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Hello Lorna,

I know just how you feel.I have a 3 year old beautiful daughter and my

second is on the way.My husband is happy to eat vegetarian at home as well,but

will eat meat when we are out or at family's house.I have had very mixed

feelings on how to deal with my daughter and her choices.She is a very

independent ,outspoken little girl and wants to eat the meat that is offered to

her because she likes it.We have decided to let her choose when this

happens,however I really limit these oppurtunities because I strongly believe in

the health reasons for a vegetarian diet.I just hope that I can give my daughter

enough information as she grows up so that she will understand why a vegetarian

diet is so much better for her and she will continue that for herself.

But my second will be raised without any meat at all,and I will explain

this to all of our family and expect them to follow my wishes.If they can't

accept this then they won't be allowed to take care of this one.Luckily though

most of our family are pretty supportive,and once they were over the initial

shock and disbelief it stopped being such a big deal.Although they still

continue to ask those questions that just seem to drive me crazy after

awhile.Like " how do you get your protein? " and " Don't you need meat to be

healthy? " But I just keep telling myself that they are uneducated and I have

armed myself with lots of information and facts to thier questions.I haven't met

anyone yet that has continued to argue about it after a few explanations.

Melissa

schmorps <schmorps wrote:

Hi everyone,

 

I have just joined this list and thought I'd introduce myself! I

live in NYC, and have a 10 month old baby boy. I am starting to

think about what kinds of foods he should eat (he has been mostly

breastfed until now -- quite fussy about what kinds of solids he

will eat). He has started losing weight. Thankfully, it is not

really a problem for him because he has always been quite chubby and

now he is walking everywhere (!), but nonetheless we want to make

sure that he is getting the right kinds of nutrition. I am giving

him various veggies and fruit and also -- so far -- trying yogurt,

cheese, and beans as protein sources... with mixed success!

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

Also, my husband (not vegetarian, but happy to eat vegetarian at

home) and I have not really discussed how we are going to raise

Ben. We both think that he should be able to choose himself, but I

feel that -- until that time-- he should not have any meat. My

husband thinks that he should try meat so he knows what he's

choosing not to have!! And my mother says he should try meat becuase

if he's anything like me if he's not allowed something he'll just

wnat it more! Part of me feels that I can't control what goes on

when we're not home or he's with his extended family (none of whom

is vegetarian, although my mum cooked veggie for us when we were

growing up). But I also get annoyed with people asking when he can

start eating meat!

 

How do you all handle these situations?

 

 

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Lorna

 

 

 

 

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