I'm a high school teacher and today is the last day of school (woo-hoo!) My DS is almost 8 months old, and will be ~10 months when school starts up again in August. Right now, I pump 2x a day at work and BF at home. I am able to keep up with his demands for milk (~12 oz. per day). I hate pumping and I am so excited to get a break! As far as pumping when school starts up again, I think I have two options... I'm just curious to see what others think about them.
Option 1 -- take a full break from pumping this summer and pump 1x a day at work when I go back. Hope DS will be down to maybe just 2 bottles (or cups by then?) of EBM since he'll be eating more solids at 10 months. My concern for this option is that pumping at work takes away from time I could/should be planning lessons and grading.
Option 2 -- pump 1x a day during the summer and freeze all of it for when I go back to work. This option concerns me a little regarding supply issues. Will my body be able to not pump in 8 hours by then? Is fresh milk always better than milk that has been frozen?
After 1 year, I hope to go to nursing only at home and give DS WCM at daycare. We did this with my first DS and it worked out beautifully.
Thoughts?