[jghomeschooler]

Do you think she was wrong? Should I find someone else?

Well, that depends on how you voiced your food choice concerns. If you were doubtful and sounded doubtful when you said that you are eating veggie and not meat, then I would say she's just telling you what she thinks is best. However, if you expressed to her that you are making a lifestyle change to healthier eating and she was still persisitent in saying you should give him chicken I would be and say that was wrong. And, I would probably not go to an ND who isn't vegan- because it's a totally different world view and they will view health differently than a vegan would- and they would make suggestions for things I would not be interested in.
Since they don't have a stomach bug, I see nothing wrong with giving them beans- plant foods are MUCH healthier for anybody- sick or well, than animal foods which are actually harder for the body to digest and harder for the body to assimilate as useful minerals/vitamins/proteins/etc. I could understand avoiding too many veggies with a stomach flu or other stomach/intestinal problem but not a cold or ear infection. Veggie broths should be soothing- just a chicken broth would be. For future reference there are un-chicken broths you could keep on hand for soups for illness. I hope Eli feels much better soon. Did she tell you to do a nasal wash with him? I know that using Xylitol as a nasal wash prevents bacteria from sticking to the nasal passages- and when I had an inner ear infection my symptoms were relieved when I used Xlear which has Xylitol in it. It's a bit expensive, but really helped. Also, I'd try garlic oil in his ears if he has any discomfort from the infections. Others also use GSE for ear drops- but that really hurts *my* ears so I don't use it. HTH And