How about "she'll never to learn to handle cutlery if you don't spoon feed her first". Oh yeah? Then how come my 10 month old is better with her spoon than your 15 month old! Oh, and another HV classic, from the last time I took IzzyMouse anywhere near one, at four months. "Purees expand the stomach. She won't have enough capacity for the food she needs later on if you don't fill her up now." Cue stunned silence followed by some tumbleweed blowing across the surgery floor.