At 3 months you need to pump AT LEAST as many times as your baby is feeding for about 20 minutes each session. Most try to do every 3 hours during the day and every 4 hours at night.

If you want to adjust the number of times per day you’re pumping do it slowly and then track your production for about a week to see if it impacts your output (the impact typically isn’t instant). If you’re okay with the total output and number of pump – keep at it, if your output dips down too much add a pump back in.

You get the best output/breast stimulation from 1AM-5AM when prolactin levels are at their highest, so its best to pump at least once during this time (i know – not ideal when you want to sleep!)

As far as getting her back to the breast, it is generally easier if you do it following early hunger cues vs the later cues (ie crying). They are generally so frustrated by that point that it’s not worth it to further upset them, which in turn can upset you. It really does affect letdown. Also, a baby still slightly groggy is generally more inclined to nurse. Try expressing just a drop or two so she can taste it and gain interest – unless you want to exclusively bottle feed

Eventually your supply might drop a little if you only bottle feed, but not always. I know a lot of women give up on pumping only, but generally they have a very low pump output – my cousin exclusively pumped for 1.5 years and never, ever put the baby to the breast or fed formula at all

As I said, you are doing great!

To answer your question, you should pump every two hours for 15 minutes during waking hours, and every three hours for 15 minutes during sleeping hours. when she gets older you can slightly increase the timing, but you should average no less than 8 pumpings per day, or your supply might suffer.

Store unused/extra breastmilk in clean containers (use a new bag at every pumping, don’t add warm BM to a frozen container) in your freezer, and if you have too much left over in a few months, you can donate it and give children in need (especially those in NICUs whose mothers can’t pump as well as you can!) the gift of lifesaving breastmilk. http://milkinmamas.com/ sells breastmilk to prolacta, who in turn processes and supplies breastmilk and breastmilk-based human milk fortifier (which helps preemie babies gain weight and get strong without being exposed to cow’s milk fortifier!) to NICUs. Properly frozen breastmilk is accepted up to 10 months from pumping date.

However, we recently bought a Vineland Solid Wood High Chair (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RFAVU2?ie=UTF8&tag=yoga089-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000RFAVU2) on Amazon and it ticks all the rights boxes for us.

1. It’s adjustable, which is a rarity amongst wood baby high chairs.

2. It has a padded seat and back rest to keep the child comfortable. The harness is also easy on the child, whilst keeping them perfectly safe.

3. It has a removable, dish-washer safe tray that makes cleaning up really easy.

I have no hesitation in recommending the product to you as an excellent wooden high chair and an absolute bargain.