MEAT OR NO MEAT?

[mica23]

We dont eat meat andI really dont want to give it to dd but at the same time want to do whats best for her..Any thoughts on where to get Vegy Baby Cook Book?hmm

I don't give meat to my DD, for me it would be hypocritical to do so owing to the reasons for my vegetarianism and also I believe a vegetarian diet to be healthier on the whole, as long as you know what you're doing.

Good books I found were anything by Rose Eliot, Sara Lewis' Veggie Food for Kids and Carol Timperley's Baby and Chid vegetarian recipes. A lot about nutrition is explained so once you've got the hang of it you can devise your own recipes with confidence.

You will of course get lots of people telling you that children need meat, but it is so not true in the age of supermarkets and easy availability of food.

We're all veggie in the Cubby house, ds is, at 2.4 big, bustingly healthy and eats pretty much what we eat. He loves Quorn sausages and plain fillets with loads of veggies etc. Other days he'll have veggie casserole with sweet potatoes, baby carrots, swede, butternut squash, any other veggies going, chickpeas. Stir frys with noodles, although he insists on eating them with 'sticks like daddy' which takes him ages and ages and ages!!! . Worry not, just give dd the same diet you have until she is old enough to decide for herself...and you are doing what's best for her if - no nasty antibiotics, battery rearing, yuk!