Is the baby vegan too?
"Is the baby vegan too?" The United attendant at Melbourne airport asked us with a crumpled up nose as we stood trying to check in. "No, she doesn't eat." I replied with an awkward laugh, thinking she was asking me if she also needed a vegan meal as I just finished confirming that Nico and I had vegan meals for our 24 hour flight to the states. "I don't think that's what she was asking," Nico says to me as we walked towards our gate, wheeling and pushing our two massive carry ons, one 12 week old baby in a baby carrier and a stroller filled with winter jackets, food and neck pillows. "I'm pretty sure she was asking if we would raise her vegan." "Well that's a slightly awkward and inappropriate question to ask someone when you're checking them in, no?" I replied glancing at Nico with my eyebrows raised. So are we? I wondered. It's not the first time I have been asked if babyA would be raised vegan. ...