On the surface, those around me are very supportive of how I do things. Upon closer inspection, though, it appears that my mum especially just tends to bite her lip or have her say and then move on, knowing that 'baiting' me will lead to a debate she knows I'll win, as I have the right to make my own choices (she calls them 'mistakes') and that it's my life to live. In parenting my children, I'm only 'hurting' myself, so she knows she really can't say anything about how I raise my own kids as it's not impacting on anybody but me, and I have to live with that.
Example - feeding/rocking to sleep. I was laughing to mum the other day about how, now that DD2 keeps rolling out of our bed and we've put her in a cot for her own safety, I have to clamber into the cot with her to feed and pat her to sleep. I have no problem with this - it's what works for us, sure it gets a bit cramped in there if she's taking a while to get to sleep but I don't mind. Mum's retort was, 'Well, you do it to yourself.' Yes, I do - was I complaining about the situation? Expressing dissatisfaction? Regret about the choice I have made? Not at all - just telling mum what I thought was a mildly amusing story about our new sleeping arrangements. I shrugged it off - told her I make the choices I do according to what works best for my baby AND for me, and that she will learn to self-settle when she's ready. I don't see a need for CCing - she's an amazing sleeper, goes down right on time every night and all it takes is five minutes of laying in an uncomfortable position to help her go down for the night. It's not a bad thing!

My advice is just to persevere. You have made your choices based on evidence you feel supports you and your baby's needs, and family may not understand that due to a lack of education, but that's not your problem. Shrug them off - you have plenty of support here and from others who do gentle parenting We know what works best, and there's no reason to be ashamed, embarrassed or try to please everybody Just focus on yourself and your child and all will be well