How do I get family on board with BLW?

[G2501]

Please help!!
I plan to BLW when LO is 6 months, so in approx 6 weeks. However, OH, MIL & FIL don't "get it" and can't understand why I won't be pureeing everything. I have read Gill Rapleys book and would love them all to read it too but they won't. I've tried to explain but they are suspicious and seem to view it as some kind of strange fad! (it's already bad enough from the point of view of my in laws that I don't give my exclusively BF LO water or juice. Sigh.) It doesn't help that I get defensive and am possibly not explaining BLW properly to them but there really isn't much to tell is there?! The final straw was when they gave me a food processor/blender for making baby food yesterday!
Any tips for getting them and OH (who seems to agree with his parents) on board?

 

[special_kala]

you dont need to get them on board its your decision.

be firm when they question and say this IS what we are doing, in a few months they will be singing BLW praises!

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

^ yup, this!

If you would use a food processor for other purposes then great, but otherwise I'd ask if they had the receipt because you don't need it.

 

[G2501]

You're right! I just don't want them to try shoving food into LOs mouth, they don't grasp that she will need to explore the food and eat at her own pace when she's ready. OH thinks I'm going to starve her! Oh well, they'll just have to get used to it as it's the weaning method I'm going with!

 

[special_kala]

feel free to show your oh this and ask if he thinks River looks like she is starving lol

https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/26748_388570260772_515030772_4546380_4076181_n.jpg

that after about a month of exclusively BLW no purees at all

and how much fun does this look

https://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/26748_388570250772_515030772_4546378_6873092_n.jpg

 

[G2501]

feel free to show your oh this and ask if he thinks River looks like she is starving lol

https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/26748_388570260772_515030772_4546380_4076181_n.jpg

that after about a month of exclusively BLW no purees at all

and how much fun does this look

https://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/26748_388570250772_515030772_4546378_6873092_n.jpg

Ha ha those pictures are brilliant! Thank you for sharing them. Can't wait to get started, to me it seems so much less stressful than TW so I have a lot of motivation despite everyone's negativity!!