I am a little irritated at the WIC office. My ped said that since my daughter is allergic to dairy and eggs and soy, that we are to keep her on her formula until two. Great guy! (I feel bad that other people are having problems with there peds) but, at our one yr appt, I got the speech today from the wic lady about how my daughter needs to be eating all her "yummy meatsies" to ensure that she grows right. I told her flat out that she doesn't eat meat. nor dairy or eggs. she started talking about iron deficiency. My daughter has never been iron deficient! I said isn't that what iron fortified cereals and veggies are for? she said that it was, and that was why they made sure all the cereals they let you get have at least 25% daily value of iron for an adult, so it should be more than enough for a child. ok, so then she should be fine. then she said that she should be eating a meat with every meal! my husband (who is an omni) said, no adult eats a "meat" with every meal, are you crazy?! so, she starts talking about how they have to eat it, not so much for the protien and iron, but so they can get used to the texture, or we will have problems with her willingness to eat things later. umm, i am sure every kid goes thru that, whether they eat meat or not, but right now people are amazed that I have a kid that will pick out and eat broccoli first. the only veggie she has turned down is peas.
oh, and then when I told her that we didn't need them to give us anymore milk (been trying to get them to take that off for months now) she tried to put me off again. then I told her that I would just be throwing it out (the eggs too) bc she can't have them (hence the epi-pen) and I won't eat them..she went into a rant about how preg ladies definitely need extra protein or my child will not live long. how horrid a thing to say! I told her that my iron levels and protein intake is sufficient without eating meat. then she tried to go into the "all the things you and your children will miss out on eating"...ok, we had my daughter's bday party at lunch today..she had cake (homemade vegan) and rice dream ice cream. I don't think she will be missing out on much, except maybe that omlette, and I've never missed having one of those. *sigh* sorry for the rant. I just get tired of people sometimes. even my hubby is supportive of raising our children this way. at least he is on my side.
oh, and then when I told her that we didn't need them to give us anymore milk (been trying to get them to take that off for months now) she tried to put me off again. then I told her that I would just be throwing it out (the eggs too) bc she can't have them (hence the epi-pen) and I won't eat them..she went into a rant about how preg ladies definitely need extra protein or my child will not live long. how horrid a thing to say! I told her that my iron levels and protein intake is sufficient without eating meat. then she tried to go into the "all the things you and your children will miss out on eating"...ok, we had my daughter's bday party at lunch today..she had cake (homemade vegan) and rice dream ice cream. I don't think she will be missing out on much, except maybe that omlette, and I've never missed having one of those. *sigh* sorry for the rant. I just get tired of people sometimes. even my hubby is supportive of raising our children this way. at least he is on my side.
