Bringing up my child vegetarian, more of a WWYD??

[girlafraid]

Would love opinions on this, another thread had me up in the night thinking about this!

DH and i have both been vegetarians for many years and (naturally to my mind) have not given DS meat to eat, he eats what we eat

We eat a balanced diet, plenty of protein and i like to think I am a fair cook

I have always been of the mind that DS can choose to eat meat himself as soon as he able to express a preference but I'm not going to cook it for him now IFYSWIM.

I've been wondering though, when does this start? Do I agree to him having meat at nursery? Or let him fill his boots at parties if he wants? Looking for some opinions, especially if you have been through this yourself

DH and I are not opposed to eating meat per se but don't feel it is healthy or environmentally responsible to eat as much meat as most westerners do. TBH I think the optimum diet would be to eat meat perhaps once a week or every other week, but I never get round to doing it!

I don't really like the idea of sending him to a party with a lunch box and don't want him to feel left out, though DH doesn't think that is so important

Thanks for reading if you got through this

[stressedHEmum]

I would love to, Riven, but there is no way we could manage. No transport, no money, OH who doesn't want to be involved in "that kind of thing", Aspergers kids for whom the idea of a trip and meeting new people is a complete nightmare..... the list goes on.

I am afraid that we shall have to keep on living in glorious isolation for the time being. It can't be helped that there aren't any local HEers (I blame the rubbish schools and the corrupt council again)As I said, there isn't really much of anything round here.