Vegan for Life by Jack Norris

Author:Jack Norris
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2011-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

First Protein Foods

At around seven months, your baby will be ready to drink apple juice from a cup and explore protein-rich foods. This is when the diet of a baby in a vegan household starts to look a little bit different from that of other infants. First protein-rich foods for vegan infants include legumes (cook them thoroughly and puree them), well-mashed tofu, and soy yogurt. This is a good time to start introducing vegetables with a stronger flavor like kale and collards. You can temper their flavors by pureeing them with bland or sweet foods like applesauce, tofu, or avocado.

Infants are usually ready for finger foods, like chunks of tofu or meat analogs, bread, and crackers, at ten months, and by the first birthday they can have nut butters or tahini spread thinly on crackers.

A few things to keep in mind for vegan babies:

• Talk to your pediatrician about supplements. Vitamin D is usually recommended for breast-fed infants in both vegan and omnivore families. Iron is sometimes recommended beginning at around four months, but that will depend on other foods in your baby’s diet. Breast-fed vegan infants need vitamin B12 supplements only if the mother’s diet isn’t adequate. The table on page 146 shows suggested supplements for breast-fed vegan infants.

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