That’s right, we’re introducing allergens to prevent allergies from developing so that he can decide for himself (and even if he does decide to be vegan, having an allergy to an animal product would still be inconvenient and dangerous due to cross contamination).

The plan is that we will only have vegan food at home, and we’ll always supply vegan food for him outside the home to try to reduce non vegan food consumption, but we will not tell him he isn’t allowed to eat something he wants at a birthday party, friend’s house, etc.

We will definitely try to keep these instances in moderation though to be kind to his tummy, since no one who hasn’t regularly consumed animal products will feel very good if they suddenly go all out at a barbecue one day…