Hello everyone,
I've been reading this thread for the last few days and am finally done and ready to post myself.
I'm not a vegan yet (I'd like to be though). DH and I have both been vegetarian for 5/6 years now and we've got a DD (7 months) who will be raised vegetarian with strong vegan tendencies. At this point, she's only had vegan food anyway. We try to do BLW but pre-load spoons for her if it's soup or porridge and sometimes help her keep the spoon straight. I don't see the need to feed her dairy as long as she gets my breastmilk (why substitute milk that's made for her with milk that's made for other animal babies?).
I've been contemplating veganism for a good few years now but feel finally ready to put it into practice. DH doessn't want to give up eggs and cheese but we never have eggs in the house anyway, they repulse me, so it's only a question of him having the odd bit of cheese.
I'd like DD to eat vegan when at home and at least vegetarian when out and about but at this point, I can't see myself from stopping her eating non-vegan things at other childrens' houses as long as it's not meat. I don't want her to worry about what she can or cannot eat when she's still little but I think the whole "nothing with a face" is easy enough to grasp for a child. When she gets older and understands more, I'd be very happy if she decided she wanted to be vegan outside the home as well. Does that make sense?
I'm fairly confident that DH will get there as well btw. I turned veggie about half a year before him and never pressured him into it or anything. In fact, during those first few months, I didn't mind at all when he was cooking his normal sausages alongside my veggie ones and then suddenly, he came home from uni one day and anounced that eating meat was wrong and he'd be a vegetarian. So I think once he's seen me be happily vegan for a while, he'll also be ready to ditch the eggs and dairy.
I could never go out with an omni anymore. So glad DH is who he is.
As for cleaning products, we've mostly been buying vegan anyway but I really want to look into making my own as I think the less chemicals I use in the house the better for DD. We've been doing her laundry with eco balls too and they work well enough.
I've also been using mostly vegan cosmetic products in the last few years as well. I quite like the Faith in Nature Stuff and Honesty Cosmetics.Lavera as well. I'm German but living in Scotland. I go to Germany a couple of times a year and the Boots equivilent there, it's called "DM" sells it's own brand organic cosmetics. The brand is called "Alverde" and is awesome. They do anything you can imagine in vegan. The only thing that's missing of course, is lipstick but then I'm a gloss-kinda-girl anyway. I'm going back in November and can't wait to hit DM.
I love Booja Booja! Their truffles and ice-cream. Shame it's so expensive. Think their products will be my new Christmas / Birthday / Easter treats.
I'd love it if this thread became a bit more active again.