In what planet are you a vegetarian if you eat meat a few times a week? Why not offer your kid what you eat?

I’ve been tempted to crack an egg on my son’s head, does that count as cooking on him?

I’ve been a vegetarian (ovo-lacto) for 24 years and I raised my kids for a good number of years as such. My husband eats meat and felt that it was silly to cook two meals so he ate vegetarian at home.

This typo is making me laugh harder than it should.

On them? Like on a spit? Nah. Not here.

Anonymous wrote:This is where I don't understand how people think of fish/seafood as "not meat" - you eat plenty of meat at home if you're having seafood/fish every few days. Your kid will be fine not eating meat every day but a few times a week - that's how most kids around the world grow up (probably less, in fact).

This.

Our family is half vegetarian (1 adult, 1 kid) and half fish/chicken eaters. You can easily get rotisserie chickens cooked at any grocery store if you want to add a little meat to his diet without cooking it yourself.

Seafood is meat because it's animal protein. So if you're eating seafood at home a couple times a week at home, then you're fine.

-also mostly vegetarian who eats meat (including seafood) 3x a week

My favorite LOL thread in quite awhile

He eats meat and beans at day care that he refuses at home. Otherwise it's mostly frozen chicken nuggets 1-2x a week (we usually cook one meat meal for adults a week but he won't eat it, whatever it is). Daily vitamins. Lots of dairy. So far no known nutritional deficiencies.

Anonymous wrote:I tend not to cook very much of anything on my daughter. Although sometimes when she runs a high fever we might try a lean cut of beef on her forehead while she naps, but that tends to be hit or miss.

Try a fattier cut.

This is where I don't understand how people think of fish/seafood as "not meat" - you eat plenty of meat at home if you're having seafood/fish every few days. Your kid will be fine not eating meat every day but a few times a week - that's how most kids around the world grow up (probably less, in fact).

I tend not to cook very much of anything on my daughter. Although sometimes when she runs a high fever we might try a lean cut of beef on her forehead while she naps, but that tends to be hit or miss.

Never on them, no.

If you are mostly vegetarians, how do you handle eating out and cooking at home? DS is 2 and I have no problem having him eat meat out, but he generally just wants grilled cheese or cheesy pasta. We’ve ordered a burger or meatloaf, but he prefers to just eat the mashed potatoes or fries that come with it. I don’t really cook meat at home, do you think I need to specifically prepare it for him? We do eat seafood or fish every few days.

As an example today he ate:
Breakfast : Scrambled egg with spinach, few spoons oatmeal, 1/2 orange
Snack : Cheese stick and handful of grapes
Lunch : spinach mac and cheese, few strawberries
Snack : yogurt with muesli and few blueberries
Snack: banana
Dinner : rice, sweet potato, broccoli, tahini sauce
Throughout: couple cups of milk

Now that I write it out I feel like he’s eating too much dairy and fruit!