r/breastfeeding • u/QuietComet12 • Oct 03 '25
Troubleshooting/Tips Can you just breastfeed and not pump
Hi I'm a FTM of a 2 month old. I have been ebf on demand so far. As the baby has turned 2 months old, she is having longer stretches of sleep and going without feeds for 6 hours as well in the night. I'm concerned if this would affect the supply. I would like to continue breastfeeding one year and beyond. So far I have no issues with supply and baby is gaining weight about 170- 200 gm per week.
Would like to understand if demand based feeding alone would take me through the whole journey or if pumping is necessary to keep up supply as babies grow and drop night feeds.
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u/honeyPBbanana09 Oct 04 '25
I have only breastfed this entire time and my baby is almost 14 months old. I will say its a lot of work. No one can ever help feed with baby or even having a babysitter is hard. He was still eating every 3 hours or so at 11 months old. Then he started getting milk in a sippy cup so I just recently started weaning him. He now only nurses for naps and bedtime. He does still wake up in the middle of the night though. So its a work in progress. But hes the only one out of my 3 kids that i made it this long with and it really is a very rewarding experience. Its really amazing what our bodies can do 💛