Veggie Fueled Mama

My daughter is starting to refuse the lunch I provide her from home because her buddies at daycare are having something different.

At first, I wasn't even sure I wanted to try for a second child because I could not imagine having to share my heart

I know we are all feeling it in one way or another. The stress this pandemic is causing. I believe some of it is exaggerated (not the sev...

I was dreading it, but we did it. Specifically, I did it. I survived. We traveled to see my parents, and that meant flying with our daugh...

My daughter is 15 months old (on the date of this writing) and she's not quite walking on her own yet, though she has made many strides o...

Well, this is the time for milestones! A recent major one was celebrating our daughter's first birthday. Shortly after that celebration, ...

Almost a month ago at this point, we celebrated our daughter's first birthday. We had a very, very small party a few days before her actu...

Since becoming a parent, more things used to stress me out than they used to. Which probably makes sense and it probably happens to a lot...

Raising a vegan child comes with its own challenges, but so does raising a bilingual child when your spouse doesn't speak the language.

As Easter was approaching, I was inspired to write this post because Easter provides many opportunities for people to connect with animal...

This post was inspired by a text conversation I was having with one of my baby's daycare teachers, and I think it's a good follow-up to m...

For as long as I can remember, I knew that, if I ever became a parent, I didn't want to be a "helicopter parent," one who hovers over her...

On March 5, 2014, I went vegan for Lent and thought I'd give it up on Easter. I wanted to see how difficult it was and how I felt not con...

As I mentioned in my very first post, I knew if I had a child I would want to raise him or her as a vegan. Well, here we are, almost 8 mo...

**Before I get too far into this post, I'll put this out there for anyone who doesn't know: there can be a huge difference between someth...

I knew from the beginning that I'd be going back to work after I had my baby. Even when I was on maternity leave and would get sad at the...

Ask anyone who has had a baby if she has had any issues with postpartum self-image. If she tells you she hasn't, she's lying. There’s a d...

Not every mother wants to breastfeed, and not every mother is capable of breastfeeding. Then there are breastfeeding mothers who under pr...

As I have written before, there is a spectrum for most things we do based on what we believe, and medication is no exception. So what do ...

From my experience, new moms are given some basic information about how to care for a newborn and keep him or her alive and thriving but ...