‘If they’re not eating any vegetables, you panic’: the families raising vegan children

Veganism is going mainstream – so what do you feed your baby?

Reena Patel is used to fending off other people’s concerns about her son, Nishi. “Because he is small, people say, ‘He just needs to eat some meat,’” she says. “Or, ‘You need to give him some eggs.’ It used to upset me, but I’ve become quite blase about it now. I know he’s happy and healthy.”

Nishi is six, and was diagnosed with a dairy allergy as a baby. Reena was already vegetarian, and had felt uneasy about eating animal products for some time. Because her baby son was now more or less vegan by default, she joined him – and today the pair are strictly plant-based. Her older son, Aarush, is eight, and, like his dad, vegetarian but considering veganism. (Both boys are currently obsessed with creating an online vegan sweetshop.)

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