If you had a Freezer Stash - how did you elect to use it when you transitioned your LO to cow's milk (or another milk - we'll be doing hemp)? Did you do some sort of combination of BM/milk to slowly transition to fully off BM and use up your stash that way? Or did you transition quicker to milk and continue giving BM from your freezer on it's own for as long as you could?
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I didn't use it
I kept meaning to mix it into cereal, or see if he would just drink it, or something... but I just never did. Then eventually it was more than 6 months old, and it still took me another few months to throw it away, because I worked so dang hard for it. It was a small stash, only around 20 oz... but still... moral of the story, don't be like me
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I was down to a VERY small freezer stash when we started cows milk so I just finished it up and gave her cow's milk by itself, no mixing. DD drank it all up! So if I were you I'd probably try giving him the hemp milk first and see if he takes it? If yes, then I would finish up the stash of liquid gold first, but if not, then I would try mixing it in with hemp!
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@dolphin: I've given him hemp milk on it's own before and he just spits it out (or really just lets it dribble out of his mouth)! So I think I have to mix! Just wondering if I should go slow and use up my stash in the process, or try to do it more quickly and continue giving SOME BM for as long as possible...
And for what it's worth, my stash is about 350 oz.
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I had a freezer stash of over 500 ounces, so I donated most of it, and kept about 50 ounces for myself until J is completely weaned. We are still nursing morning and night, so if I ever have to leave at night for any reason I still have backup.
He just drinks straight up WCM with his meals at other times of day. We didn't mix.
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@Mrs. High Heels: Hmm... I didn't even really think of that. I plan to continue nursing in the mornings, but I wasn't really thinking it would be necessary to have BM on hand if I'm not around for that... I was thinking he'd just get hemp in those cases. Do you think I should save BM for that instead?
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I tried to use one bag a day and mixed it with WCM
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@Adira: would it mess up his night routine if you just one day gave him hemp before bed instead of breast milk? i think since we're still nursing, i don't want to confuse him.
as for using the breast milk, originally i started giving him breast milk in straw cups along with his meals (instead of WCM) for awhile, but then so much of it would go to waste… sometimes he'd only drink 2 oz, that i felt like the breast milk would be much better off going to babies in need. that's why i donated. i figured i already nursed him an entire year, and he's still getting breast milk morning and night… so i didn't mind doing the switch to WCM during the middle of the day.
if xander isn't liking hemp or other types of milk yet, i would try mixing it until he's adjusted to other types of milk! maybe do 2/3 breast milk, 1/3 hemp… then cut back to 1/2 and 1/2. then 1/3 breast milk, 2/3 hemp… something like that until he's ok with 100% hemp?
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@Mrs. High Heels: I don't nurse at night - only in the morning! So I'm thinking in that case, it's less important, right? Since it will only affect how he starts the day and isn't part of his bedtime routine at all... I'm thinking having hemp would be fine...?
And your transition plan is exactly what I was thinking of doing! Since he's currently not a fan of hemp on it's own but does seem to like BM in a cup (although not as much as he likes BM in a bottle... womp womp), I'm planning on transitioning as you mentioned!
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I let him self wean, so I donated my stash
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@junebugmama: Did you just keep pumping till he weaned? I'm so over pumping after doing it for a year!
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@Adira: Nope. I didn't have to pump very much, but I just eventually stopped doing it.
I kept meaning to mix it into cereal, or see if he would just drink it, or something... but I just never did. Then eventually it was more than 6 months old, and it still took me another few months to throw it away, because I worked so dang hard for it. It was a small stash, only around 20 oz... but still... 
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