Balmaingal, I have a BLS handout if you would like me to email it to you.

Honestly, you could have been writing about my MIL because we've had all those comments too. It is so frustrating. You're confident in your decision to do BLS so I think you need to show her that. Don't hide it from her while she's around. If you show her you know what you're doing, you have researched and educated yourself maybe she wont judge your choices in the future.

As for your MCHN, there's no need to tell her if you don't want to. I didn't in the beginning, simply because I didn't feel I could cope with being shot down for my choices yet again.

As a lot of previous posters have said, BLS has been fantastic for DS. He eats a large variety of foods and his fine motor skills have developed so quickly that I can really see the difference between him and the other babies in my mothers group. He loves meal time, and we all eat together so it's a special family time.

Good luck