bedeilly
06-30-2008, 03:01 PM
Hello - I am the mother of an 8 month old boy, and am wondering if I'm "on track" with how much I'm still pumping and breastfeeding. I also work full-time, and am getting a little tired of pumping at work, but am confused about whether or not I'll be able to keep up my supply if I leave the pump at home.
So here's the deal. . . DS usually wakes up between 5:15 and 6:00 am. I nurse him immediately in the bed, and am usually quite engorged (particularly on the left side, which produces 75% of my milk.) I'm guessing he gets 4 or 5 ounces out of me. Then I feed him cereal at 7:00 and pump one more time before leaving for work (4-5 oz). I then pump late morning and late afternoon (8 oz total) at work, and then feed DS regular food at home at around 6:00. I tend to bfeed him one or two more times before he goes to sleep at 9:00. I have a feeling these are more for comfort than nourishment. . . I tend to produce more milk in the am, and less as the day goes on. But if he doesn't nurse for long before falling asleep, I might pump one more time before I go to bed so I'm not too engorged in the middle of the night.
The total amount the I pump is between 14 - 16 oz. I send DS to daycare with this in bottles, as well as one jar of food and some yogurt.
I guess I'm just wondering what routines other mothers of similar-age children have. I love the idea of continuing to breastfeed, but would be happy to stop all the pumping. Again, my fear is that as soon as I do, my supply will dwindle, and I had to work really hard to re-establish this after pretty much weaning after 3 months (too long and boring a story to go into here :)
So here's the deal. . . DS usually wakes up between 5:15 and 6:00 am. I nurse him immediately in the bed, and am usually quite engorged (particularly on the left side, which produces 75% of my milk.) I'm guessing he gets 4 or 5 ounces out of me. Then I feed him cereal at 7:00 and pump one more time before leaving for work (4-5 oz). I then pump late morning and late afternoon (8 oz total) at work, and then feed DS regular food at home at around 6:00. I tend to bfeed him one or two more times before he goes to sleep at 9:00. I have a feeling these are more for comfort than nourishment. . . I tend to produce more milk in the am, and less as the day goes on. But if he doesn't nurse for long before falling asleep, I might pump one more time before I go to bed so I'm not too engorged in the middle of the night.
The total amount the I pump is between 14 - 16 oz. I send DS to daycare with this in bottles, as well as one jar of food and some yogurt.
I guess I'm just wondering what routines other mothers of similar-age children have. I love the idea of continuing to breastfeed, but would be happy to stop all the pumping. Again, my fear is that as soon as I do, my supply will dwindle, and I had to work really hard to re-establish this after pretty much weaning after 3 months (too long and boring a story to go into here :)