Hey - here because of mutual friend _swallow. I don't know you or your reasons for being a vegetarian but I have almost nine years under my belt of being a vegetarian cook with a multi-allergic kid and my advice is ... be flexible.
If your baby is four months old, you are just getting to the point when his or her milk needs are increasing a LOT. Get a lot of fat in your diet (I ate a full pint of B+J every day when I was nursing a 6-7-8 month old and still lost weight) but you should avoid peanuts and maybe even tree nuts, the vegan's best friend for protein and fat.
I was a committed vegetarian but my son was allergic to dairy, soy and eggs (as well as peanuts, wheat and all other gluten grains and sesame) and even the hypoallergenic formula. So when I weaned him at 11 months I made him meat baby food. There just wasn't any other way to get enough nutrition into him. I did it until he was a toddler. We are at an extreme with all of his allergies. I'm not saying that you are going to have to feed your baby meat - but be prepared to think about it.
As I said, I've been doing this for 9 years so if you have any questions or just want to talk I'm at mollya@livejournal.com.
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If your baby is four months old, you are just getting to the point when his or her milk needs are increasing a LOT. Get a lot of fat in your diet (I ate a full pint of B+J every day when I was nursing a 6-7-8 month old and still lost weight) but you should avoid peanuts and maybe even tree nuts, the vegan's best friend for protein and fat.
I was a committed vegetarian but my son was allergic to dairy, soy and eggs (as well as peanuts, wheat and all other gluten grains and sesame) and even the hypoallergenic formula. So when I weaned him at 11 months I made him meat baby food. There just wasn't any other way to get enough nutrition into him. I did it until he was a toddler. We are at an extreme with all of his allergies. I'm not saying that you are going to have to feed your baby meat - but be prepared to think about it.
As I said, I've been doing this for 9 years so if you have any questions or just want to talk I'm at mollya@livejournal.com.