https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 06:51:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297771 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:00:59 +0000 JoJoGirl 2297771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: Keep in mind LO was like 17 months old at the time, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297506 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:38:01 +0000 MamaCate 2297506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I loved the morning/ night nursing after 12 months! It felt like the reward for all the pumping and washing bottles and pump parts and stressing over supply of the first year! And as toddlers get bigger and busier, it is nice to maintain that quiet cuddly time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297458 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:32:16 +0000 josina 2297458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catomd00: Good to hear it wasn't uncomfortable. I just need to bite the bullet and do it... I think I will keep pushing the morning session a little later and pump less in the afternoon session until I can eliminate it. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297457 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:30:00 +0000 josina 2297457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Yikes, I guess you just know when you're done! I remember when I started, looking at a 4 mo. old and thinking how weird it would be nursing a baby that size (granted he was already 20 lbs), and here we are at 10 months.<br /> @MamaCate: @catlady: @mamabolt: Thats reassuring that you were able to quit pumping and still nurse for so long! I'm not ready to quit nursing quite yet. I had planned to be done at 12 months but it just seems too near! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297453 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:22:16 +0000 catomd00 2297453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from 3 to 2. When I wasn't uncomfortable anymore I shortened one of the 2 gradually and pushed it to the middle of the day, then cut it out. I was never uncomfortable really. I quit pumping right around 12 months and we still nurse at 19 months! She's getting less now than she was but I have also been refusing a lot more and keeping it to only a late afternoon feeding and a short one before nap and bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297449 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:14:19 +0000 beloved 2297449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also did a slow decrease in pumps per day! Congrats- you've done great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297414 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:32:56 +0000 mamabolt 2297414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dropped to one session at work, just pushed it as late in the day as I could each day until I could make it all day. It took about two weeks to be done with pumping. I continued nursing weekends/nights/wakeup until LO turned 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297386 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:10:47 +0000 Alivoo01 2297386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like PP, I dropped a pumping session a week and readjusted my schedule as needed. I nursed at night and MOTN only. I quit pumping at 11 months, and quit nursing at 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297359 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:33:52 +0000 MrsKoala 2297359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just dropped a pump a week until I was done and only nursing in the morning (granted my LO was 13 months old at the time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297356 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:30:57 +0000 catlady 2297356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, that's a great stash! I dropped one session per week over three weeks to cut mine out completely. On weekends, we switched from nursing to using bottles/cups and she did fine with that since she was so used to it from daycare during the week anyway. So within a month, we got down to morning and nighttime nursing sessions only, and no pumping. I thought she'd drop the remaining sessions on her own pretty quickly but after about 6 months, I weaned her from the morning one, and now, another 6 months later, I am preparing to finally wean her altogether. So we did a full year of AM/PM or just PM sessions. There were also times during the past year when she was sick and I managed to nurse her more frequently during the day and my supply held up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297349 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:25:09 +0000 MamaCate 2297349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: you can do it! I went from two pumps a day to none over a long weekend but I think that your plan is better. You could play around and see if you can just keep the morning pump when you drop to one (assuming you get more then) or shift your time again. I pump weaned and day weaned at the same time (13 months) but continued am/pm nursing for another 9 months. We were able to nurse some on the weekend too so I think at this point your supply should be able to handle it. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297327 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:08:34 +0000 JoJoGirl 2297327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did what you are doing... cut from 3-2 at a year, then a few months later to 1 pump/day. I started out still nursing on weekends, until one Saturday morning she was nursing and I started to feel a little uncomfortable because I don't think any milk was coming out and she was just sucking on my nipple :( That was our last session. I guess it just sort of happened organically. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-did-you-quit-pumping#post-2297323 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:04:59 +0000 josina 2297323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 10 months and I have over 1000 ounces in the freezer (and am almost out of room!).<br /> He drinks between 10 and 15 oz/day, and I currently pump around 12 oz/day in 2 pump sessions, and nurse 3x. (I'm trying to NOT have to freeze anymore).<br /> I recently cut from 3 pumps / day (9:30, 12:30, 3:30) to 2 pumps / day (10 and 2:30).<br /> I'd like to get to 1 pump per day, and then none around 12 months; but hopefully still nurse mornings/evenings. He doesn't nurse much on the weekends during the day, so not terribly worried about that.</p> <p>How did you decrease pumping sessions?<br /> Were you able to keep nursing on weekends? </p>