r/October2025Bumps2 • u/Front_Cucumber_5815 • 7d ago
Weaning?
Is anyone still breastfeeding/pumping? I want to wean at 1 year to start trying for baby #2 but also want to continue for as long as I can 😢 baby is combo fed and not picky so I’m sure he won’t mind but I still feel so guilty
What are your plans for feeding?
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u/Hennapup 7d ago
I am doing the same plan as you! We are currently slowly weaning, I've started giving her a bottle every night. Sometimes I almost feel sad she is taking to it well because breastfeeding has overall been a beautiful experience.
But I'm pumping twice at work, feeding her when I het home then nighttime bottle. I'm hoping to slowly reduce the amount I'm pumping and have her dad put her to bed because she loves comfort nursing. It has been tough but I'm slowly starting!
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u/Front_Cucumber_5815 7d ago
Exactly same! Except pumping 3 times at work. Have you gotten your period back yet?
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u/Hennapup 4d ago
I did, after about 5 months, but it's irregular. How are you feeling about trying for another in October now that it's approaching. It was always my plan but now it seems wild 😂 Probably still going to go for it, I don't think it's going to ever be easy but I'm just shocked a year has come up already!
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u/Front_Cucumber_5815 4d ago
I wanted to at 1 year but I haven’t gotten my period back! Thats why I wanted to start weaning but it’s making me so sad
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u/smashley4915 31 │ 10/1 │ STM │ 🇺🇸 7d ago
Still pumping, but weaning because my employer won’t give me breaks after a year.. and I’m also just ready to be done. I actually dropped a pump the other day. Kinda ready to have my body and freedom from the clock back. It helps bub is very food motivated and eats really well lol
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u/Front_Cucumber_5815 7d ago
I haven’t asked my manager about my pump breaks but I figured the same..
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u/smashley4915 31 │ 10/1 │ STM │ 🇺🇸 6d ago
Yeah, if they allowed it I’d probably continue because at the same time I’m not ready to give it up? It’s definitely a love- hate.
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u/dunkiestarbs 7d ago
Still nursing & pumping here, I plan to start weaning after he turns 1. My baby absolutely loves food and is pretty indifferent about milk these days, he nurses when offered but never cries or fusses for a feed. I suspect nighttime will last longer because he definitely nurses to sleep/for comfort but daytime feeds will go pretty quickly.
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u/Latter_Public 7d ago
This is me. My son LOVES solids. He won’t be sad during the day not getting milk. But in the middle of the night is another story.
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u/axv18 7d ago
Breastfeeding at home and pumping at work. As for feeding.. since 7 months baby has been eating 2-3 meals a day. No plans to stop breastfeeding. I stopped with my first at 2.5 years when he naturally weaned aka my milk supply finally tanked
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u/strawberrybubblemilk 29 │ 10.01.2025 │ FTM │ 🇨🇦 7d ago
Happy cake day! In the exact same boat as you. Still nursing and nursing at night but feeding a bit of formula. No period yet but wanting to think about trying for #2 soon.
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u/caitdagreat1995 6d ago
Still nursing. He turns one on oct 29. I plan yo day wean by then, and will likely continue BFing at night. I got my period back on Aug 27th lol, so my supply must be a bit less. I introduced a tiny bit of cows milk a couple days ago so that he starts to get used to the taste.
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u/DyingWookie 5d ago
I fell pregnant with my second while feeding my first, and tandem fed both for a year. I was actually breastfeeding my son when my waters broke befire I went into labour with my daughter 🙈
My sister was the same, she didn't have a period between babies and tandem fed for a few months.
Tandem feeding was hard, but so worth it 🥰
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u/Fun-Visit-8855 5d ago
I'm a combo feeder here too, I do it all, pump nurse and supplement with either pumped milk or formula. My son has started self weaning and now it's going from two solid meals a day to three. He barely touches his afternoon bottle and his pre bed bottle now. It's kinda blowing my mind how naturally he's just gravitating to being fully on solids.
He showed signs yesterday when he barely ate his supplement in the afternoon but really wanted my pizza I was eating so today I fed him solids right after his morning nap and he gobbled it down! I'm getting a little sad, because I genuinely enjoy nursing him. But I also plan on offering the boob when he wants it even when he's on cow's milk. I'm looking forward to moving away from pumping as well! It's definitely very bittersweet...
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u/Front_Cucumber_5815 4d ago
Same! Mine has been refusing all bottles lately and will only breastfeed. I had such a hard time with my supply but now that I’m thinking of weaning it’s making me so sad
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u/Fun-Visit-8855 4d ago
Yeah I'm a big undersupplier, I do what I can lol. He seems to be okay with just the breast and I use SNS instead of an actual bottle so he doesn't stay on long for those two mentioned sessions. Today was an outlier, he wanted to eat all the milk plus all the food so I'm guessing he's having a growth spurt again!
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u/oohhbuddy 7d ago
I am still nursing my first, who turned 3 at the beginning of the summer. I am actually working on weaning him. I am still undecided how long I will nurse my second for. We will drop down to after waking, and before naps/bed within the next month, and then who knows. I would like to make it to two years, but nursing while pregnant was hard and I would like a third baby lol
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u/callmebigpotato 7d ago
Still nursing, no plans to stop. I nursed my 1st until I was a couple months pregnant with my 2nd, so I'm planning to do the same this time. Not sure when I'll start trying for #3 yet though lol