Hello!

My husband eats meat but I am a vegetarian. He wants our daughter to eat meat, but I would prefer her not to. What should I do? If I should give her meat, what should it be and how often should she eat it? She is 6 months old. I would love some advice please.

Posted by 4/7/13

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  • She can, but she doesn’t have to at all.
    My husband eats meat, whilst I’m a vegetarian. My kids grew up vegetarian and grew up strong, happy and healthy with little illnesses. My youngest is besides vegetarian also on a diary free diet


  • This involves health and can lead to malnutrition if you are not careful. Best to consult a doctor and/or childhood nurse as at least they can find alternatives if you insist on it. I think it is best to wait a bit longer at least till they start school as they need all the nutrients they can get for development .


  • They need high levels of iorn. Make sure you seek advice from a dietitian if you choose veggie.


  • Its ok, just make sure its mashed!


  • You can start meat. Just puree it up really fine and mix it in with vegies.


  • what did you decide on?


  • We didn’t start on meat until maybe 9 months and it is always only a little to start with. At 18 months now there are still a lot more cereals, fruits and vegetables in comparison to meat.


  • What did you end up deciding to do?


  • How did you go with trying the meat?


  • I would offer it to her and be guided by her until such time as she can make an informed decision.


  • Did you end up trying the meat?


  • I would offer it to her, I think she has the right to experience meat, and then when she is old enough to make her own decisions, she can choose herself- I have a similar situation, except the only meat I do eat is fish, but I feed my kids meat, and will leave it up to them if they wish not to eat it-it is not my choice to make in the end-it is theirs when they are old enough.


  • Offer it to her and if she refuses then don’t but if she eats it then do


  • A-Edwards read the question again, her husband DOES eat meat, shes a vegetarian. Yes, I believe you should give her meat.


  • That’s odd that he wants ur. Hold to eat meat if u both don’t


  • I didn’t not feed my bub meat often instead fed her lentils


  • My son gets most of his iron from non-meat sources, not by my choice, he just has a real aversion to meat. Its not an easy way to do things and you should consult a paediatrician if you’re going to do it. Because iron is so important for development, I have to do a lot of things like sneaking 6 different iron sources into muffins, making sure he has vitamin C with his non-haem iron to increase his absorption, etc. Honestly, I just wish he’d eat a steak but the paediatrician says with an aversion like my son’s, you can’t get them to eat it without holding them down and force feeding them.


  • She is a little bub she will need all those vitamins a nd nutrients from meat to help her grow. If you are having difficulty with allowing her to eat meat maybe hubby can help out there


  • Get your husband to do it if he is Willing, good luck :P


  • She needs meat for iron, if you’re a vegetarian why would you wanna make your daughter like that? Meat is extremely good for you


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