I am worried that my 8 month old may not be getting enough milk and instead be wanting too much solid food. I'm not sure how to get the right balance - or whether I should just trust her to know what she needs. We are doing BLW and she is eating three full meals a day with snacks of yogurts and fruit in between. She will eat anything and everything offered and never seems to want to stop!
Everyday she breastfeeds for about half an hour at 7am, and about 20 mins about 6pm before bed. She has two further short feeds, one in the morning and one in the afternoon (she has two 5-6oz bottles of EBM for these feeds when she is at nursery - this has gradually reduced from three 10oz bottles of EBM that she was having before she started on solids because the nursery said she wasn't wanting/finishing them). She doesn't wake to be fed in the night at all - and hasn't done since she was five months.
The reason I am worried is that I used to have no problem expressing plenty of milk for nursery but this week I have struggled to produce the 10oz needed for the daytime. I had a row with her dad on sun and don't know whether that affected it, or whether I just have less milk because she is not taking as much. Her dad has made it quite clear that he thinks it is time for me to be stopping soon and giving her formula instead. I have no intention of doing that but I do feel under pressure to stop from several sources ("what you are still feeding her yourself?" - oddly the only really supportive person is my old dad who thinks it is brilliant and that I should continue). I don't want to end up giving up because I am worried she is not getting the right balance of milk-solid food or I can't express enough for her whilst she is at nursery.
Any advice would be appreciated!