DP wants the baby to be vegetarian...

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DP said this morning that he would like DD (13 months) to eat a veggie diet, and that we should think about asking the nursery to accordingly change the food they give her.

I just don't really want to! We cook and eat mostly vegetarian at home, and I totally get DP's ethical concerns re. meat, but I I'm afraid I really love it :/ - if we go out, I tend to have steak. And I just think it's too early to change DD's diet, I want her to have a range of tastes.

However, arguing against it makes me sound awful, I WANT THE BABY TO EAT FLESH sort of thing.

Anyone bringing up vegetarian kids?? I'm not sure what to do

[quote custardbear]@Nchang probably [/quote]
So much ignorance displayed in one little word

Putting my bets on custardbear working in the farming industry.

[quote kikisparks]@Triffid1 who said that? I know I said we can get all the amino acids we eat from plants, and that the animals that people eat get all their amino acids from plants. People tend to forget that all amino acids we consume ultimately come from plants one way or another. That’s not the same thing as saying we should eat grass and hay (and only some cows get the bulk of their nutrients from those, factory farmed cows are fed differently and of course chickens and pigs are generally fed grains, soya etc). Nobody is saying we have the same anatomy as non human animals, especially as they all eat differently to each other anyway. Just that it’s silly to say it’s not possible to get all the essential amino acids we need to consume from plants.[/quote]
Aaah, sorry, maybe I misunderstood an earlier post. No idea who it was from! Because yes, agree, there's no reason humans can't get all they need from a vegetarian diet, with a bit of effort.

Also... supplements! and I speak as someone who has lived by the mantra that a good, varied diet removes the need for supplements and has never given her DC supplements or taken any herself and is now accepting, in her 40s, that some supplements are helpful!

@Triffid1 no worries, my post probably could have been clearer anyway.

I absolutely agree about supplements, in fact medical advice now is that some supplementation is needed- vitamin D for under 1s (if they are formula fed the milk is already fortified), B12 for over 50s, vit D, C and folic acid for pregnant women and many don’t know that vitamin D is routinely added to cow’s milk and iron is added to most sliced bread. If children are fussy eaters they could probably do with a multivitamin, dependant on medical advice. I see no shame in supplementation.

@itsmellslikepopcarn

Putting my bets on custardbear working in the farming industry.

I've a phd in biochemistry and work in medical research

come on then - show us your links to peer reviewed papers from scientific journals with an impact factor of 1.0+