For the record the boys eat whatever they want now. So long as they are healthy it isn't a battle I choose to fight.

self-righteouswad

Love this.

I've had issues with my vegetarianism with doctors a few times. The only major one was when a doctor insisted that women can't be vegetarian, because we lose blood every month and have to eat meat to replace it. (This doctor had apparently never heard of bone marrow.) Doctors have also sometimes tried to convince me to eat fish for the omega-3s, but I say no and tell them that I eat cereal with flax in it, and that seems good enough for them.

The only vegans I get annoyed at are the ones who think they're morally superior to me. I also must confess to baiting a few self-righteous types who think we're oppressing the cuddly cows. I know my diet sucks and that factory livestock farming isn't conducive to happy karma, but primates are omnivores and humans live in a lot of places where animal protein is the primary food source. I got into an argument once with someone who insisted all humans should be made to be vegan, but she was a little unclear on how to organize the food drops to the Inuit out on the ice.

You've done the teaching part, laura. As long as you don't have to cook 4 different meals ( which you could do...but)

We had some Tuvan throat singers living in our neighborhood for awhile. More or less Mongolia. Guess who didn't really eat much in the way of fruit or green vegetables. Guess why? yup, they don't really see them there.

I have issues with a certain breed of vegan, but I also have issues with some attachment parenting zelots, and I AP. It's a mindset issue, not a diet one.

Yeah, I cook and they either eat what is served or they cook for themselves. I truly love having capable sprog.

During my pregnancies I had to have a nutritionist give me a diet per doctor's orders because of the diabetes. Neither my OB or the nutritionist had any problem at all with vegetarianism.

Idiots. During an interview with a potential pediatrician the dude told me he wouldn't have my child as a patient if I were vegetarian during my pregnancy because it was so unhealthy. And I ate eggs and cheese! Needless to say, he wasn't selected. And my healthy boys didn't get meat or dairy until after they were 2 years old.

Yeah, but look how scrawny and weak your boys turned out. Clearly you stunted their growth with your "vegetarianism" and "health food."

who think we're oppressing the cuddly cows

Okay, but you have to admit, they are cuddly. In a massive way. I mean, I had roast beef for dinner, but I still went, "awwww" at all the calves I passed driving home.

This world, it does my head in.

I eat cows because they were mean to me when I was a kid. Some sort of karma....