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[quote=Anonymous]OP, don't let yourself be bullied by this type of behavior. Your mom clearly has some displaced anger toward your DH and is using this as an opportunity to vent.
Don't feed the cycle.
There will be many times as a new patent when you'll have to stand your ground with decisions that you and your husband have made. There'll be many times when you'll have to set and keep boundaries. 
We teach people how to treat us. 
Start now by making it clear that while you appreciate she's angry, you as parents have made a choice. Further, make it clear that if she wants to have a relationship with you she needs to treat your child and DH with kindness. Say this calmly and firmly. Say this calmly and firmly. 
Then be a woman of your word and stand by your new family. 
For what it's worth, my MIL pulled this crap over our wedding choices. Deep down though it was really about DH marrying a woman from a different culture. We stuck to our guns. She sulked for years. But at the end of the day our marriage was better for not having allowed her to bully us with her tempertantrum. [/quote]

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