Can we have a roll call of whose got their kids doing Raw (to some extent anyway...)?  I'd be interested to hear from anyone whose got preschoolers...what they're doing, how it's going etc...

Oh...I've got a 5 y.o DS and a 3.5 yo DD...who are "somewhat" Raw.  Both have likes & dislikes (usually not the same ones!).

What foods people take for their Little Ones when they go out for the day?  Dates, nuts & apples is getting a bit repetitive...

Hiya 
I dont have any lil ones running around just yet (am still growing my first one in my belly atm lol) but am hoping to raise them raw (strict vegan if not entirely raw). It'd be really interesting to know how many people here are raising their kids at least somewhat raw. Does anyone have totally raw vegan children on this forum?
Sandy - although green smoothies arent (sadly) my fave thing in the world, i've started trying to down one or two a day in the hopes that my baby mango will develop a taste for all things green so your post was encouraging lol

luv kt
xox

Katie, I am the same, gs aren't my favourite.  I did post for some suggestions to overcome this but as yet no response.

I have been reading green for live that raves on how great gs are for us.  I just need to find a combination that works for me.  I do share my GS with the kids.  I try and encourage them to eat or try what I am eating.  As many have said on this forum, you can only plant the seed and they can take it from there.

I am the only one raw in my family but I do try and incorporate as much raw into hubbies  breakfast lunch and dinner, the same goes with the kids.  Snacks for the kids are always fruit.  Breakfast always incorporates some sort of fruit and dinner well I try to give them some raw veggie sticks.

Good luck

Jen, here's hoping with the bowel movements.  Hee Hee.  My problem I am finding is that because I like sweet tastes, they appear abit bland and watery.  I may have to adjust with quantities and sweeter fruits such as mango and banana.

Thanks for the advice anyway.  I will keep trying.

It took me nearly a month to work them out
now i make them approx as per jen's advise

1/2 blender of one type of green, lettuce,spinach or bok choy
large glass of water, blend
add 2 or 3 bananas, enough so the drink isn't watery, not so many you go broke
i add a couple of dates for extra sweetness

they are banana smoothies that happen to be green

I'm definately going to try adding a date or 3, hee hee as well as all the other suggestions.

Cheers everyone

For me it was great to start with a recipe I found, I don't know where, and it is:
Frozen bananas ans frozen pineapple blended with the meat and water of 1 young coconut. We (including the kids which range in age from 17yrs down to 2 1/2yrs) all love this drink so to get them to drink 'green' ones we use this recipe and add something not too strong like asian greens or young spinach and parsley but started off with just light green smoothies and now I make them fairly green and they can pretty much handle them and no complaints.
I like to make them using banana and berry too, that is one of my fav's.
My kids eat all raw. If we go out I take a lot of fruit and some nut balls. However I won't let them eat the nutballs until they have had at least a few pieces of fruit, food combining and if they are hungry or want the balls these are rules, simple! If they don't like it, that's ok they don't have to eat but you can be sure when they are hungry enough they will eat the fruit first! And be better off for it.
I only pack for meals if we will be somewhere where it is appropriate or necessary otherwise they will get fuelled up on simple fruits.
Be careful not to pack things that will bruise easily like bananas.It's often best to keep them for home or only a trip in the car but not a hike. The price we pay for them atm, you do not want to have to toss them!

Well, that's me

One 16-month old, eats raw food, but mainly not-all-raw breastmilk. Less smelly, less constipated and fewer poops than the other toddler in our house, who eats cooked foods plus a little morning feed of breastmilk.

My daughter sometimes wants 'nothing' for a day or two, and sometimes eats lots. Her favourites are tomatoes, blueberries and bananas. She gnaws on corn cobs, slurps down mango bits, sucks on orange pieces, oh and she loves cucumber too. Apple seems to be more of a chewing exercise than a meal at this stage.

When she was younger she used to go through probably half a litre of green smoothie a day, then later she preferred savoury smoothies/soups (tomato, celery, greens), and now she is sick of her 'straw cup' and anything green ends up as a carpet stain or face paint rather than nutrition