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@nana87: DD was weaned at 14months but I stopped pumping at the 1 year mark. I dont think there is any right answer but I would consider offering the milk in a sippy instead of a bottle at this age

I stopped pumping right at a year for both of my kids and they transitioned to WCM during the day but only at meal times. #1 nursed until 15months, #2 until 21 months.

I stopped pumping at exactly a year, and I kept nursing in the morning, at bedtime, and at naptime on the weekends until 20 months when he weaned himself. Totally possible, my supply adjusted fine!

I nursed my son past two, but I stopped pumped after he turned one.

I stopped pumping after DD2 turned 1 (happened to be around Christmas/New Years) so I was off work a lot anyway. She is almost 19 months and still nursing.

I stopped pumping at 15 months but nursed my son at morning and bedtime until he was 38 months. I didn't notice a drop in supply and we transitioned gradually with my freezer stash to wcm for naps. It was so so so freeing. Also, I found that I could skip occasional bedtimes without problem, especially if I nursed him in the late-afternoon (for dates, classes, etc).

I stopped pumping at 12 months as well and we are still nursing at almost 17 months. My supply has only really decreased to barely anything within the past few weeks, but I attribute that to working out more and other added life stress. I LOVE not pumping and not having to do that anymore. I am hoping to wean soon as I'm so over the night wakeups. lol

I think your supply will be fine! I stopped pumping at just over a year with DD1, and nursed 1x/day from 12-15 months. I quit because she was over it (probably because I was pregnant) and I was going on a trip for three days so it was a fairly easy break.

DD2 is still nursing 1x/day (at wakeup) at 20 months. I pumped 2x/day at work until she was a year, then 1x/day at work from 12-14 months, then stopped pumping. From 14-18 months she still nursed at wakeup and bedtime and got frozen milk during the day, and from 18 months til now she's been nursing at wakeup only. She doesn't seem to have any issue with what she's getting.

Long-winded way to explain my first sentence: I think you're in the clear if you stop pumping!!

I stopped pumping around 13 months and stopped nursing around 15 months. He was only nursing in the mornings and I think my supply stayed the same (I doubt he was getting much at that point!)

@nana87:
1. You are awesome for pumping that long! I was so ready to stop once I got to 12 months.

2. It sounds to me that you know what you want to do. I would trust your gut.

For more anecdotal support: I have two kids and stopped pumping/day weaned around 12/13 months. I nursed wake up and bedtime for both until about 22 months with the first and 24 months with the second. It was less about nutrition in the toddler year but it worked for us. I stopped nursing the little one almost exactly a year ago and I was definitely uncomfortable so I know there was still milk there! I just dealt with it and it passed in a couple days.

I quit pumping just after 12 months, and have been slowly dropping nursing sessions. 16 months was 2-3 times a day.
At 17 months we are down to just 1 night wake-up and I'm still hoping she quits on her own!
I do have to give bottles of WCM instead of nursing (she's a very opinionated little girl, lol!) so weaning from bottles will be another issue I'm sure!

~ So with that, quit pumping, you should still be able to nurse.

@nana87: just wanted to check in and see if you made a decision. I'm still really struggling with quitting the pump and having so much anxiety about DD2 wanting to quit if I quit. I wish I knew how to just relax and go with the flow. Ugh.