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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need a registered dietician. Your pediatrician is not trained to give specific advice on nutritional needs and diets. Find someone who can work with you on specific meal plans and nutritional needs.[/quote]

No really you don't or at least you don't anymore than anybody else does as very few people get enough fruits & veggies and most people are getting too much junk and processed foods.  Our vegetarian family and the other families we know who've made the same choice are way more self conscious about our kids diets than the meat eaters we know who in many cases seems to rely on some kind of processed chicken for most of their calories.

So long as your kid doesn't have a particular dietary handicap this really isn't rocket science.

Since they were about 2.5 our kids have had a daily kids multi-vitamin we get at whole foods that is vegetarian (most kids vitamins are made with gelatin)and that makes sure they get most of their daily vitamins and minerals though if they are eating regular servings of fruits and vegetables B12 is really the only one you need to be careful that they are getting.

Getting the 8-10% of calories that should come from protein from non meat sources is actually pretty easy and almost certainly going to net out to your kid having a much healthier diet than most meat eaters.

Like everyone else you should limit the processed carbs and sugary drinks but that really has nothing to do with being a vegetarian.

BTW the substitute processed meat products while not necessarily being great food products are vastly better for you than the real thing they replace - a veggie hot dog or chick nugget is much healthier than the processed crap they replace.[/quote]

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