Monday, June 20, 2011

I'll have the Organic Food with a chaser of Mercury please

Before my baby (Eli) was born, I decided that I would breast feed him and when the time came, I would feed him only healthy organic foods. So at 6 months when his pediatrician gave me the o.k. to start him on solid foods, I went straight to the store and purchased several flavors of Gerber Organic Stage 1. When it finally came time to feed him, we documented this milestone using a camera, a video camera and his Aunt and Uncle viewed his first feeding online using Skype. So with all recordable equipment on Eli, we feed him for the first time using a silver Tiffany spoon. It was amazing. Eli did great with solid food. I did not have to beg him to eat it or play airplane or choo-choo train. He was more than ready and eager to try food. He ate his entire meal and I was happy. Then came Stage 2, once again Eli was great. No crying, no playing, just the pure joy of eating. A few days after having him on Gerber Organic 2, I looked at the back of the label and discovered Stage 2 foods had tuna oil in its fruits. Wait minute mercury is in tuna. So there I was, thinking I was giving my baby the very best, only to find out I was giving him healthy organic food with a mercury chaser. After checking a few websites I found out the mercury level from the tuna oil contained in Gerber baby organic food is considered low but I was not comfortable giving Eli food containing tuna oil, so I returned all of his unused and unopened food (the store destroys returned food) and brought another brand that does not contain additional additives.

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  1. Awe, what a disappointment :( Have you considered making your own baby food? That Baby Bullet looks pretty nice :)

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