of it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560445 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 08:39:25 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2560445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petitenoisette: Thank you! It was totally worth it and I felt like I was 'doing something' to help with the intolerance you know?</p> <p>I like the idea of dropping from 3 bottles to 2. Do you mind me asking how many ounces she was taking?</p> <p>I would rather not do WCM to be honest... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560254 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:51:03 +0000 petitenoisette 2560254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Wow, props to you for pumping that long the first time!! My LO also can't have WCM (yet, hoping she'll outgrow it soon enough) so I'm still pumping once a day at 15 months. We dropped from 3 to 2 bottles a day when she was about 13 months old. One day her DC teacher asked me if I wanted to send her breakfast because she had been having a bottle when all the other kids ate real food! Oops. Anyway, when we went to two bottles I dropped down to just one pumped unceremoniously and I'm usually able to pump enough then for each day's bottles in the one pump and I supplement with my stash as necessary. I'm going to be on summer break soon and so hope to gradually day wean over the summer (as it is she often only nurses once during the day before her nap on the weekend). </p> <p>At the very least I think you could easily go down to just 2 bottles before naps; I'm not much help with the rest since I have no experience switching to WCM! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560161 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:30:30 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2560161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: yes! Should have noted that I don't plan on giving up actual ounces per day until after a year! Just planning ha ha I pumped for my first until he was 2 (he had a milk allergy) so I'm a little antsy to get rid of the pump this go around. </p> <p>That sounds like it was a really nice transition! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560154 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:21:37 +0000 PawPrints 2560154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waited until after LO had turned 1 before I started to taper down her daycare bottles. Since babies can't have cow milk before 12 months you really want them to be getting the full amount of breastmilk up to that point. I did drop my third pump around 11 months though, since I was still producing a lot from just those two pumping sessions and also I had a large freezer stash to dip into. Then once LO was 13 months or so I started to taper down to two bottles at daycare, and dropped to just one pump. Then a week or two later I stopped pumping entirely and gave LO one more week of one bottle per day from my freezer stash, then cut the last bottle. That gradual transition allowed time for her daycare teachers to start pushing the cow milk so she was used to consuming plenty of that before the bottles went away. She was still pretty angry for a few days after we dropped the final bottle, but she made it through that transition fine. Now we breastfeed morning and evening and on weekends and that's it, no pumping. She is 14 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-from-the-pumpfeeding-schedule#post-2560119 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:44:46 +0000 littlebittyhouse 2560119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little will be one next month and I'm looking for some guidance about pump weaning and feeding schedules!</p> <p>She is still taking 3 bottles a day while I am at work 9/12/3 and then we nurse while we are together another 3(ish) times and then on the weekends on demand. </p> <p>I pump 2 or 3 times while I'm at work.</p> <p>Should I start to space out her feedings? Tie them to her naps at 10 and 2 with lunch in the middle? I usually nurse her at about 6am and then again when I get home at about 5:30. </p> <p>Would love to hear what others have done! </p>