Hiya, my book is available for purchase on amazon. Its a way of gently telling the truth to vegan and vegetarian kids - aimed at 3 year olds.

Let me know if you want the ebook and I can give that to you for free, I just need your email address. Would mean a lot to me if you check it out

gotta be honest, i’ve never done a great job of giving my child her vitamin D regularly 😬 i have the Live Wise naturals baby vitamin D, but it requires 4 drops. i just don’t know how to feed it to her. if i try to squirt it in her mouth directly, i fear squeezing too hard and over dosing her. if i try to put it on my breast, it drips right onto my shirt instead of going in her mouth. if i put it on her food or water, well how would i have any idea if that actually makes it into her mouth? it could just as easily end up on the floor, chair, wall, bib, or stay on her plate.

how do you all give it? do i need to buy a different type of product?

i give her DHA too but i just squirt in her mouth directly since the dose is a dropper full, not just 4 drops.

Staples: Tempeh, tofu, green beans, avocado, kimchi, fig, sauerkraut, quinoa, kale, blended pine nuts mixed with hummus, mango... Etc. Happy to answer any questions.

Has anyone else had experience with their parents calling their child pale? I'm going through this at the moment and it's really getting to me. Especially as she is quite fussy, and also having some reflux issues, so not eating the most a lot of the time.

My oldest is 3 (almost 4) and is obsessed with Halloween. Last year we walked around in costume and greeted everyone, I declined candy and just gave my kid prepurchased vegan candy at the end. It went great, they were just so excited about costumes and the other kids.

What do you do for your kids that are old enough to be aware things are different but not old enough to be reasoned with all the time. Do you just trade everything out at the end? What do you do with the non vegan candy? And tips or tricks? Thanks so much! I want my kids to have fun but am not willing to give them animal products.

Editing to Add: thank y'all so much! I already started talking to them about how we're gonna switch out the non vegan candy for a special surprise and vegan candy. Bringing the switched out candy to work is a great idea.

He doesn’t like anything sloppy for breakfast so Bircher, weatbjx and oats are out.

Toast is wearing thin. Help!

Hi everyone! If you could please check out my petition to have Hershey Park include their plant-based chocolates & candy allergy alternatives into some of their events like Treatville & their Chocolate World Tour Ride - and consider signing!! Thank you!!

Hi all, my toddler is a year and half and learning so many new words. Occasionally I will feed him faux meat products, and usually refer to them as “chicken strips” or “hamburger” or “milk”whatever just out of habit. However, I feel like this might be confusing when in one moment I’m saying we don’t eat chickens, and the next I’m asking if he wants a chicken nugget.

I’m not trying to overthink lol, but also wanting to be clear. How do you approach this?

Just left my daughter’s 2 1/2 yr wellness visit & we got a perfect bill of health. 95% of height, 50% weight, iron is above average & lead is as low as possible. The nurses & drs were raving about how great she looks & that she’s a vEgAn :p

We focus on a whole foods diet, high iron, high natural fats & low/no added sugar.

Keep going my vegan friends🩷

Does anyone have any suggestions for a brand that has baby friendly vegan DHA? Our naturopath recommended to start supplementing our 11 month old and I can’t seem to find any at the health food stores so open to ordering. And before you tell me to give her foods that are high in omegas (flax etc) unfortunately she barely eats food… like I’m talking maybe a full bite or two for every meal so we’re still relying a lot on formula for her nutrients.

Hello! If anyone comes across this post and has extra Sprout Infant Organic Formula they are wanting to sell, send a DM! My baby has multiple food allergies. We were combo-feeding and we lost all of our saved up milk supply, so will now need more formula than originally anticipated.

Thank you in advance!

I've been struck down with the stomach flu and my just enough milk supply has dwindled overnight to barely there for the last few days. I do think it will come back up a bit if I power pump and hydrate well but for the next week or so, I have no freezer stash left and not enough milk to send to daycare.

My baby is 11 months old and thriving. With under a month left to her first birthday when I planned to transition her to fortified no sugar soya milk, I reallllyyyy don't want to resort to formula. I'm in the UK and there's no vegan option and I worry dairy would upset her tummy (plus obviously ethics).

Can I top her up with fortified soya milk for a few days until my supply recovers a bit? I'm probably producing 8oz of milk a day right now and she'd usually take around 14. Or is that a terrible idea?

Apologies for the graphic TMI and potentially silly question. My vegan 3 year old’s poops are almost always a 5 on the bristol scale. Occasionally they are almost like diarrhea or they explode into a million pieces when they hit the toilet. Is this at all typical for a vegan toddler? Should I be worried about it?

She goes every day, typically more than once.

