Forum: Raising Vegetarian Children

I will soon be going back to work 4 full days a week, but I am still breastfeeding my almost 3 month old son. The daycare is very close to my work, so I will be stopping by on my lunchbreak to breastfeed Ethan which will be great. However, in the morning and afternoon, I won't be able to skip work...

My fiancee and I will more than likely be raising our children vegetarian. He's an omnivore and I'm a vegetarian BUT when talking about the subject with family members I've been getting into some pretty bad arguments about lack of nutrients. I KNOW it's PERFECTLY healthy and even BETTER for our...

I am going to be taking a Doula certification course in about 2 weeks. I'm very interested in providing labor support to women, and would love to train to become a midwife, but I'm not at a place right now where I would be willing to move for the education. I am not planning on doing this as...

After seeing two of my friends' kids spend time in the ER due to H1N1, I decided, not my kid. I am pretty crunchy generally (we don't do artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives in my home, this extends to foods and all house-cleaning/personal products), and I wanted to wait for the...

Hey All, I'm kinda new here, as it's been almost two years since I contributed on these boards, and I have a whole host of new questions. This isn't for myself, as I'm quite happy taking my vegan EPA/DHA supplements (VPure), this is for my little boy. He's only 15m, so doing a massive amount of...

I have a 4 1/2 year old and an almost 3 year old. And I'm very newly Veg. The 3 year old is a much better eater than the 4 year old. The 4 year old is SO picky. He eats fruits and veggies really well, but will not eat any type of bean, soup, or rice; he won't touch spinach, onions, mushrooms,...

I stumbled across this and thought I'd share. http://www.webmd.com/video/vegan-pregnancy

Inspired from the "Vegetables you love" thread in the food discussion forum... Which vegetables and fruits do your kids love? Lucas (1 1/2) loves... steamed baby carrots peas corn green beans

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/statelocal/planning.htm Will you be letting your kids get this new vaccine? I'm afraid to do it and afraid not to. There was a vaccine given during the Carter administration (I think) that killed people. Don't know what I'm going to do when this comes...

My son is 7. His boyscout troop is planning on distributing bags around the town for the food drive. He would rather watch his Saturday morning cartoons. He has stated as such in no uncertain terms. Should I make him go, or should I hope he eventually understands the importance of helping...

I doing a ton of research on Cloth diapers as I plan on using them when the little one comes.I never used them on my older two but ,this time around I will. Any body here use cloth ? I was wondering about advice ,products and overall what you all thought of it .

Hi, please, please answer this, I need to do a survey for my coursework, but the only problem is...I don't know any pregnant vegetarians, or even any vegetarians who have had children! 1.Did you change your diet after finding out you were pregnant? 2.Did you find a vegetarian diet harder to...

My son is almost 1 year old. I want to raise him as a vegetarian and would be very happy if he remains vegetarian for the rest of his life. However, it seems almost everything here in United States have egg in them, I mean the things kids love to eat. For example, icecream, cakes, cookies, muffins,...

Does anyone know someone famous who is a parent that raised their children vegetarian? I'm participating in the Huffington Post series on Foer's book Eating Animals and believe they could benefit from doing one of the series on parenting. Below is one of the comments I made in their forum: ...

We're hoping to adopt soon, & intend to do attachment parenting with our child. We'd love to make contact with any vegan families who are already raising their kids this way. (If you're wondering what attachment parenting is, here's the summary from the API website: The long-range vision of...

I really want my kids to become vegetarian, but not sure how to go about it. Obviously I don't give them meat (and eventually other animal products but I'm just talking about actual meat for now). Do I tell them they are no longer to eat meat, do I just not buy it for them? They aren't very big...

Hi all, I have a question to all the vegs (veg*n and/or vegetarians) who have a spouse that's omni with kids. Firstly, if you were veg before you met your husband and they were omni, how did you approach the idea of having kids? Did you raise your kids veg or omni? For either, why? Was it a big...

Hi there! I'm looking for more ideas for my daughter's lunch box. We're ovo-lacto, so anything within that would be great! To give you an idea what I normally give her, here's today's lunch: 2 mini pita breads filled with hummous, falafel and cucumber slices 1 small pear 1 small carrot cut...

Me & my fella are starting the process of adoption! :smitten: We've filled in all our initial forms, & will be doing our home study soon. We can't wait - it's all beginning to feel real now & as if it's finally going to happen. Now all we need to do is persuade someone to trust a couple of vegans...

My kids are picky eaters and it does not matter that they eat vegan. The problem is that they only eat bread and pasta. We can get small amounts of vegetables in with their bites, but for the most part it is a struggle. Recently, I have been mixing in an absolute superfood to fortify these...