Help with nutrition

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Hello,

I am looking for some guidance here on vegetarian nutrition (lacto-

ovo)to help ease my anxiety with raising a vegetarian child and

becoming pregnant again while continuing my vegetarian practices. I

have been vegetarian for 17 years, so this isn't new to me, but I

really have entered a higher level of awareness of nutritional needs

a few years ago, before deciding to start a family. That being said,

my now 2 year old toddler is really a very bright child and very

healthy, so I know I must be doing just fine, but I can't help but

wonder if I'm missing something obvious and find it frustrating that

I am constantly going over and over in my head what he's eaten

already and what I need to make sure he gets before the day is done.

There has to be a book, a website, or some people out there that can

give me some good info or a system that work for them.

 

These are my basic concerns - any suggestions would be greatly

appreciated!

 

1 - Omega 3s and 6's - the 3's I've learned are in Eggs and Walnuts

and Avacados - what are other easy and good sources of this and how

much/often is a two year old supposed to get? Where am I to find the

6's and are they as important as the 3's? I was once told that I

couldn't meet the omega needs unless I ate fish.

 

2 - When I was pregnant, half way through I learned that there were

studies done that reported too much soy was not a good thing for the

child as it could lead to extremely early puberty or genital

disformities among other things. So I stopped drinking soy milk,

switched to cow (sadly, but at least drank free-range organic) and

tried to limit my soy intake to once a day (veggie burger, chick

patty, etc.). That made it very hard to meet the minimum 60 grams of

protein each day and I gained a lot of weight before the midwife

suggested that I ease up on the protein mission a bit. SO, has

anyone here eaten soy with no concern throughout their pregnancies

and have perfectly healthy children? I would like to hear that a lot

of you didn't worry about your soy intake! I am concerned with

giving my son too much soy for the same reasons, but know he needs

protein as a growing boy.

 

I guess this is long enough for a post so I'll end it here for now.

I certainly look forward to hearing what you have to say!

 

Thank you!

Hilary