Quitting breastfeeding before weaning

[spotty_dog]

You've done so much for her! Sucks that we don't live in a perfect world, but...we don't. Here's an article on combination feeding. http://kellymom.com/ages/weaning/wea...aning-partial/

[Howfunitis]

My little one couldn't have similac. She did a lot better on Enfamil


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[alotofyarn]

E wouldn't take Gerber, so I was going to try Similac next. Every baby is different, and you'll find what works for you!

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[oceanchild]

You did great! Go you!

We brought a box of powdered formula to daycare and left it there. They prepped the bottles for us. I'd definitely ask the teachers what they'd like you to do.

I stopped pumping around 7 months, but kept breastfeeding in the morning and evening until a little after 1 year. Pumping is a pain. We did some test runs with formula at home and found that DS was perfectly happy to slurp it up (even the cheap Target brand), so minimal transitioning necessary. YMMV, obviously. We started by switching out one breastmilk bottle a day for formula bottle, then another, then a third, as we exhausted the freezer stash. By 1, he was getting 3 6-oz bottles of formula a day (little piglet).

Seriously though, the daycare teachers will have done this plenty of times before and should be able to help you. And again, you did a great job!

[MsSassyBaskets]

I'm still hanging on with pumping and nursing. I thought I was 100% done, but I backtracked and kept at it a little longer, only getting about 2/3 of what I need for the next day and supplementing that with either freezer stash or formula depending on how much we need. I tried Similac Organic first, and she took it, so I guess that works. I'm trying not to make myself crazy about it, but it seems I have an obsessive compulsive problem associated with lactation.... I'm only half joking.

[OrionGrad]

Quitting breastfeeding before weaning

Oh I get you completely. Pumping brings out all my most compulsive tendencies. (Which explains why we now have a deep freezer in the garage...)

[MDPhDWife]

Oh I get you completely. Pumping brings out all my most compulsive tendencies. (Which explains why we now have a deep freezer in the garage...)

Haha pumping is the reason why we purchased a deep freezer too! As much as I loathed pumping exclusively, I saw building a freezer stash as a means to an end and stockpiled over a thousand ounces. This allowed me to quit pumping at 10 months and have enough to get DD over the 12 month goal I had set for myself.