pediatrician who has experience with vegan babies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was raised vegetarian and have many friends who were as well. We are all happy, healthy adults. Meat and eggs are not necessary for human health.

We see Dr. Fusner in Kensington and have had no issues around our diet. I've found the whole practice to be very supportive. I'm not sure if she's taking new patients though.

Good luck OP!

Good luck!

Dr. Fusner's practice has sent notice that the practice is closing, but there's rumor of the practice being bought. Be sure to ask appropriate questions.

Seriously?! When were notices sent out? I don't think Ive seen anything yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was raised vegetarian and have many friends who were as well. We are all happy, healthy adults. Meat and eggs are not necessary for human health.

We see Dr. Fusner in Kensington and have had no issues around our diet. I've found the whole practice to be very supportive. I'm not sure if she's taking new patients though.

Good luck OP!

Good luck!

Dr. Fusner's practice has sent notice that the practice is closing, but there's rumor of the practice being bought. Be sure to ask appropriate questions.

Seriously?! When were notices sent out? I don't think Ive seen anything yet.

There's a thread on General Parenting for more info: "Kensington Pediatrics closing"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is breastmilk vegan?

No. Breastmilk is NOT vegan and it has nothing to do with what the mother eats! Humans are mammals and breast milk is the milk from a mammal. That makes it absolutely NOT vegan.

Most vegans take issue with something coming from another animal like milk or an egg even if unfertilized.

Yes, humans are mammals, but most vegans wouldn't be opposed to animals feeding their own young.

It does not change the fact that human milk is NOT vegan.

Humans have the capacity to consent to the use of their milk. Breastmilk isn't comparable to other animal products.

And again - consent doesn't matter! Comparison doesn't matter. Human milk is NOT VEGAN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title: Pediatrician who has experience with vegan parents

I certainly hope that that's what the OP meant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Title: Pediatrician who has experience with vegan parents

I certainly hope that that's what the OP meant.

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I would find a vegetarian diet boring and lackluster (sorry, friends. I am not giving up my occasional bacon cheeseburgers - ethically farmed meats only, for which I pay a premium price - ever), but a vegan diet for a child is inhumane. There's a reason that no traditional diet anywhere on earth has been vegan. It's freakishly unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

My son was vegan for the first 2 years of his life. He was allergic to dairy and eggs, and we are vegetarian, so no meat.

He did very well. He was breastfed (which mean vegan for me--how I missed my cheese!), and when he started solids, he was not picky at all. Avocado, beans, oatmeal. Calcium fortified foods. Everything covered in olive oil, and coconut milk as a drink--tons of fat in there. He did great.

By 2, the allergy to dairy passed, though he is still sensitive to eggs, so we added dairy in. But he was fine without it.

My point is children, babies especially, can be vegan and absolutely thrive, in spite of the strange straw man above trying to insist breastmilk isn't vegan. What is the point there, anyway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son was vegan for the first 2 years of his life. He was allergic to dairy and eggs, and we are vegetarian, so no meat.

He did very well. He was breastfed (which mean vegan for me--how I missed my cheese!), and when he started solids, he was not picky at all. Avocado, beans, oatmeal. Calcium fortified foods. Everything covered in olive oil, and coconut milk as a drink--tons of fat in there. He did great.

By 2, the allergy to dairy passed, though he is still sensitive to eggs, so we added dairy in. But he was fine without it.

My point is children, babies especially, can be vegan and absolutely thrive, in spite of the strange straw man above trying to insist breastmilk isn't vegan. What is the point there, anyway?

The point is that a vegan baby should be fine if the vegan parents consider breastmilk to be vegan and if breastfeeding is successful. However, if the vegan parents do not consider breastmilk to be vegan, what will the baby eat? Soy formula?

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/sya-soy-formula/

[Anonymous]

^^^if the vegan parents do not consider breastmilk to be vegan OR if breastfeeding is not successful, that is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son was vegan for the first 2 years of his life. He was allergic to dairy and eggs, and we are vegetarian, so no meat.

