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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mind pumping?  I work from home and didn’t mind pumping at all.  I’d just pump for another 3 months and be done with nursing.  Make sure you give her as many feedings with bottles as you did nursing however.  And start using a cup with breast milk in it now if you haven’t already.

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Op here. I don’t mind pumping. Just don’t want to do both! Am a little sad to give up nursing - it’s just a situation where sometimes she’ll nurse and sometimes she won’t and in that case I’ll either have to nurse and pump or my supply will tank. [/quote]

Is there a particular time of day that she reliably nurses?  One of my babies was similar to yours at that age, but almost always nursed happily first thing in the morning.  So that's all we did.  I continued pumping at other times, but only because my baby seemed to have some issues with the formulas we tried.  But I just added one pumping session after baby went to bed in addition to my workday pumping.  Has your baby ever had formula?  If she likes/tolerates it well, I would recommend slowly weaning off the pump.  If your baby will continue consistently nursing at a particular time of day, there is a decent chance that you will maintain enough of a supply for that even without pumping.[/quote]

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