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by agePumping schedule for a 12-month-old (weaning)
Quick answer: Plan on 2 to 1 to 0 pumps per 24 hours for a 12-month-old (weaning). A sample rhythm: 7a · 7p → 7a → done. Judge any schedule change by a full week of totals, never a single session.
The shape of this stage
The glide: two anchor sessions, then one, then none, each step held about a week. Comfort-only pumping (a few minutes, not to empty) eases the final days.
Working the schedule
Watch for clogs during drops (heat, massage, one thorough emptying if needed) and expect real feelings; hormonal shifts at weaning are physiology, not weakness.
In Milk First
Log any session in two taps, backdate the ones you forgot, and let the 7-day average chart answer supply questions with real numbers. Every pump files its milk into the stash automatically.
Milk First keeps every date, clock, and rule from this page automatic, so 3 AM you never has to remember any of it.
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