Hi dear friends! I am happy to be back today with a new post and this time a personal one. 🎆
In my first post I didn't really introduce myself so I felt I want to to it now. This is me. Niina. A Swedish, Dutch, Finnish girl living with an Afghan and our baby in Austria. 😊
I'm a vegan mom and my baby is now 19 months old. He has been a vegan since he started to eat.
(Just one question, is mother milk vegan?😂).
How Vegan?
You may wonder how is it possible to live as a vegan family. So I will tell you how we do it.
Actually there are no secrets or great tips or something like that. Just skip the dairy products. And meat. And fish. And eggs. Not very complicated if you are familiar with a healthy lifestyle.
We have had a very natural way of introducing our child to food, we have used a method called baby led weaning, that means the baby can decide for it self what to put in his/her mouth.
We didn't start with puree or juice or anything like that.
We waited until he started to show some interest in food and than placed a few pieces of cooked or raw vegetables or fruits in front of him, which he could try out if he wanted to. We didn't expect him to EAT.
I did this along with breastfeeding. My son was about 12 months when he started to eat and swallow some of the food he was interesting in. Mainly avocado and sauerkraut. Some weeks later he started to eat more and on this way it went.
I have always felt it is very natural to continue with breastfeeding as long as I feel comfortably with it and my baby shows that he needs it. That's why I am still breastfeeding now with 19 months and I am sure we will continue for a quite while.
**WHAT we eat as a vegan family **
fruits
vegetables and greens
berries
legumes
nuts
seeds
virgin oils
99% organic
WHAT we don't eat
meat
fish
dairy products
eggs
almost no soy products
refined sugar
almost no gluten
industry processed food
GMO products
I spend a lot of time with preparing food, cooking, baking and eating. This has become one of my biggest passions in life and I am so excited where it will lead. This is what I aim for and I want to make my passion to a full time job.
I can officially say I am a food blogger!😉
I have always been very interested in healthy food, in raw food, superfood, the nutritions facts and what impact food has to our body.
This has been my biggest interest since I was a teenie and it has grown tremendously since I become pregnant and I went vegan.
Vegan
The first time I went vegan was when I was 15 years old, without any knowledge at all about what my body needed. But I had (and have still) a great willpower.
I can't say I had a healthy lifestyle back then because I was mainly eating to much, a lot of bread, refined sugar and way to little greens and nuts. My body didn't get the nutritions it needed.
If you want to start a vegan lifestyle, be sure to inform yourself about what your body needs and what you need to eat each day to get all the nutritions including vitamins that your body asks for.
I have learned a lot since then and now I am a very happy vegan with (almost) endlessly energy. I am sleeping way to little but I rarely feel tired. Of course there are more reasons for that than only healthy energizing food intake. But food is one important reason.
Some more reasons for my high energy level
- I am happy with the choices I make
- I do what I love
- my way of thinking is based of the belive that I live in a friendly loving world.
- I have found my passion
- I eat when I am hungry and so don't overeat
- I learn out of curiosity and not out of pressure
The end
I hope you have enjoyed reading my article. Now you know me a little more. And there is more to come!
If you have some questions or want to correct my English, feel free to do so!👌😁 I happily read and answer your feedback!🙏
Love you all💓
Your Niina