Emily Deschanel gave birth to her son Henry back in September 2011. It would have been a non-story, except that while pregnant, Emily spoke about maintaining her veganism during her pregancy, even though it was difficult because she was craving non-vegan food. Emily consulted with a doctor and a nutritionist throughout her pregnancy, and most of you thought she was fine, although the comments on other sites were sort of rough. People have very strong feelings about pregnancy and everybody’s a critic, I guess, especially when it comes to the Motherhood Industrial Complex. So, let’s see if Emily’s new comments create the same kind of firestorm – Emily tells People that she’s raising Henry to be 99% vegan.
Which is more difficult to decipher: forensics vocabulary or the babble of a 2½-year-old? These days, Bones star Emily Deschanel‘s favorite person to chat with is her son, Henry.
“I love this age because I can communicate with him so well and have conversations,” the actress, 37, told PEOPLE at WE tv and Paley Center’s ‘On the Beat: The Evolution of the Crime Drama Heroine’ event Thursday night in Beverly Hills.
Balancing mommy hood with nine seasons of her hit show has been “hard,” but Deschanel’s been enjoying her time off this summer “to hang out with my son, put him to bed, and cuddle – do all of the fun things I love doing with him.”
Something that’s a bit lower on her list of priorities? Getting her sweat on.
“You work all of these hours and when you have time off, you don’t want to spend it working out while raising a child,” she said. “[But it is] important … to be healthy and show him that that’s important.”
The actress – who was spotted taking selfies with The Divide creator Tony Goldwyn at the event – has also been passing along her vegan lifestyle to her son. “Henry is 99-percent vegan because my husband [David Hornsby] is not 100-percent vegan.”
And though she has her healthy diet plan set in stone, the star is taking motherhood day-by-day.
“You could be dealing with one issue, and then the next day it’s gone and you’re dealing with something else,” she said. “I don’t know how things change so quickly or how much he can surprise you.”
One milestone she couldn’t help but share? “[He’s] potty trained! That’s really big. The Star Wars undies – that’s exciting.”
I can already feel some of you are itching to yell at someone about something, so I’ll take the bullet: I judge her for this. I do. I want to be all “she can raise her child however she likes, it’s her business,” but the reality is… I judge, just like I judge Gwyneth Paltrow for forcing her own food issues on her children. And I hope that Henry is able to make his own food choices in the future as he’s exposed to different kinds of food. I guess I sort of understand it now, when he’s so little, and Emily is probably preparing all of the food. But what’s going to happen when he experiences his first piece of roasted chicken? Or his first hamburger? Will he even get to experience that?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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