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Vegan birthday parties: start studying

December 22, 2009

For the past while, we’ve been talking about vegan birthday party tips and tricks, but what if your child is too young for most of this to be an issue yet? That’s the position Steph’s in, but she’s getting ready for it, as she writes in: “My guy’s too little for his own birthday parties [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: be honest

December 15, 2009

Pippi sent in some of her stories about her six year old’s adventures with vegan birthday parties, as part of our ongoing series – there are so many great emails coming in from our Council of Vegan Parents, thanks so much! Here’s what Pippi had to say: “The short answer is that I have always [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: Don’t forget the ice cream!

December 14, 2009

In today’s installment of the (extended) week of vegan birthday party tips, Dianna writes in: “As for birthdays, there’s a cluster going on right now for my four year old son.  I also tell the parents that I’ll glady bring vegan cake & ice cream for my son and myself and not to worry, since [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: I want a falafel cupcake!

December 12, 2009

In today’s installment of dealing with birthday parties, Joanne wrote in with her experiences. When she’s hosting the party, it’s not much of an issue making it a vegan event. By now, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to see yet another mention of cupcakes – I had no idea these things were [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: be prepared!

December 9, 2009

This week we’re digging deep into the great responses from our Council of Vegan Parents to figure out the best way to deal with birthday parties – either your child’s own, or more importantly, someone else’s. A celebration with food that might not be appropriate for your child can be a big hurdle, so here’s [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: "Is that vegan or cow?"

December 8, 2009

It’s birthday party week, and instead of posting a mega-response that gathers everything together, we’re spreading the fun over the week so we can really drill into the great advice from our Council of Vegan Parents. Here’s how Julie and her family have been dealing with parties for the discerning 3 and 4 year old: [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: make the cake

December 7, 2009

As part of birthday party week, Amy writes in with her techniques for safely navigating invitations to non-vegan friends’ celebrations: “We always pre-eat. For my kids parties, we have decedent all vegan spreads, if people want to help and make a dip or dish, they know vegan is required. For family parties, I always offer [...]

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A week (or more) of parties

December 7, 2009

We asked the Council of Vegan Parents: “I want to talk about birthday parties – either your child’s own, or when he or she goes to a friend’s house.  I’m guessing your child has non-vegan friends, so here we’ve got a celebration that usually includes food, and there’s bound to be some non-vegan stuff.  How [...]

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Does a vegan diet help with morning sickness?

November 29, 2009

In today’s column, we reached way back to uncover some of the issues in the very early stages of child rearing. Like, pre-birth. The baby-making phase, if you will. OK, not that early, you gutter-minded people: we’re talking morning sickness. Does a vegan diet make morning sickness easier? How should I know? I’m a guy [...]

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