Guest guest Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hey everyone! I have a daughter just turned 2 and is vegan. She weighs 24 pound which according to growth charts puts her at about 4 pounds underweight. I was very small as a child, and still am, so I don't think it is a concern. Can other vegan moms let me know their growth experiences? I am thinking of adding hemp powder to her diet to add more protein. Trying not eat so much soy... Does anyone else use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 I use the hempshake and make smoothies for us. that is my only experience with it and i tried it when my son was 4ish? Maybe 5. I add other fruits (frozen) sometimes kale or other greens or veggies as well. Sometimes we have it like softserve sometimes breakfast or a snack. He just loves it, as do I. I notice that sometimes it gets uh...things moving so to speak in my son. Heh. On Feb 14, 2010 12:32 PM, " pilinbroden " <pilinbroden wrote: Hey everyone! I have a daughter just turned 2 and is vegan. She weighs 24 pound which according to growth charts puts her at about 4 pounds underweight. I was very small as a child, and still am, so I don't think it is a concern. Can other vegan moms let me know their growth experiences? I am thinking of adding hemp powder to her diet to add more protein. Trying not eat so much soy... Does anyone else use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hi, My daughter is now three and runs on the slender side. Although our pediatrician is fairly laid back about our vegan diet, she did recommend we see a nutritionist when we charted low(er) on the growth chart. We absolutely hated the thought that we'd get stuck with a " failure to thrive " label connected to our vegan diet so we decided to check in with a nutritionist (make sure our bases were covered) as well as look into our family's growth charts. My husband and I are petite (is there a manly word for that?) His family obsessively keeps all their records and we discovered that *all* the babies/kids (my 3 nieces who are omni), my husband, and my sister-in-law, all hit the same weight/height at about the same time as children. My daughter was the exact same weight as her daddy at the same number of months! So we brought in a copy of his growth chart when he was a kid as well as the nutritionist's report. Also, since I'm Asian, we looked up the Chinese girls' growth chart which the peds didn't have a copy of but that made a difference on where she charted as well. Gives a better picture since the regular growth chart is based on the US demographics and not specific to the individual child's background (For example, the WHO is working on a growth chart for exclusively breast fed babies which will be more accurate for charting growth) The CDC site has a lot of info on growth charts (it has the history behind why the 1977 growth charts had lots of criticisms about inaccurately representing the population and why they updated it in 2000) and how to use them as well as FAQs: http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/Default.htm Keep in mind the growth chart is based on a sample of the US Demographics and each child is an individual. As for what the nutritionist told us, she said we were on top of it and that our daughter was active, alert, smart, etc so clearly she was not unhealthy. She did admit that our duaghter was the first vegan child that she'd seen. In terms of recommendations, she said to have her drink more milk and that soy would have the most calories out of all the nondairy milks. She said we could add a Tbsp or more of oil to her food to add a little calorie boost. She told us to continue with the daily multivitamin to cover for days when she doesn't eat well (as toddlers/kids will do). And that was it. We have done our research and there wasn't much new that she gave us. We just needed reassurance to bring back to our ped that we were doing everything fine. When we chatted again with our pediatrician, she pulled up the additional growth chart, looked at my husband's old growth record and charted it with our ped, and she had the documents to prove that we checked everything out and that she wasn't negligent in her care of us, and that was the last we've heard of it. Of course, my husband still gets a little worked up if our daughter doesn't eat well or isn't showing much weight gain on the scale but my gauge is that she is happy, smart, and eats a broad variety of foods. Since we've started doing nuts, I think that's added more to her diet. We have to push more on the whole grains but doesn't everyone? We've never done hemp powder so I can't say about that. , " pilinbroden " <pilinbroden wrote: > > Hey everyone! > I have a daughter just turned 2 and is vegan. She weighs 24 pound which according to growth charts puts her at about 4 pounds underweight. I was very small as a child, and still am, so I don't think it is a concern. Can other vegan moms let me know their growth experiences? > > I am thinking of adding hemp powder to her diet to add more protein. Trying not eat so much soy... Does anyone else use it? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I use hemp powder almost every day. We use the Vega hemp powder. I know the people involved with the company and they work very hard to make a quality product. They also have a smoothie mix, and a great Omega oil as well. Feel free to contact me if you want more info. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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