If you live a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, will you make your kid live like that as well?

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I’ve been vegetarian most of my life and vegan for almost 1/2 of it now.  Will be raising my kids vegan until they’re able to make decisions on their food for themselves, after that it’s up to them.

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I don’t force my family to eat vegan and won’t make this baby do it, either.  They still eat mostly plant based, just not completely.

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I have been vegan for almost three years now and have been my entire pregnancy. My fiancé is also vegan so we will 100% be raising baby vegan 💕

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I don't really like meat, which is why I rarely eat it. My husband eats meat and when baby is old enough I will be giving him meat in his diet as well.

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Vegetarian/vegan diets aren’t necessarily unhealthy in any way though, I mean you’re always going to the exceptions that follow any type of lifestyle who are obviously going about it in an unhealthy way, but majority are not. This is coming from a non vegan/vegetarian. I wouldn’t be concerned about a child who is vegan or vegetarian unless they aren’t having nutritional needs met ( only for those crazy carols thinking veganism is just living off sprouts and water) or if an older child who is absolutely being forced into it without wanting to be. Just like if my older child was forced to eat meat when they didn’t want to be I would hope someone would be concerned for my child. That would be too hard to make an entire other meal that breaks your belief system for a child who we all know may not eat but a small amount anyways.

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I'm pescatarian, but my bae is vegan.  So, we've made the decision to provide him a vegan lifestyle.

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I don’t see it to be nutritionally smart at such a young age, likely they’ll be on a butt tonne of supplements to make up for all the macro and micronutrients they lack for proper development. As is recommended by Australian Dietary Guidelines and what I have studied about nutrition. When they’re older, sure, and if that’s what they want. But forcing a dietary lifestyle on a child is wrong to me.

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I was vegan for 5 years and gave up veganism this pregnancy due to a lot of research I have done particularly around b12 and omega 3 dha for brain development. I have only reintroduced eggs and salmon and still eat a fully plant based diet besides those two foods. I plan to add in ghee soon too and occasionally some organic grass fed meat and he will be eating the same as me when he starts on solids. My focus is purely on health and wellbeing and eating only local, sustainable and small scale farmed produce to reduce my carbon footprint. I feel very at peace with my decision now as it took a lot of guilt for me to get over when I first decided to be no longer vegan.

If you live a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, will you make your kid live like that as well?

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