My 2-year-old daughter follows my vegan diet and snacks on ‘no guilt’ foods

A teenage vegan mother has revealed she is raising her baby on a vegan diet and ‘no-guilt’ foods – and doesn’t even let her watch TV.

Chloe-Elizabeth Elliot from Pontefract raises her daughter Elizabeth-Hope on a rigorous diet of oats, yoghurt and homemade pasta, as well as a fresh serving of fruits every day. 

So manicured are her baby’s taste buds that on her first birthday, the tot ate the fruit around her cake and skipped the carby treat completely.

And the 19-year-old content creator is totally headstrong about her choices, claiming other people’s opinions don’t bother her.

‘I just brush negative comments away. I will just tell people to educate themselves,’ she said.

Chloe modelled her daughter’s diet after her own in a bid to save her from a similar fate – one which left her frightened over whether or not she would ever have the chance to have kids when she was diagnosed with chronic endometriosis. 

Chronic endometriosis is a condition which can sometimes make it harder for a woman to become pregnant. It is described as an inflammation of the lining of the uterus, typically caused by an infection.

The mother blames the prognosis on a potential link between hormones in meat and dairy with having endometriosis and polycystic ovaries.

When the self-proclaimed ‘modern mum’ fell pregnant with her only child at 17, she knew right away that veganism was the best solution for her family.

The mother, who fell pregnant with Elizabeth-Hope when she was 17 years old, took on a vegan diet when she was diagnosed with endometriosis

Chloe-Elizabeth has revealed she receives some negativity for the way she chooses to raise her child but ‘brushes away’ the comments

The teenage mother claimed her daughter didn’t even eat her birthday cake and chose to snack on its fruit garnish instead

Despite giving her daughter a limited diet, the mother claims Elizabeth-Hope ‘eats everything’ and particularly likes vegetables and pasta

Chloe-Elizabeth (pictured with her mother Elizabeth) argued that ‘every parent does things in their own way’

She explained: ‘I’m vegan for my health and there’s a chance Elizabeth-Hope could also get endometriosis and polycystic ovaries as well’.

‘If I limit the amount of hormone foods she eats it will limit the chance of her having them and it’s better for you and it’s all amazing foods that are good for you with no guilt’.

It doesn’t end there. Chloe-Elizabeth said there’s no reason for a child to watch TV and has since banned the toddler from watching it or playing with an iPad, but rather insists on her daughter playing with toys and reading instead.

The mother boasts of her baby’s early milestones, owing it to her creative parenting:

She added: ‘Elizabeth-Hope has had early development milestones and I think it’s because she isn’t sat in front of a TV. I will let her watch TV, as long as she makes her own educated decisions when she’s older’.

‘If you saw our living room you would think we’re insane. She has climbing frames, a Wendy house swing and so many toys. We love to read every night and we spend time together. It’s what kids would have done 50 years ago to keep them entertained and not the TV.

The mother also insists that veganism for kids isn’t all bad and revealed she’ll loosen the reigns when her daughter grows up.

‘She eats everything!’ Chloe said. ‘She loves pasta and any kind of fruit and vegetables’.

‘Every parent does things in their own way, some force to eat meat, I force her to be vegan, these are choices I make for her now until she can make them herself and I would support her with whatever she wants to do.

‘I would support her if she wanted to eat meat as it’s not my body’.

While Chloe-Elizabeth’s mother Elizabeth was initially reluctant, she has now accepted the idea, and supports her granddaughter’s choices.

Chloe-Elizabeth said: ‘I’ve got my own mum on board now too. Once she realised and got a little more educated on it she found out being vegan is good for you as long as there is a balanced diet’.

‘She teaches me what she has learnt over the years and I’ve taught her about modern parenting’.

‘For example when I breastfed in public my mum nearly had a heart attack because we were out in public but now she gets it. If we’re in a restaurant and we’re eating, why can’t my baby not eat too’.