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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
*gespenst*
Hi Spencer,
I know you help a lot of people on ivillage and I had posted there a while back but I have a question and wondered if you could help me.
My son is refusing to take bottles and has been for a while now so we have been working on the sippy cup but it is taking time. I nurse him at 6am, 5:30pm and then again before bed. I usually pump twice during the day. Once at 10am and again at 2pm but I get about 12 ounces of milk or more and he only has about 5 ounces max during the day since he just gets it frozen or in his cereal. Should I cut down to pumping once a day? Will it hurt my supply over the weekend when he nurses about every 4 hours? Also, what time would be good to pump if I were to pump once during the day? Sorry for all the questions. Any advice you could give me would help. Thank you so much!!
I know you help a lot of people on ivillage and I had posted there a while back but I have a question and wondered if you could help me.
My son is refusing to take bottles and has been for a while now so we have been working on the sippy cup but it is taking time. I nurse him at 6am, 5:30pm and then again before bed. I usually pump twice during the day. Once at 10am and again at 2pm but I get about 12 ounces of milk or more and he only has about 5 ounces max during the day since he just gets it frozen or in his cereal. Should I cut down to pumping once a day? Will it hurt my supply over the weekend when he nurses about every 4 hours? Also, what time would be good to pump if I were to pump once during the day? Sorry for all the questions. Any advice you could give me would help. Thank you so much!!
Re: *gespenst*
If I were in your shoes, I would probably keep up the pumping as is, and freeze the excess. But if the pumping is a hassle, I think it would be reasonable to cut back to once....since you pump at 10 and 2, I'd go w/ a single pump at around 12. You should be able to keep things going with that at this stage of the game (over 8 months old). If you were at 3 months, you definitely wouldn't want to cut back pumps, but you have more leeway now. And if he gets the hang of the cup and starts needing more, you can always add a pump back.
When I quit pumping at a year, I didn't seem to have any supply issues as far as days when we were together. It's possible it takes a little longer for her to get the milk, or she nurses a little more often, but I haven't noticed a big difference. Though when I went back to work after being on vacation w/ DD for a week, I was a little more full (but not to the point of being "engorged") the first few days back.
Anyhow, hope that helps.
(isn't it nice to have the problem of pumping MORE than your DS needs, instead of LESS?!)
Thank you so much!! Yes, it makes me much more relaxed to be able to pump more than he needs. Although it is very frustrating that he won't take a bottle or cup just yet. I know he takes a little bit out of the cup but not enough. So, we will see.
Thank you for your advice!!