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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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?[/quote]

What would you have done if he HAD been picky?  I'm just curious.  One of mine has always been picky, and he eats a lot of things I'd rather him not, because they're the only things he WILL eat.[/quote]

I don't know, but he wasn't, so I guess we were lucky. Bu these kinds of foods were the only foods he ever had, and he still eats this way. I truly believe there are hard and fast picky eaters--I have seen enough of them to know this is true.  But i think most kids, if the only options they have are the only things put in front of them, they learn to like them.

We took advantage of our good luck--a relatively adventurous eater--and my history: I was a picky eater like no one else. SO, I read up on some strategies to help elevate the chances of varied eating: skipped, purees, ate a wide variety of foods while breastfeeding, modeling, and making meal time fun.

This is not self righteousness. This is luck, plus doing what we had to do because of his dietary limitations.[/quote]

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