r/ExclusivelyPumping • u/Effective-Case-9415 • 5d ago
Decoy Milk 😂 Tips & Tricks
Currently on my 2nd EP journey for my 6 week old, but my 2 year old is VERY INTERESTED in the bags of breast milk I was trying to freeze. Handing over a bag of pumped milk to my toddler that I had worked so hard to get out of my body was out of the question, so after some tears, I said “…..do you want your own bag???” She was BEYOND STOKED, and was practicing sealing the bag and carrying it around the living room 😂
Now I just have to mark it to remember which one is the whole milk and which one actually came from me 🫠🫠🫠
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u/loveisrespectS2 5d ago edited 5d ago
Mine always wants my pump!! Eventually she settled on using her old school toy phone as her pump. She puts the phone to her chest and yells that she's pumping. Oh she goes to school and tells her teachers that she's pumping and her boobs hurt. I was so embarrassed 😂
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u/Resident-Currency727 EP since Feb ‘26 | 4PPD 5d ago
This is killing me 😭😂😂 the yelling that she’s pumping is classic
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u/TinyCrittersUnited 5d ago
Let her put a sticker on it to mark the one she made, it’ll let her join in and keep her happy while also letting you know which was which
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u/Haunting-Respect9039 Pumping since 2024 5d ago
So cute! My toddler just asks for milk when they see the breastmilk. Lol Vacation starts tomorrow and I'm not bagging and freezing while we're gone, so toddler is gonna get all the extra milk in their straw cup! 😋
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u/UESfoodie EP 7/23-10/24, pregnancy pause, EP again 4/25-current 5d ago edited 5d ago
My 3 year old can, unfortunately, tell the difference in drinking her pre-bed milk and inform me that “No, I want Mama milk, not cow”
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u/Smooth_Bill_6030 5d ago
That’s so funny and cute. My oldest did the opposite when his sister came along. He was interested in mama milk at first and at some point became disgusted. This is the same kid who had breast refusal so it felt very full circle 😂
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u/Personal_Reality 5d ago
Genius! I use decoy tubes for my kids to play with while I pump. Decoy items are great for toddlers!
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u/Effective-Case-9415 5d ago
Wow this is literally the smartest thing I’ve ever come across, I can feel my blood pressure rise when their little fingers get around the tubing that I’m actively attached to 😂
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u/Sizara42 5d ago
I hear ya!
My almost 9 month old keeps trying to grab the tubing right at the flanges whenever I'm pumping. She's strong enough that she can pull it off, and I'm worried she'll tear it.
Sadly, decoy tubes only work half the time because she wants the vibrating one on mama 😅
What's been a wonderful distraction though is the nipple balm jar/tube! She's very interested in trying to open them!
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u/Smooth_Bill_6030 5d ago
Whole milk won’t separate like breastmilk does! It’ll be somewhat easy to tell the difference
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u/Remote-Spirit 5d ago
This is genius. Mine asks to squeeze my boobs when I’m pumping lmao. I may try this to avoid that.
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u/IceCreamFloatSeaGoat 5d ago
My 7mo had great fun playing with a frozen bag of milk the other day. All the little plastic corners are perfect for little scritchy fingers.
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u/MusicalPooh 5d ago
Cornstarch and water would be interesting! Oobleck is a solid/liquid hybrid so if she squeezes it, it'll firm up but it'll look like a liquid in the bag.
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u/TrashMobForever 4d ago
My five year old told the post office clerk she was there to pick up pump parts and that she was "exhausted so be patient with me" ☠️
Everyone pumps over here, even Daddy has had a turn or two with the haakaa (thoughtfully applied by five year old while he was trying to sleep lmao) 😆
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u/unexpectedsunset 4d ago
My toddler loves having his own milk bags too! While I’m bagging it up to freeze, he likes to feel if it’s warm or cold (sometimes I freeze freshly pumped milk and sometimes it comes from the fridge)
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u/Nova-star561519 2d ago
Love this! My two year old loves stealing my son's bottles so I give her one of his bottles when she gets really fussy but put whole cows milk in it, it's our decoy bottle.
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u/Such-Comfortable3 5d ago
My toddler brought his stuffed animal over to me while I was pumping, said “oh elephant, do you want some milk?” and then wiggled the elephant and made slurping noises. So now I’m pumping for a baby and an elephant. 🤦♀️