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My goal is for her to never have any formula. So I plan to pump until we transition her to cow's milk (or some kind of other milk if she doesn't out grow her dairy intolerance). It will all depend on my ability to keep up my supply but I really really really want to make that goal.

My long-term goal is for him to drink only breastmilk until he is one and then breastfeed when I'm with him/drink milk at daycare.

My short term goal is to make it until May 31st pumping 10-11 oz a day to cover his daycare bottles. In June and July I'll be with him 3 days a week and can cut back on the amount of bottles needed when he's at daycare (I have those months off work).

I have no idea how I'll keep pumping in August & September until he gets to his first birthday. Pumping has been incredibly hard and I don't know if I'll be able to do it again in the Fall. But I'm planning to try!

My goal is to make it to a year... 2 weeks away!!! I've had to increase my pumping sessions, even as he decreases his intake and eats more solids, so it's been a struggle. But I'm proud of making it and definitely ready to kick that pump to the curb and start the transition to cow's milk now.

Nurse and pump for a year. Freeze as much as possible.

A year.

I exclusively pump so we'll see how it goes.

@MsLipGloss: This sounds exactly like me. We've made it 8 months on April 21st. I'm still nursing him morning and night with a bottle of formula as well. I just can't produce enough for him and he's getting more solids, etc.

I was proud to make it to 6 months and now 8 months. Pumping at work is too exhausting and time consuming. I'm ready to be done with it. I hoped to make it to a year, but it's just not feasible and I'm not happy with pumping and eating so much and not producing enough.

LO isn't here yet, so my hypothetical goal will be to nurse/pump exclusively for one year, when we can transition to cow's milk. If that works out I'll be very happy, but if not, I'll see how long I can go. I would rather not have to buy any formula but I know these things aren't always planned.

I currently work 8-12 and pump twice, usually getting about 4 oz. This is enough for LO's bottle the next day while I'm at work. In June, I'll go back full time and I'm worried about being able to pumpe enough for her for the entire day. My goal has been to make it to a year and for her to not ever have formula. I think we will make it, but I'm nervous about those last 2 months. I don't have much of a freezer stash. When she is 12 months, I'm done pumping!! I'll nurse her until she weans herself, but pumping is the pits.

I'd like to continue pumping until LO is a year, though I'm not sure how frequently I'll pump at that point. Basically, I would like to get him to a year with no formula, assuming he doesn't self-wean before then or I don't have any supply issues. I agree with @Yin: that if I was pumping less than half of his feedings during the day, it wouldn't be worth it to me.

After a year I'd like to continue nursing at least once a day but no longer pump. As long as he's still interested.