Shopping Carts, Fish Food And Other Stuff

[slee]

Hi-

I've been wondering about a few things lately, and maybe someone can cast insight.

First, after being gluten free for awhile (my 2 year old, 6 year old and I), I'm noticing some more things I hadn't thought about at first. First off, shopping carts! When I put my 2 year old in a cart, very often I see crumbs from the cookies they give out in the bakery... so many stores do this, and if they don't, kids are often eating things the parents are buying. How do you keep your kid safe from this??

Second, we just bought a fish. I told my kids they could feed it... but didn't realize that fish food has gluten in it... any suggestions? Which leads to the guinea pig, I know that gluten free dog and cat food is out there, but what about guinea pig food? Can a guinea pig live on fruits and veggies, or is that bad?

Third, I'm having a heck of a time finding sunscreen! My little one is very sensitive and has many other allergies. Many that I know of that are gluten free would irritate him... I need something natural, so I searched out the burts bees kind, and it has wheatgrass in it, even though it says it's gluten free, I know it might really be considered so, but this scares me, so I don't want to use it. ANy suggestions?

Thanks.

[gfpaperdoll]

Does your child need sunscreen? Most of that stuff is absorbed thru the skin - I would read up on the latest guidelines... If not at the pool during the noon to afternoon sun, children should be okay...

I remember reading something that says children are worse off slathered with sunscreen than if they just used protective clothing & stayed out of the sun during the worse times of day...

[Aleshia]

Hi-

I've been wondering about a few things lately, and maybe someone can cast insight.

First, after being gluten free for awhile (my 2 year old, 6 year old and I), I'm noticing some more things I hadn't thought about at first. First off, shopping carts! When I put my 2 year old in a cart, very often I see crumbs from the cookies they give out in the bakery... so many stores do this, and if they don't, kids are often eating things the parents are buying. How do you keep your kid safe from this??

Second, we just bought a fish. I told my kids they could feed it... but didn't realize that fish food has gluten in it... any suggestions? Which leads to the guinea pig, I know that gluten free dog and cat food is out there, but what about guinea pig food? Can a guinea pig live on fruits and veggies, or is that bad?

Third, I'm having a heck of a time finding sunscreen! My little one is very sensitive and has many other allergies. Many that I know of that are gluten free would irritate him... I need something natural, so I searched out the burts bees kind, and it has wheatgrass in it, even though it says it's gluten free, I know it might really be considered so, but this scares me, so I don't want to use it. ANy suggestions?

Thanks.

have you looked at Open Original Shared Link ? they have quite a few natural sunscreens there... I generally don't use sunscreen on my kids even though I should... we're in washington state so we don't get that much sun. if it is a hot sunny day and they want to play outside for very long I will use some and I generally try to keep them in the shade anyway when they are babies... I just find it is so messy to put on and then I never know if I got it everywhere... so when I do put it on them I aim for their ears, neck, cheeks, nose and shoulders as those seem to be the easier places to burn... this will be our first summer gluten-free though so I will have to look into that stuff before it gets too warm out