Baby brezza

Ok so I’m kinda freaked out. I sent my 7 month old to her dad’s on Friday afternoon, she came back yesterday (monday) afternoon. We used to live at that house but when we broke up I moved out, so it’s familiar to her and everything but that wasn’t the issue. She’s combo fed with pumped milk and formula and has been since she was about 8 weeks old. I recently switched formulas because I found a better and cheaper option and I told him about the switch. It’s a European formula so the scoop size is different and it’s just a little different ratio, but I use a baby brezza prep machine at my house (that we used to have at his house) so I sent her with the machine so it would be easier for him. He’s used it a thousand times (I moved out when she was 6 months old so he knows how it works and she’s had formula for most of her life) but when I got the machine back, I went to wash the little funnel and tray pieces…and you’ll never guess what I found. MOLD. Literal black mold spots all over both pieces. The machine beeps after every 4 bottles and tells you to clean it and won’t let you make another bottle if you don’t take the piece out. I usually don’t wash it every time but I do at least rinse it out and look at it to make sure it’s not dirty so the fact that there was mold on it probably means he didn’t even rinse it out once ALL WEEKEND. Now I’m freaked out bc she’s been drinking bottles that have been going through a moldy funnel. (And irresponsible shit like this has happened before and he’s incredibly ignorant so I will be getting a lawyer at the end of this week and suing for full custody.) Anyone have any thoughts on what I should do?? Or am I freaking out and she’ll be fine?

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This is completely acceptable and if things like this have happened before you're doing the right thing for your babies safety x

In my opinion I think you should talk to him first and tell him he has to clean it after using it and send him the pictures you posted here. I know your angry right now but it could happen to any of us. We are humans we all make mistakes but you going through the hassle with a court battle is stressful. I don’t know your full story. Don’t send her with it anymore he can make the bottles himself. I would be angry too if I find mold in my babies prep machine. Co-parenting is not easy overreacting to things makes it harder.

@Shannon he has put her to sleep in clothes covered in food and given her back to me in the exact same clothes I sent her in, and has put her to sleep with a hooded sweatshirt on when she sleeps on her stomach 🙃and he was supposed to pick her up a few weeks ago to bring her to his nephews bday party and he just didn’t respond until 4 hours after he was supposed to get her. And he sleeps in till at least 11 and makes his dad take care of her. It’s just thing after thing at this point. And might I add he doesn’t even brush his teeth or shower usually so I really can’t trust him to take care of her at all when he can’t even take care of himself! It’s so scary honestly but sometimes I just need help ya know

Bless you, I'm so sorry that you're having to put up with this! I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be given full custody - your baby needs you x

I feel for you! Don’t send it anymore. He sounds lazy to me! Unfortunately, men are different species they have no common sense when it comes to certain things. Try taking it easy on yourself and keep record of things. and you can even try being extremely nice and tell him to take some weekends off . I learned to let certain things go for the sake of my kids. I wished we could change the fathers of our children’s but we can’t but we can learn how to react to them.

Mould can actually kill and adult even breathing it in, once it goes into the lungs you can die let alone a baby! A 7 month old is simply a new baby and should not be left with a man most men are clueless as you can see. Please, please, please a 7 month old is too young to be left with any baby. I think you need to throw that out now, as all things with mould need to be cleaned with bleach and as you cannot bleach it well…you need to throw it out.

My dad about died bc he got black mold in a cut. I think I would get a test done to check for mold in the body bc my dad was very sick for a long time and he was a grown man. Like you said you literally can't make a bottle without removing it and putting it back. So he was just popping it out and back in order to make a bottle bc he was too lazy to wipe it out. I have a Breeza and honestly I don't clean it every time but I do wipe it out.

I got distracted once and put the funnel back without wiping it out. The first bottles after we cleaned it and the ones after I didn't wipe it out looked fine. Then I made a bottle before it said to clean it again and it came out really watery bc the formula built up so thick it couldn't go through the funnel and only the water and a tiny bit of formula went into the bottle. I handed it to my baby in the middle of the night and heard my boyfriend say is it out of formula? I popped it out to check it and realized I didn't wipe it out. The SoothePro recall this spring made us switch formulas and it clogged again even though I wiped it down. It clogged at the top where the formula goes through the hole into the piece you pop off and I didn't realize it bc you can't see that part unless you look up from underneath with the funnel off. I wonder if yours was also clogged and your baby was getting nasty formula water ran through black mold. The breeza is too expensive to not take care of. He can hand make bottles.

@Haisey🧿 well the thing is that 90% of the time she’s at his house, he’s not even awake. He lives with his dad and he’s the one who takes care of her most of the time (except for like late afternoon and overnight). He’s said a thousand times how much he hates being a parent and that he wishes I aborted her. He pretty much just likes to fake in front of his family and give the whole “perfect dad” vibe so that he doesn’t look lazy and useless lol

@Whitney yeah the past 2 days since she’s been back she’s been wheezing constantly… and she’s literally never done that before and it seems like too much of a coincidence to not be related. I cleaned and sterilized all the pieces but I’m gonna do a further inspection of everything tonight to make sure it’s all good! Mold is NOT something I F with !!

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