He did very well. He was breastfed (which mean vegan for me--how I missed my cheese!), and when he started solids, he was not picky at all. Avocado, beans, oatmeal. Calcium fortified foods. Everything covered in olive oil, and coconut milk as a drink--tons of fat in there. He did great.

By 2, the allergy to dairy passed, though he is still sensitive to eggs, so we added dairy in. But he was fine without it.

My point is children, babies especially, can be vegan and absolutely thrive, in spite of the strange straw man above trying to insist breastmilk isn't vegan. What is the point there, anyway?

Not the PP but breast milk isn't vegan. Look up what "vegan" means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son was vegan for the first 2 years of his life. He was allergic to dairy and eggs, and we are vegetarian, so no meat.

He did very well. He was breastfed (which mean vegan for me--how I missed my cheese!), and when he started solids, he was not picky at all. Avocado, beans, oatmeal. Calcium fortified foods. Everything covered in olive oil, and coconut milk as a drink--tons of fat in there. He did great.

By 2, the allergy to dairy passed, though he is still sensitive to eggs, so we added dairy in. But he was fine without it.

My point is children, babies especially, can be vegan and absolutely thrive, in spite of the strange straw man above trying to insist breastmilk isn't vegan. What is the point there, anyway?

Not the PP but breast milk isn't vegan. Look up what "vegan" means.

+ 1 If humans are animals (mammals) then the use of human breast milk cannot be, by definition, vegan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son was vegan for the first 2 years of his life. He was allergic to dairy and eggs, and we are vegetarian, so no meat.

He did very well. He was breastfed (which mean vegan for me--how I missed my cheese!), and when he started solids, he was not picky at all. Avocado, beans, oatmeal. Calcium fortified foods. Everything covered in olive oil, and coconut milk as a drink--tons of fat in there. He did great.

By 2, the allergy to dairy passed, though he is still sensitive to eggs, so we added dairy in. But he was fine without it.

My point is children, babies especially, can be vegan and absolutely thrive, in spite of the strange straw man above trying to insist breastmilk isn't vegan. What is the point there, anyway?

Not the PP but breast milk isn't vegan. Look up what "vegan" means.

+ 1 If humans are animals (mammals) then the use of human breast milk cannot be, by definition, vegan.

Can everyone stop making this stupid argument, please? Please find me on vegan blog or cite one vegan person that who know who refuses to BF because it's "milk from a mammal." Veganism generally is concerned with animal products because animals cannot consent to our using them. A BFing mother is consenting. A mother BFing her own child is not in tension at all with veganism.

[Anonymous]

^^ (lots of typos -- not a morning person)

Can everyone stop making this stupid argument, please? Please find me one vegan blog or cite one vegan person that you know who refuses to BF because it's "milk from a mammal." Veganism generally is concerned with animal products because animals cannot consent to our using them. A BFing mother is consenting. A mother BFing her own child is not in tension at all with veganism.

[Anonymous]

Wow what a great collection of idiotic comments.

Does anyone have a suggestion in northern VA?

Good luck, OP.

- another pregnant vegan

[Anonymous]

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Right, why would anyone feed their kids wholesome beans, nuts, fruits, legumes, fungi, grains, etc.?? Sounds like a nightmare! Someone call CPS and get that kid to McDonald's!!!

Yeah, because newborn babies are chowing down on all of that stuff.

Well all newborns chow down on at all is milk. The point is what solids will the parent move to later. I'm sure some people mash up McDonald's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ (lots of typos -- not a morning person)

Can everyone stop making this stupid argument, please? Please find me one vegan blog or cite one vegan person that you know who refuses to BF because it's "milk from a mammal." Veganism generally is concerned with animal products because animals cannot consent to our using them. A BFing mother is consenting. A mother BFing her own child is not in tension at all with veganism.

Agreed. Veganism is a philosophy -- not a game of semantics where BF is bad because it's "milk."