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When I went from 2 pumps to 1, I just tried to time it right between. So I was pumping 10:00 and 2:00 and went to pumping just at 12:00. I think 1:30 sounds good for you.

Following because trying to do this right now.

Just curious how many ounces others would get just doing the one pump and if it that was enough for LO or were you using a stash? WCM? My daughter can't do WCM and isn't a great eater so I feel resigned to pumping twice still at 13 months old...

@MrsBrewer: Yep, so the last month or so he's been a really, really distracted nurser during our two day time sessions; like popping off all the time and probably getting less than 2-3oz per feeding (I was only pumping 3oz total (2x) on my office day). I thankfully had a decent stash that wasn't getting used, so he gets two 4-5oz bottles instead. I only nurse at AM/PM.

@MrsBrewer: same! ever since we ramped up solids, his BM intake has probably been avging 16oz a day?... I WAH so I was nursing most days, so my stash never really got used... I think we probably have just enough to get us to 11 months or so and then I'll probably just introduce almond milk (dairy sensitive) and his intake with milk will be less anyway.

I took it super slow. originally I pumped around 10, 12, 3. Then the progression went:
- 10, 12, 3
- 11, 3
- then just 12.and nursed her right away when we got home around 4:30. Once I got here, I just kept pushing that one back every few days until I didn't need the pump any more.

At that point I had already been sending less milk/smaller amounts to daycare for a month or two as she was eating more solids. I think she was getting 3ish bottles a day (sometimes just two depending on if she was hungry) from 12-15 months. Around that point my freezer stash ran out and we switched over to cow's milk, which she gets with meals at daycare (so, breakfast and lunch).

I just dropped to 1 pump this week. I was doing 9:30 and 2:30 and now I'm doing 12. So my schedule is now:

6:45am - Nurse
12pm - Pump
8pm - Nurse
10:30pm - Pump

I'm getting really full in the afternoon but hoping that will let up soon.

DD will be 12 months next week, so I'm going to start dropping a pump session as she transitions at daycare from all breastmilk bottles onto whole cow's milk. I will likely do my one pump session at around 11 or 12 every day. If it's anything like the transition from 3 to 2, though, I expect I'll get close to the same amount of milk just that it will take longer. So if the transition onto WCM goes well, I may quit pumping entirely after another week or so.

I also have a big freezer stash but I'm getting screened to donate it. I may hold back some bags to continue giving her a little bit at daycare, we'll see.

I went down from 2 pumps to 1 pump right around 10 months, I had calculated that I had more than enough to supplement 5 oz/ working day from my stash and still get to 12 months. I had been pumping around 10 am and 3 pm and getting about 10-15 oz/day. When I first dropped to 1 pump I scheduled it for noon, but it's been getting later and later (he's 11 mo) and now pump around 2 pm. I get between 7-9 oz from this one pump. I have had problems with clogged ducts in the past but no problems dropping to one pump.

Around 8.5-9 mo J started eating 2 bottles (6 oz) instead of 3 (5 oz) while I was gone, now he sometimes does not finish the two bottles. He has bottles around noon and 4 pm. He eats tons of solids and my ped said as long as he has 10 oz milk per day (24 hrs) and water not to worry about in take (J is a big kid and has been consistently growing at his curve).

He still nurses before bed, in the early morning (5ish), and before i leave for work (7:30ish). When I'm home with him I still nurse after both naps (when he normally gets his bottles) and just make sure to give enough solids and water. He's never showed signs of wanting more milk.

Sorry for the novel