Tell her that spoon feeding is the passing trend and this is the new way that MCHNs are recommending. It is just starting now but it is based on wheat people used to do before blenders were invented!!!

My Mum was sceptical too (not that openly though, but she knows better than that when it comes to me!!) until she saw it in action. Her concern was that he wouldn't get enough to eat, but now she enjoys making him all this different food to see what he likes to eat and how he eats it!! She even started telling all her friends about it! Perhaps give your Mum the book when you have finished reading and tell her to read it just to understand where you are coming from and why you would like your parenting preferences to be supported.