Looking for vegetarian parent friends
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I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
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I admire you so much
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I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?0 -
Yes. This is sound reasoning.I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?0 -
I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?
It's the same thing as raising your kids catholic or jewish. if she wants to raise her kid a certain way she should be able to without judgement.0 -
I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?
It's the same thing as raising your kids catholic or jewish. if she wants to raise her kid a certain way she should be able to without judgement.
Exactly.
You can also just turn it around - why can't she let her daughter decide herself if she wants to eat meat when she gets old enough?0 -
I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?
It's the same thing as raising your kids catholic or jewish. if she wants to raise her kid a certain way she should be able to without judgement.
Exactly.
You can also just turn it around - why can't she let her daughter decide herself if she wants to eat meat when she gets old enough?
Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.0 -
Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.0 -
She still has the choice to eat meat when she gets older...I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?0 -
Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
Why? Growing children need fat and protein. On a vegetarian diet, it can be done, you just need to pay closer attention to it. I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard but you don't mess around with that sort of thing with children in their formative years.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.
Or, perhaps, you should stay off of topics that are calling out for VEGETARIAN friends. Not Carnivores. Especially if you're going to make remarks like you do.0 -
I have not read the back and forth but I am a vegetarian myself (20 years now) and have kids (and a husband) who DO eat meat. I don't eat meat because I don't like the taste but am fine with making it for my family. Having said that, they probably eat less meat that your full meat-eating family.
So, if you want to friend me, please add me and I will be happy to share ideas that I use myself for meals. Also fyi I have never had low iron or B12 or whatever other ailments people say vegetarians have. I do eat cheese and eggs and fish. I don't drink milk because I don't like it. I was vegetarian throughout both pregnancies and did not have any problems. If any doctor told me to eat meat now I would probably be very sick (and likely change doctors). Some people say I'm not a true vegetarians because I eat fish and eggs etc. I think the term people use is "pescatarian".0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.
Or, perhaps, you should stay off of topics that are calling out for VEGETARIAN friends. Not Carnivores. Especially if you're going to make remarks like you do.
Do you not understand the concept of a public forum? If the op didn't want anyone elses opinion other than those from fellow vegetarians she should have posted in groups. You can't pick and choose who says what on a public forum. That is why there are so many groups here...geez.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.
Or, perhaps, you should stay off of topics that are calling out for VEGETARIAN friends. Not Carnivores. Especially if you're going to make remarks like you do.
I made those remarks out of concern, and even if I didn't, I'll make them as I please because this is a public forum and I can post where I want, like I previously expressed.0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.
Or, perhaps, you should stay off of topics that are calling out for VEGETARIAN friends. Not Carnivores. Especially if you're going to make remarks like you do.
I made those remarks out of concern, and even if I didn't, I'll make them as I please because this is a public forum and I can post where I want, like I previously expressed.
sounded more like an attack than a concern0 -
So why are you posting in this thread?Hopefully she'll get enough protein and fat in her developmental years so she can make that decision later.
Maybe the most ignorant comment I have ever read.
...I have no reason to believe the OP won't be careful in that regard...
As a word of caution, and also because this is a public forum of which I am a member and I can post where I please.
that was a backhanded negative comment you posted. and completely (yet again) off topic.
Negative? Really? I most certainly didn't start the cascade of negativity here. Perhaps the OP should post to a vegetarian group in MFP instead of the main forums to find support for her decisions.
Or, perhaps, you should stay off of topics that are calling out for VEGETARIAN friends. Not Carnivores. Especially if you're going to make remarks like you do.
I made those remarks out of concern, and even if I didn't, I'll make them as I please because this is a public forum and I can post where I want, like I previously expressed.
sounded more like an attack than a concern
No, an attack would be something like "You're stupid for making your child a vegetarian", which is something I did not say, meant, or ever WOULD say to someone.0 -
I was vegan in my pregnancy and my very old school doctor was surprisingly very supportive. I had a healthy 9.2# baby! I am raising her vegan as well. Feel free to add me!0
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My only comment is that if you raise your children to be vegetarian, then ensure they eat vegetables. My cousin's children were raised vegetarian for religious reasons. They are now teenagers and they refuse to eat anything other than chips, macaroni and cheese, cheezits, french fries. No salad, baked potatoes, vegetables of any kind. I can outwalk the 19 year old on the golf course and I'm 57 and overweight.0
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Agreed.I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?
It's the same thing as raising your kids catholic or jewish. if she wants to raise her kid a certain way she should be able to without judgement.
