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jars and sachets - MIL is disgusted

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Murphyslaw21 · 03/01/2016 09:22

Bit of a back story...

My house we bought before baby is very old, found out I was pregnant so did bedrooms, and living room. We have no heating or water, having run out of money we have had to put kitchen old hold.

House is warmed by a wood burner. Now my kitchen is disgusting. Mould, damp no water (outside tap only). We only use it as necessary. Pots and pans are washed in bucket with kettle water. Therefore I only give baby jars and sachets. Now I spend a fortune she has mango breakfast, porridge, roast dinners all fruit and veg. I wash her pots and sterilise them. I would not think of risking cooking as I'm not convinced pots and utensils are clean enough. We won't be doing kitchen until next year as we have to put in heating in this year. We don't have a dishwasher as no space for one.

My MIL has raised concerns and insults that it's because I can't be bothered to cook and that the jars are full of preservatives and additives. But I read them and they are 100% organic with nothing added. I'm so cross.

I give baby 3 good meals a day. I would love to cook but it's an awful kitchen. When we go out with her and I pull out a packet I get rolling eyes and sarcastic comments. The other day I said well buy me a kitchen then. And she moaned that I spent the money on doing bedrooms first. But my logic was baby needs a nice clean bedroom . We had been sleeping for six months on an air bed. Not fun whilst heavily pregnant.

I'm so angry but I'm wondering if the jars and sachets are bad.

DawnMumsnet · 03/01/2016 19:45

Evening all,

We've had a few reports about this thread and just wanted to stop by to ask people to go easy on the OP. It seems to many of us that she's doing the best she can for her baby in very trying circumstances, so we'd be really grateful if some posters could be a bit less harsh.

Thanks to everyone who's offered practical advice and support here. There are lots of very useful suggestions and the OP's taking them all on board.

Many thanks. Flowers

DawnMumsnet · 03/01/2016 21:28

Oakmaiden - is this the link you were trying to post? Smile

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