Making the change to vegan from pescatarian

Hi ladies,

So I’m currently pescatarian and I also give me daughter the same diet. But I’ve recently watched the documentary ’Dominion’ 🫣💔

And I know want to go completely vegan but I’m worried about my daughters diet.

Any advice or recipes or any comments about the change will be appreciated. I’ve done lots of research but I just want to hear experiences of normal people and how they navigated weening and being vegan.

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Hey! I was vegetarian went vegan because daughter had CMPA and at the same time learnt about how vegetarian is still supporting animal cruelty etc- found the change fairly easy finding good alternatives etc. we take multivitamins as a family and also nutritional yeast (vitamin B12)we sprinkle on or add to recipes which is the only vitamin vegans need to supplement not found in plants :) some of our favourite dinners are lentil bolognaise, chickpea/tofu curry, stir fry with veg and tofu, vegetable quasadilla with black beans, burritos with vegan chicken/beef! Feel free to message me ☺️💞

We are fully plant based in our house, like lily we all take multivitamins, and I try to get as many nutrients into every meal as possible

Ive been vegan almost 9 years and my 13 month old has been vegan since birth. Ive found this book super helpful and refer to it a lot for building balanced meals

https://amzn.eu/d/boXsqx9

Little vegan eats (website) is good for blw vegan food. Also the book vegan savvy is great if worried about nutrition 😊

Hi.

My husband is vegan. And im plant based (at home) but not so strict out and about.
(And honestly i dont hold the full beliefs of most vegans, but do value the positive impact i have on the planet)

Anyway I had big worried about having vegan baby. From nutrition to social judgement (which i know is stupid).

I purchased a book called "plant powered little people" which i think is fab and made me feel safe in our decision.

Its lots of science and tables which is my language. It also has recepies and usefull snack ideas.

Best of luck.

My little boy has been vegan since birth (4 now) and me and my husband have been vegan over 10 years. Luckily he loves tofu but we also eat lots of beans, fortified milks, we do a mac and cheese using cashews in the sauce, chickpea curry is also a big hit. He’s always been very healthy and no concerns from any healthcare professionals. I’m lucky he’ll eat a very varied diet though. Good luck with it ♥️

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