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I dropped to once at work around 11 months. I was pump weaning.

Once per day was never enough to maintain my supply.

With LO #1, we waited until we weaned him off of breastmilk at 8 months old. I still did morning and night feedings, but after that, he was on formula until a year old.

With LO #2, I'm still pumping twice a day at 6 months old. I'm getting about 10-12 ounces a day. It's about a bottle's worth for him. The rest of his calories come from formula while he plays with solids.

With DD I dropped to pumping once at work at around 10 months but I would pump once in the morning and once at night while at home. Now that she is almost a year I no longer pump at all, but still nurse her when I am at home. I have an ample milk stash so I am not worried about her not getting any bm. DD is my 2nd child and with my first my supply couldn't keep up with his needs so I dropped to pumping once a day earlier and supplemented with formula.

At 11 months (last week!). It is glorious.

ETA: Was able to do this (and drop my post-feed, pre-work morning session) because of my freezer stash. Now that I'm only feeding/pumping 3x a day on weekdays, my supply has gone WAY down.

Still doing 3x/day, LO is 8 months old. I hadn't really considered doing fewer than three pumps a day, though I guess I typically get enough milk from the first two pumps to feed her for the next day, so maybe I could drop the third. I've just been adding to my freezer stash whenever I'm ahead of her consumption.

I forget, but I was only able to sustain doing it for a month or so before my supply tanked.

@MrsBrewer: Yeah, thereabouts. I fill one 9 ounce bottle and sometimes fill a smaller one up. Lately, I've been pumping 12 ounces or so. The 3 remaining ounces I freeze for later use. I'm freezing milk now that I'm working instead of when I was on maternity leave. J is growing great with the combo feeding of formula/breastmilk. Doing it this way has eliminated a lot of the stress I felt with my first.

@MrsBrewer: I'm not the one offering it. It's at daycare. I provide them with a 9 oz. bottle. Since it's breastmilk, it has a bit longer time expiration than the formula. He drinks it all. It's part of his 32 ounces of formula and milk that I send him there with each day.