Hi mummies! I am a SAHM of a (almost) 6 months old girl who is on total breastfeeding (DL). Lately, I've been receiving snide remarks from certain people saying I don't even know how much my baby drinks at each feed and I'm silly for not giving FM to baby. I latch on demand eversince she started rejecting bottles and I don't see a point in forcing bottles on her since I'm her main caregiver anyway. My question is - Is it possible to tell how much she drinks per feed? If i am DL her for all her feeds, should i still be pumping to maintain supply or will latching on demand work the same? Thank you!

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Hello! I'm SAHM for almost 6 months too. My girl also rejects bottle and DL on demand. And I stopped pumping and building stash because she don't take the bottle and I will ended up pouring away liquid gold 💔. I guess when we have been DL for this long and baby has been putting weight and not crying after each feed means we're doing fine. I don't know how much I'm feeding too. Just latch on mummy! Hungry? Latch on. Thirsty? Latch on. Sleepy? Latch on. Cranky? Latch on. Scared? Latch on. Lonely? Latch on.

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Home Breastfeeding mummiesi sahm almost 6 months old girl who total breastfeeding dl lately ive been receiving snide remarks from certain people saying i dont know how much baby drinks each feed im silly not giving fm baby i latch demand eversince started rejecting bottles i dont see point in forcing bottles since im main caregiver anyway question possible tell how much drinks feedif i dl feeds should i still pumping maintain supply latching demand work sa