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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the big thing is that this plan wouldn’t be workable for the majority of nursing dyads.  Nursing on-demand means that you are available round-the-clock to drop what you are doing and nurse the baby.  Will that truly be possible within your current job, or will you just be able to nurse more frequently?  My guess is that this whole thing is really based on you wanting to be close to baby and be present regularly and to have a solid nursing relationship.  My suggestion would be to let go of the expectation that you nurse on-demand and instead focus on having the beat nursing relationship that you can within the confines of your job, without making baby suffer.

For me that would mean that you change the job description some—have nanny there in the office beside you, but have the plan be that you check in at regular intervals for a 30-minute nursing session and then step out, but that you ALSO pump at least twice a day starting ASAP.  Give nanny leeway to manage baby’s hunger—if baby is hungry and you aren’t due for an hour, baby can have some pumped milk, and you can still try to nurse when you go in.  There will be some tough days, but baby will quickly get into the rhythm for the most part and should be on a very solid schedule by 5 or 6 months at the latest.  And plan for nanny to take baby on daily outings starting around 6 months, and for nanny to take a mid-day break during one of your pumping sessions (e.g., when you take your lunch break for an hour, she gets 45 min to take a walk or pee uninterupted, or grab a coffee, etc.)[/quote]

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