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Baby food containers and chemical leaching

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DeeDee3210 · 17/01/2020 06:08

Hi there. I was hoping for some advice and help. My baby boy is nearly 9 months old and since 6 months I have batch cooking and freezing all his vegetables and fruit and lentils. The main reason for this is because I wanted him to have a lot of variety in his diet and also so that the leftover vegetables and fruit wasn't just being thrown away. The second reason was that my baby wants me around him and mostly held constantly so batch cooking helped me give him meals that were still nutritious with limited time to make. For some reason something triggered about the containers and the gadget I am steaming his food in as it's the cook and steam thing I have. It is about the plastic and chemical leaching into foods even with ones that are BPA free as apparently substitutes are being used instead and also chemical fillers which are still the same, if not worse, outcomes as BPA. I use the Annabelle Karmel cube trays and Tesco fred and Flo baby pots to freeze the food in. I suddenly did loads of research yesterday about chemical leaching and how even grade 4 or 5 plastic containers although safest option can still leach chemicals in the food. As my baby is literally having 3 meals a day with these portions of fruit and veg I am really worried a) I have fed my son chemicals for 3 months everyday 3 times a day as well as drinking from his bottles since he was born as I was unable to produce enough milk and b) how can I now practically store his frozen food? Please can I have some advice regarding both things? Thank you so much in advance xx

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Thoughtlessinengland · 27/01/2020 07:48

Yes indeed this is a crisis OP, and I hope you can find the strength to just make it to telling a professional. You know it is far from okay to feel paralysed at having boiled a kettle right? You are in a crisis and it can be better

NameChange30 · 27/01/2020 09:48

Lots of useful links here
www.mumsnet.com/webguide/mental-health

DeeDee3210 · 27/01/2020 10:58

Thank you everyone. Ashgirl I appreciate your post. The HVs seems to be reluctant to do home visits and mentioned clinics which I can't go to. They mentioned it a few times but I haven't specifically asked in terms of I need help with anxiety so maybe I can do that if I am strong enough to call them and tell them I need help. I'm scared they may think I cant look after my baby but I do look after him. I am just scared and sad and full of guilt all the time. But my baby laughs and plays and always wants to cuddle me so he is happy. It's just me.

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