I’m vegan and my partner isn’t. Our baby will be weaning soon and I would like to make their diet as veggie as possible but also want to make sure she is getting what she needs and obviously open to giving her what’s best for her health. Has anyone got experience or resources for weaning babies to be vegetarian? Can it be healthy or do they miss out on anything?
Read more on PeanutThe views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.
Learn more about our guidelines.
I weaned my son via a vegan diet, he’s a very active healthy 3.5 year old. Not missing out on anything. With any diet or choice balance is key. I know there’s a lady I follow called Madeline Olivia who is vegan but is weaning her daughter through a veggie diet. Might be worth looking her up

Things to be careful of are their calcium intake which a veggie baby can still get through dairy products like cows milk, you can supplement with a vegan diet, but would be something to be mindful of.
We’ve found that offering veg first before fruit when we started weaning helped- most babies naturally prefer sweeter things. And again at mealtimes we now offer his veg first before other items on his plate.
Worth just considering balance with food- the same as you would as an adult.

Ask your midwife or GP, They should be able to provide scientific resources that advise what a child needs and how to best accommodate that via any dietary preference. Eg if vegan they may need a higer quantity of vegetable X to compensate for iron that they might otherwose get from meat once a bit older or whatever. But initial weaning tends to be vegan anyway as its fruits and veggies most people start with