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My LO is older and I pumped when I worked odd hours for a long time. But for the last 4 or 5 month I have nursed only when home and not pumped anymore. I missed two weeks of bedtimes recently. Still nursed at night and in the AMs with no problem. I went back to nursing for bedtime when I was home after that with no issue.

My baby is not so baby anymore at 16 months but still a VERY committed nurser. When I have been away a lot he nurses more frequently to get my milk back. It can be annoying having my 16 month old ask to nurse all the time. But I still have plenty of milk and have no interest in weening (well, i would love to stop nursing 3 times a night... but i haven't figured out how to do that yet). I think our strong night time nursing has helped when I am away during the day/evening. I work 4 days a week 9-5:30 and then evenings sometimes, and often for a week or two at a time. I have found my milk to be there when needed.

Your supply will likely adjust to your nursing schedule - I would just suggest gradually working yourself down so you don't get engorged. I stopped pumping at work when my daughter turned one but was able to feed at bedtime and first thing the morning for a couple months before completely weaning.

I work shift work as well but pump. I feed LO in the middle of the night and it’s fine. When I work evenings and he wakes up I feed him. This goes for daywork too. Overall my supply is fine. I think you will fine too if you’re nursing periodically. When you wean your supply may decrease but it will be just enough for when baby eats.

sorry for the double posts! It said error for the first one! So I wrote another! Guess they both went through!

At a year they aren’t nursing a lot, and if they are it’s for comfort and not nutrition. Your supply will definitely be fine. If you naturally wean (as in the toddler decides to stop) it’s a progression over time. They’ll drop one feed, then another often ending up with just one evening comfort nursing session. With DD1 I stopped pumping at 10 months because she stopped taking a bottle while I was at work. She nursed during the day when I was with her, and gradually that turned into one comfort feed before bed. She nursed until she was just over a year (maybe 26 months).

@MsBAM: I found that at a year my body was pretty flexible. I stoped pumping at 13 months. It took a few weeks to not need to pump during the days sometimes. But now at almost 17 months we nurse at night, in the morning and on the weekends with no problems. I always feel super full on Monday when I am at work, but it's not a problem (I dont need to pump). When I am gone for 10 hours + I might pump for comfort for myself, like 7 minutes to relive pressure, but it's also ok if i dont.

Nursing is not a all or nothing thing. Even if you weren't going back to work a lot changes after a year. Your baby eats more food and things shift. It's totally normal!

I really like the 360 cups.