It's taken me longer to learn some of these lessons too, I've been a parent for a bit longer. I in the last year got rid of the kids beds and moved to floor mats. Casper makes an awesome two inch foam that is comfortable enough for me even, the few times I've curled up to comfort one of them to sleep. I never thought about the meat before though but you're absolutely right. I've recently moved to a higher percentage vegan diet made a little easier by Hungry Root delivery service and it hasn't been too bad, I thought I'd get more resistance but luckily everyone loves nuts and so it turns out they kinda love being able to eat the crunchy snack at any meal if they want. I also stopped forcing eating or stopping eating outside mealtime. My rule is eat what I make or find yourself something later as long as I don't have to cook, I keep enough ready to eat stuff around that they're allowed to help themselves to and I don't care now because even if they skip every meal their snacking on fruit, veggies , nuts or nut butter. It's not a bad diet and I don't have to be the bad guy. I save my one forced eating as eat something dark green if you want dessert. Don't tell them the brownies are made from black beans ;-)