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by agePumping schedule for a 6-month-old
Quick answer: Plan on 4 to 5 pumps per 24 hours for a 6-month-old. A sample rhythm: 6a · 11a · 3:30p · 8p (+11p while needed). Judge any schedule change by a full week of totals, never a single session.
The shape of this stage
Solids begin subsidizing the milk bill, and many moms drop to four sessions across this season without losing the ounces their baby actually drinks.
Working the schedule
Drop the late-evening session last if bedtime bottles matter to you; drop the mid-afternoon first if work makes it the painful one.
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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