I will add, though, that my parents were vegetarians for years before I was born and had to go back to meat because I was so picky and wouldn't eat a lot of non-meat things, even as a very small child. So it was let me eat meat or watch me starve. lol
However, my best friend (the oldest of four) was raised in a vegetarian household (they ate daiy and eggs) and all four children are perfectly healthy adults. I think they all do eat meat now and did so outside their own home when they were kids and teenagers. Their father was veg, their mother wasn't, but she cooked and ate veg because of the father.
Good luck!
ETA: Ironically, I am a vegatarian now, but my parents never went back to it.0 -
My only comment is that if you raise your children to be vegetarian, then ensure they eat vegetables. My cousin's children were raised vegetarian for religious reasons. They are now teenagers and they refuse to eat anything other than chips, macaroni and cheese, cheezits, french fries. No salad, baked potatoes, vegetables of any kind. I can outwalk the 19 year old on the golf course and I'm 57 and overweight.
Yeah I agree with this. If you fill your diet with lots of unhealthy fat and simple carbs you're better off eating meat. Luckily my daughter will eat kale off of the plant but won't even touch a piece of cake!0 -
I'm not a vegetarian (but I don't eat red meat or pork) nor am I parent.
But aren't there religions that don't eat meat?
I know Jewish folks don't eat pork and my Muslim coworker won't eat meat unless it's Ha'lal (I'm so sorry if I misspelled it).
And don't Hindu people not eat beef?
I feel if she started she was doing it for religious rather than ethical reasons there wouldn't be the same arguements.
To the OP, I would talk to your child's doctor or preferably a registered dietitian that works with kids/babies to come up with a plan to make sure tthey get the fats & proteins needed for growth.0 -
What a shame about the petty argument that's taking up this thread!
I'm not a vegetarian parent, at least not for a while yet! But I just wanted to chip in & say that I was raised vegetarian and I am really thankful that my parents didn't make me eat meat before I fully understood what it was/how it was produced and therefore couldn't have made a fully informed moral judgement on whether I was OK with it. As soon as I was old enough to make decisions, my parents wouldn't have minded whether I continued being vegetarian or not but I am so glad that I was and still am, I can only imagine the anger/guilt I would've felt if I'd unwillingly eaten hundreds of dead animals without knowing. I'm sure you'll child will feel the same too, I really admire you for making this decision!0 -
I love that you are concerned about nutrition and that your child eats healthy. I am a Vegetarian-wanna be. I would be vegetarian, except...some in our family need meat. I serve many vegetarian dishes and offer lots of fruits and vegetables, but out of our six children 3 or 4 of them really NEED meat (my husband needs meat as well). They get energy from it and feel healthier. Who am I to say no to that. I know there are some who will argue that we don't NEED meat. I don't need it and feel much better without it. We started all of our babies with fruits and vegetables and didn't introduce meat until they were older. We have tried to teach our children to listen to their bodies and eat what they need, of course teenagers need fast food and soda, lol so I always had good choices for them when they came home and we talk ALOT about balancing good food with junk if they decide to eat it. They are all good eaters. So I applaud your effort! Teach her to love greens, in smoothies and salads, then she will get alot of what she needs. Teach her to listen to what she needs, then she will make good choices in her food. Thanks for your sharing.0
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I'm not a vegetarian, nor am I a mother so I don't really have anything to say on the matter. I'm just here to tell you your kid is cute! :happy: I wanna pinch her cheeks!0
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I don't see a problem with raising a child vegetarian, so long as the parents take care to make certain that the child gets all the necessary nutritional requirements0
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I stopped eating meat for about 7 months before I was pregnant. My ob/gyn advised me to go back to meat to get enough protein during my pregnancy so I did. I am now going meat free again and this time, I am not going back. I choose to go meatless mostly for ethical reasons. But I found that I just felt way better as a non meat eater. I do eat dairy products. I love me some cheese. I do not drink animal milk simply because I do not like the taste.
My daughter was born in March and now she is really starting to get the hang of solid foods. I want her to grow up meat free. I can already tell she is going to be an animal lover like me. She LOVES our pets! I want to make sure she will get adequate nutrition. I think the earlier I start her meat free, the easier it will be.
I am looking for some supportive meat free parent friends. Please add me!
Why don't you let your daughter decide for herself whether she wants to be a vegetarian when she gets old enough?
I will absolutely let her make that decision when she is old enough to make it on her own. I would never begrudge her decision to want to eat meat. But she's 9 months old and can't think for herself yet.0
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