My Lo has been taking bottles from a nanny since I returned to work mid-July... I am in sales and therefore drive around all day and had been pumping usually 3x a day in my car. It's very stressful always doing it crammed in my car and I have never gotten great quantities pumping. I usually only pump 2.5-3 oz per 20 min session. LO is 5 mos and takes 5-6 oz bottles 3 times a day so I'm only pumping half her intake in the first place.

Recently, she has become SO IMPATIENT with nursing and screams her face off bc it's not coming out fast enough, or maybe as forcefully as she wants. It's very stressful that I can't make her nurse, even when I feel super full and I know there's a decent milk supply in there. The only time she nurses well is very early in the morning when I'm super engorged. The rest of the time, she screams for a bottle.

I feel like BFing is too much work with all the pumping just for my Lo to prefer the bottle, and I have decided to wean her. I guess it would be different if I pumped the amount she ate, but we're supplementing anyway. I briefly entertained EPing, but I have a 2.5 yr old also and I solo parent a lot, and it's not fair to my toddler that in the couple of hours I have with them each night, to spend extra time pumping on top of all the attention the baby requires.

I am 95% sure I'm doing the right thing for everyone, but still a little sad that it's over so early. I hadn't expected this.

I guess I'm just looking for commiseration! And wondering if anyone else had a LO that basically made the decision for them to wean?