BLW and grandparents

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OK, so I love my mother dearly and am genuinely looking forward to spending Christmas with her BUT, she insists that myself and my siblings were all sleeping through the night every night by six months and that the reason my DS isn't is that he's not getting enough food and I should be giving him purees.
I've been BLW for two weeks and DS is loving it. He's not swallowing with intent yet, but he has put everything offered in his mouth and is totally absorbed by the whole thing. I've read the book and feel confident it's the right way to go.
So why, in the face of my only trying to help mother, do I lose the ability to defend myself??

Any tips for helping her understand would be gratefully received!

Ok, this is just my opinion but

You never know she may be right! but thats not really the point is it?
All you need to say is "I know thats what you would do mum and I'm sure it worked great for us but this is what i'm doing and I'd really like your support"

Do you have a good relationship generally with her?

I'm sure she doesnt realise that she is making you feel this way?.

Just carry on with what you normally do.

Hopefully she'll see you and DS both getting so much enjoyment from it that she'll start to understand why you're doing it.

Good luck!

Has she seen him in action? Has she read the book?
My mum told me that she wasn't convinced about blw until she'd actually seen my DD shovelling in her own lunch at 6 months. She didn't tell me this until afterwards of course!
The other tactic to try is to ask her what HER mum did, blw is basically going back to what was done a couple of generations ago. Puree is a relatively new thing really.

agree with RJandA. I was worried about mums and in laws reaction to blw, but now theyve seen how much fun he has they think its great! Also mum said to me the other day now that he's started on this route he wont allow himself to be spoon fed because he knows how much fun it is to eat himself!!

You can also point out that eating and dleeping better is not proven as such, and there many babies eating loads who still wake at night.

also dont make too much attention over how much is goin down if you can help it. And finally, many babies on purees take a while to get any food down them!