My LO is 15 months and I'm considering stopping pumping soon. I can't believe I made it this long! I am not getting very much with each pump now.
When did you stop?
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Wow congrats! I started pump weaning around 11.5 months. I had just enough in the freezer to get us to 12 months (and the pedi had given us the green light to slowly switch over to normal milk at that point anyway).
I'm 5.5 months in now this time and already looking forward to when I can stop again.
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I stopped at 9 months but I had enough in the freezer to make it to 12 months.
Great job for sticking it out so long!
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@sunny: Congratulations on making it this far!
@catlady: 11.5 months is my goal. 3 or so months left for me to go!
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That's awesome! I stopped at 14 months. We were able to nurse morning and night until 18 months and now are down to 1x/day and will be weaning soon
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I stopped at 11.5 months. I had enough freezer stash to get me to 12 months (when we transitioned to WCM during the day) and I was SO OVER pumping.
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I stopped right at 12 months. Kept bf-ing till 14 months. Had enough milk for 16 months.
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Probably right around 13 months. Way to stick with it, pumping is not so fun!
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That's amazing!
I dried up by 9 months with DD1; hoping to pump a year with DD2.
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12 months. I was ready to throw my pump against the wall.
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I stopped pumping at 12 months, basically when I dropped the nap time nursing session, and I was just nursing morning and night.
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I stopped after 14 months. I didn't feel right stopping right away at 12 months so I did a slow taper until she was just getting one bottle a day, then I stopped. I opted not to give her my freezer stash, instead donating it to an org that gives milk to NICU preemies.
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That is awesome!
I stopped at 12 months with DS1 and 10 months with DS2. -
I'm 15.5 months and will go until 18 months. LO has food allergies and the ped says he needs BM or formula at school until 18 months. I absolutely refuse to pay for formula when I have EBFed for so long and with such struggles. So my last day of pumping will be July 29th
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I pumped for 16 months. Well really months 6-16. My LO had mspi so we couldn't switch to cows milk and she also wasn't a big eater for a while so it made sense to continue. At that point I was on summer break. Still nursing at 26 months.
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With lo1 I stopped pumping at 17 mos but kept nursing til 22 months though I think my supply was mostly gone by the end! I had supply issues from 2 months on so I didn't want to stop if she wanted to keep nursing. Also she was only in part time care so I only pumped 1-2x/day after the early days of pumping after each feed to boost supply
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Pumped until 12.5 months, but started cutting back around 11 months. Nursed 1x/day (in the morning) until 14.5 months, when I was about 10 weeks pregnant and dried up.
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I stopped my midday pump just after LO turned 12 months (which coincided with winter break). I will stop my on-the-way-to-work pump at 18 months (which will coincide with summer break). I've kept up the morning session to maintain my supply so I can nurse on demand over the summer. I get less than an ounce each day at this point, but I have a good freezer stash.
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I just stopped this week! My LO will be 14 months old at the end of this week. We still nurse morning, afternoon & bedtime, but he is now just drinking Sippy cups of cow milk at daycare (instead of bottles of my milk).
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Wow, a lot of you went for awhile!
I pumped at work until 10.5 months.... weaned down to morning/night sessions before Xmas break because I didn't want to have to nurse all the time during family vacation. I gave up pumping fully around 11 months because I had enough free formula to tide me over, and I didn't get much milk anyway.
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I stopped at 9.5mos. Then I was home for two weeks over the holidays and just breastfed on demand. And then at 10mo we introduced cow's milk and I nursed mornings/nights/weekends.
ETA: I stopped nursing at bedtime at 13mo, and I weaned off the final (morning) session at 16mo.
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15 months!
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I'm getting ready to wean off pumping at work starting next week! We're at 11 mos and I want to be done pumping by month 12. I'm generally getting 3-4 oz. per pumping session at this point, so it barely feels worth it anymore. LO is eating solids almost as well as her 3yo cousin, so I think we're heading towards less bottles, more food and sippy cups, and morning/evening nursing only.
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I was around 7 months? At 6 months I was done with pumping at work so I slowly weaned off it and finally reached a point I could go all day with out pumping and only nursed at night.
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I stopped right at 12 months. I was so over pumping.
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