Conversations with Vegan parents

In this weeks episode we talk about our Vegan pregnancies. How we handled morning sickness. How others reacted to us being vegan whilst pregnant. If we told our midwife we were vegan. and what we did for food if we had to stay in hospital. A couple of accounts we follow to help support us on our vegan pregnancy journey. on instagram: vegan_kids_dietician and Vegan.prenatal.nutrition and on Facebook: Vegan pregnancy and parenting. there's also the website livingwithwarmth which shares lots of baby related vegan products. 

We hope you found the episode helpful in some way and would love to have your feedback, come over to our Facebook group Conversations with vegan parents podcast and join in the conversations there.  

In todays episode Emma and I are joined by Caroline Collard, a qualified nutrition and health coach who is also a member of plant based health professionals. 

In this episode we task about that milks we give our children and what is the 'best' plant milk out there for the different ages.

We talk about Vegan formula, introducing milk in addition to formula milk or breast milk, what milk to use after 1year if its your main source of milk for your child. How long do you need to continue with 'growing up milk' and if there is a 'best' plant milk for adults. 

As always we hope you enjoy the episode and find something helpful from it. Come and find us on Facebook in the group conversations with vegan parents podcast or on instagram at convo_with_vegan_parents. 

In todays episode we talk about what we are doing over half term break. We talk about the must have snacks we take with us on days out and we get into an in-depth conversation about the ethics of Zoos and if we should support them. As always we hope you enjoyed listening, come and find us on Facebook in 'conversations with vegan parents podcast' group, where we continue the conversations that come up in this episode. or follow us on intstagram at 'convo_with_vegan_parents'. 

In this episode we talk about the need for multivitamins on a vegan diet. we talk about the vitamins we are taking, if we really need tot take them, and if there are other ways to get the vitamin or mineral through the find we eat. 

as always any brands recommend or websites mentioned are shared in the Facebook group 'conversations with vegan parents podcast', so come over to Facebook and share any suggestions you have.

This week I am joined by Ruth Jenkins. We talk about a campaign she has started to get more vegan inclusive education in schools in the UK. She is sending out packs in January to schools across the UK who have registered with information about veganism and how they can adapt certain projects to be more vegan inclusive. to register your school visit www.vieducation.co.uk and scroll half way down the page.