It’s time for my monthly ramblings from the world of vegan parenting… It’s been raining, and raining, and raining some more these last few weeks so we’ve been spending a lot of time colouring in pictures. Littlepixie is getting bored of her colouring book and my drawing skills are reasonably close to abysmal, I mean … [Read more…]
Our little vegan family loves hemp seeds. They’re quite nutty and a bit chewy. I eat a spoonful of them everyday both for my own health and to make sure I’m making good milk for my daughter. They are a great source of omega oils for our toddler, omega-3 fatty acids are important for children’s … [Read more…]
Since entering the wonderful world of babies, I’ve become much more aware of the constant barrage of animal stereotypes. Almost every baby book has the same pictures: happy pigs in their pens, chickens pecking contentedly in the barn, cows munching on green grass while their calves frolic nearby. Other books describe a day in the … [Read more…]
Me again, I’ll be posting here every so often with some random thoughts vaguely connected to being a vegan parent and raising vegan children. My daughter is 18 months old, so I don’t have huge swathes of experience yet, but I will offer up what I can! One area I do have a fair bit … [Read more…]
When you tell people you’re pregnant, most react with joy. Two seconds later, they all invariably say “so you’ll have to at least start drinking milk then?” There’s something about pregnant vegans that scares people and usually that fear is completely unfounded. Most vegans, having made the conscious decision to stop eating meat, fish, dairy … [Read more…]