This video was super helpful! I cannot tell you how many other videos I’ve seen and they all share their experiences but not quite in the same easy-going, relatable way you have. Thanks so much for sharing your tips. I’m currently weaning and watching your video helped me keep faith that I’ll get through this too.
Thank you for this I’ve been struggling on when to stop feeling guilty. My body is tired. I pump 4 times a day and my milk is dropping due to stress, but I think that’s a sign to let go now. I’m doing to stop dropping pumps to wean off
Hi! I’m glad my video was helpful. I believe I got down to two pumps (morning and night). I had already kind of started decreasing the time with each just by a few minutes. My normal pump times weee about 15-20 minutes so I would start cutting back to like 13 minutes, then 10 minutes. I finally got rid of the night pump then just continued to cut back time on the morning pump. I believe that’s what I did. My son is three so trying hard to remember. My biggest surprise was I thought I was fine after cutting all my pumping sessions but within 2-3 days my boobs were full and hurt for about a week. I was leaking so make sure you have breast pads. After that week it’s like it cleared over night. Best of luck!
So did you decrease your timing pump in the morning first and then drop it? And then just pump once a day? Or decrease time for both pumps? Did you space out the time of the pump? Like merge the 2 pumps to 1?
Whenever I dropped a pump I would either gradually decrease the time or when I was giving up like an afternoon pump I would just try to make it to my next pump session, as long as I wasn’t hurting too bad. When I got down to just a morning and evening pump they were about 12 hours apart. I started to decrease the time I pumped in the evening then dropped it. My morning was my last pump session to give up. I decreased the time with it as well. I completely stopped pumping when I was only pumping 4-5 minutes in the morning. Hope this helped!
Hi Britanny I am also exclusively pumping and my baby is 6 months old. I can see a drop in my supply n though I'm pumping frequently and doing power pumping still can't see a rise in the supply
I am so sorry for the late response. I don’t always get notifications for my comments. I noticed a drop in mine when I got my period back. I never really got back to where I was before my period. I was an over producer. I believe not everyone is that way. My sister has a ten month old and she also exclusively pumped. She was only able to pump till ten months. Everyone is different and I know it can be emotionally hard when trying to pump. Just know you have done an amazing job so far and whether you can continue or need to add formula you’re still a great momma! 😊
@@brittanyyoung8998 thanks Brittany for your reply I had to stop by 10-11 months coz I was hardly getting only 60-120 ml for 24hrs. Anyway I did introduce formula by 9 months so it was fine 😊 now my baby is 15months
And I wanted to know as well tht once the baby starts taking solids regularly how many times do we need to feed milk and how many ozs do babies take at each feed ? Thanks
Hi! Wow that’s amazing you’ve made it to the six month mark. I remember that is hard work to do that. My sister had a similar situation happen as she got to 6 months and lactation cookies you buy from Walmart or meijer helped her supply some. If I remember right even at a year old my son was getting at least 3 bottles/sippies of milk a day. Each one about 6-8 ounces. At about 13 months I switched my son to soy milk and he did fine with it. Hope this helps!
This video was super helpful! I cannot tell you how many other videos I’ve seen and they all share their experiences but not quite in the same easy-going, relatable way you have. Thanks so much for sharing your tips. I’m currently weaning and watching your video helped me keep faith that I’ll get through this too.
Thanks so much for your sweet comment! So happy it was helpful. Congrats on your pumping journey!! 😊
Thank you for this I’ve been struggling on when to stop feeling guilty. My body is tired. I pump 4 times a day and my milk is dropping due to stress, but I think that’s a sign to let go now. I’m doing to stop dropping pumps to wean off
How many pumps per day were you at when you started weaning? ❤Very helpful video!!
Hi! I’m glad my video was helpful. I believe I got down to two pumps (morning and night). I had already kind of started decreasing the time with each just by a few minutes. My normal pump times weee about 15-20 minutes so I would start cutting back to like 13 minutes, then 10 minutes. I finally got rid of the night pump then just continued to cut back time on the morning pump. I believe that’s what I did. My son is three so trying hard to remember. My biggest surprise was I thought I was fine after cutting all my pumping sessions but within 2-3 days my boobs were full and hurt for about a week. I was leaking so make sure you have breast pads. After that week it’s like it cleared over night. Best of luck!
So did you decrease your timing pump in the morning first and then drop it? And then just pump once a day? Or decrease time for both pumps? Did you space out the time of the pump? Like merge the 2 pumps to 1?
Whenever I dropped a pump I would either gradually decrease the time or when I was giving up like an afternoon pump I would just try to make it to my next pump session, as long as I wasn’t hurting too bad. When I got down to just a morning and evening pump they were about 12 hours apart. I started to decrease the time I pumped in the evening then dropped it. My morning was my last pump session to give up. I decreased the time with it as well. I completely stopped pumping when I was only pumping 4-5 minutes in the morning. Hope this helped!
Hi Britanny
I am also exclusively pumping and my baby is 6 months old. I can see a drop in my supply n though I'm pumping frequently and doing power pumping still can't see a rise in the supply
I am so sorry for the late response. I don’t always get notifications for my comments. I noticed a drop in mine when I got my period back. I never really got back to where I was before my period. I was an over producer. I believe not everyone is that way. My sister has a ten month old and she also exclusively pumped. She was only able to pump till ten months. Everyone is different and I know it can be emotionally hard when trying to pump. Just know you have done an amazing job so far and whether you can continue or need to add formula you’re still a great momma! 😊
@@brittanyyoung8998 thanks Brittany for your reply
I had to stop by 10-11 months coz I was hardly getting only 60-120 ml for 24hrs. Anyway I did introduce formula by 9 months so it was fine 😊 now my baby is 15months
And I wanted to know as well tht once the baby starts taking solids regularly how many times do we need to feed milk and how many ozs do babies take at each feed ?
Thanks
Hi! Wow that’s amazing you’ve made it to the six month mark. I remember that is hard work to do that. My sister had a similar situation happen as she got to 6 months and lactation cookies you buy from Walmart or meijer helped her supply some. If I remember right even at a year old my son was getting at least 3 bottles/sippies of milk a day. Each one about 6-8 ounces. At about 13 months I switched my son to soy milk and he did fine with it. Hope this helps!