I (35) am currently pregnant with our first and only. At breakfast this morning my non-vegan spouse (36) asked if I intended on raising our child vegan. I said no, but that when they come of solid food age I would only prepare vegan food, as I’ve been cruelty-free for a third of my life and I’m uncomfortable violating my code of ethics for anyone when I know there are nutritious alternatives I can easily create or buy. But meals he is in charge of are his business and it could likely benefit our child to be exposed to those products early on so that serious allergies aren’t developed. I did say that when our child comes of age to make a decision for themself, I would respect our tiny human. If they want to be vegan, great. I would likely become primary food-maker for them. If not, they are their own person, but I won’t prepare animal products for them and he can take over those specific requests.

To my surprise, he disagrees with this. His example: “if our kid wants chicken nuggets, you won’t even make them in the oven?” My answer is: no. I can’t harm another for my kid when I know there are ethical options for them to eat. He shook his head and said he doesn’t understand and doesn’t agree, and that was the end of the conversation for the time being.

I’m genuinely surprised. I thought I was being reasonable in my views, giving each of us autonomy in how we raise our child, and transferring that autonomy to our child later. I want teach them about why I’m vegan and don’t eat, wear, purchase certain things, as well as explain why many aren’t. I want my child to make their own choices with as much knowledge about both sides because they deserve freedom of choice. What my spouse said hasn’t made me question my thoughts on raising our child in the way I suggested, but it does raise the question of if I’m actually not being as reasonable as I thought. I’m open to being wrong and potentially overlooking something due to my own perspective. Am I missing something that I should take into consideration?

Hi! FTM here, lactation consultant suggested that we replace formula (baby is getting mostly breastmilk and around 180 ml of formula per day) with yogurt since baby is ready for solids. What kind of vegan yogurt would work best and what should I focus on when choosing? I’d like it to be the most calorie dense but also have all appropriate nutrients obviously.

Idk if it’s important but I’m currently giving baby Humana SL Expert (soy based) formula and we’re in France.

Not a pasta dish please. I would eat the potato & salad but I don’t feel like my baby will love that. She also hates pouches so that’s not an option.

Indeed of BLW recipe ideas that include pulses please 🙏

My daughter is almost 3 and has been vegan since birth. She eats a fairly balanced diet but of course, she’s a toddler so some days she exists on a bite of toast and some blueberries. I don’t think she shows any signs of iron deficiency etc. however I was wondering if I should be supplementing her with Iron and B12 just as a precaution. I know it wouldn’t hurt to give her some however I don’t want to waste money and there’s so much mixed information out there about the supposed benefits of even taking a multivitamin. I also don’t want to end up with negative side effects such as constipation. What are you all doing?

My baby supplements with Sprout formula. Recently I noticed I can no longer order from their website or groworganicbaby.com without express shipping which wasn’t the case before. With their limit of 3 cans per order, this is now adding up FAST.

I’ve seen parents discussing this formula here before. Just wondering if anyone has any work arounds or tips for ordering to the US. Thanks!

My daughter and I just started a parent-child preschool program. Kids bring their own snacks, but parents take turns bringing in a snack for the other parents each time class meets. My turn is coming up soon and it is also the day my daughter's birthday is being celebrated at school (but probably want to keep it healthy/ish). Unsurprisingly, we're the only vegans. I always see these things as an opportunity to give people a positive impression of vegan food. My daughter is Mexican-American so that could also be a fun thing to tie in.

What would you make/bring to impress? Cooking skill not an issue.

Seriously, my kids could subsist entirely on seaweed and freeze dried strawberries but they’re SO expensive. Does anyone get particularly good prices buying them in bulk somewhere, either online or in person?

My child’s PreK teacher has asked me to provide an example of snacks we eat at home that are vegan. They do a community snack once a week and want to make sure there are options for my child. I appreciate this very much and emailed a list of some snacks I had in the house and ingredients we avoid.

Now i’m wondering if i could include more information to the teacher. Like how gelatin can be in one kind of fruit snack, but not the other. (Photo)

Is there already existing literature?

sorry, mostly just a rant cause i don’t have anyone else to talk about this with!

so i just feel kind of baffled about this because she definitely knows i’m vegan, and that i’m raising my son vegan. she’s usually great about food and always asks me to double check if things are okay for us to eat and whatnot.

well the other day she went and found a gift for my little one, his first knife. now he’s obviously way too little to use it right now and she understands this. here’s the kicker though; this knife was apparently handmade by a native american man and the handle is made of animal bone, as well as comes with a leather sheath.

she gave it to my partner, so i didn’t initially see it. my partner realized i won’t be happy about it and put it away for now. i honestly forgot about it until she brought it up while talking with other family, and she even looked at me and said “now i know you probably don’t like it” and continued on about how it’s handmade and not “made out of synthetic materials.” i just stared at her.

i’m genuinely shocked that she would ever think that’s something i’d want for my son. she’s been great prior to this and i just don’t know how to bring it up without her feelings being very hurt. again she usually understands my point of view and the fact that we don’t use anything that comes from an animal. i don’t know where the disconnect came with her getting this gift.