chandelleWhich Formula to Choose for a Vegetarian?

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Well said! What great advice, and I totally agree. I am and will continue

looking for a pediatrician who will trust me and agree with my healthy eating

and raising my daughter on whole veggetarian foods.

cassie

 

chandelle' <earthmother213 wrote:

*I think the second year of life a child needs the high-calories and

fat of

either formula or breast-milk. It is why doctor's recommend whole cow's milk

after 1 year old & are no longer on formula.*

 

actually, the reason doctors recommend that is because they don't trust

parents to feed their children a wholesome, well-rounded diet with plenty of

calcium, calories and fat from other sources - and sadly, many parents have

time and time again proven them right. (this is the same reason why doctors

schedule vaccinations so closely together - not because it's essential, but

because the CDC doesn't trust parents to stick with the vaccination schedule

if they spread it out.) doctors recommend whole milk to ensure that

children get SOMETHING in their diet that will provide them with necessary

nutrients when so many families regularly feed their kids chips, candy,

soda, and various convenience foods as a major, primary part of their diet.

progressive pediatricians will say that as long as the child is eating a

whole-food diet with conscious intent applied to protein and fat, the child

will be fine without any sort of milk at all, and studies support this.

those of us who have raised our children on a whole-foods, plant-based diet

and are well-versed in nutrition can attest to this fact. i chart our

children's food intake every few months and without any animal products of

any kind in their diet they've always gotten more than enough fat, protein,

calcium and iron in their diet, as well as the rest of the essential

nutrients, without hardly any effort on our part beyond, ya know, feeding

them occasionally.

 

michael, has your wife considered continuing to nurse beyond the first

year? if she is not ovulating regularly enough due to nursing, simply

cutting out night nursings or dropping one or two nursings a day is often

sufficient to bring the cycle in balance. for some women, nursing through a

pregnancy is too painful, but some women do it just fine. if she was

capable of and willing to continue to nurse, that would be the best option.

 

chandelle