DS is 12.5 weeks now and growing fast - 15lbs, tracking the 75th centile. My mum (a scientist who should know better!) and MIL are both firmly of the opinion that I should be weaning him before 6 months (I am exclusively breastfeeding). He is fed on demand and cluster feeds a lot (which MIL interprets as my milk obviously not satisfying him, or why would he be hungry again half an hour after he last ate?) We had Sunday lunch at my mum's today with everyone there and I had DS on my lap while I was eating - he was looking intently at the food and Mum and MIL were both saying "see, he wants some!" (Er, he's a baby - he likes looking at everything!) At one point my Mum said I should give him a bit of mashed potato, and I don't think she was entirely joking! I kept saying (through gritted teeth) that he won't be getting anything before 6 months, but they both keep telling me that you should take official advice with a pinch of salt, that they gave their babies food at 4 months and it didn't do them any harm, that bigger babies need weaning sooner, etc etc. It's only going to get worse as DS gets older - I think deep down they both accept that 3 months is a bit young for food, but once he hits 4 months they're going to be going on about it constantly. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been through this - what arguments can I use that will shut them up? I do the smile nicely, "thanks for your ideas but we're doing it this way" type of thing, but it doesn't shut them up! DH is very supportive, btw, but they don't listen to him either!
Oh, and I already know I want to do baby-led weaning when we do start, but God knows how I'm going to convince them he isn't going to choke - MIL was talking today about how to make nice baby purees....I didn't have the guts to tell her I'm not planning on pureeing anything!! Ideas on how I can tackle that one??