Snacks For My One Year Old

[Rachelmoon]

My DD is one years old and I dont know what to feed her for snacks. I just found out we have Celiacs and I am doing good with the meals at home. But when we go to playdates or the park or to run errands I am having trouble coming up with foods for her to munch on. Snacks at home consist of fruits, yogurts, rice, ect. But I live in Las Vegas so it gets too hot to bring that kind of stuffn out. All the toddler snacks I can find at the store have gluten. Any advice would be awesome! Thanks

[Mother of Jibril]

What about cereal? My son (who's off gluten, dairy, and corn) can only eat Perky O's and puffed rice, but you should have a lot more options Applesauce is a nice alternative to yogurt. Simply fruit (freeze dried) melts in your mouth and doesn't need to be refrigerated. I think Gerber even makes some packages of freeze-dried fruit (althought I've never checked their gluten status). Pea pods are sturdy enough to pack in a bag, but easy enough for a toddler to eat. My son also likes some of the gluten-free crackers like "Mary's Gone Crackers" (made of seeds) and rice crackers. Oh... and rice cakes! Personally, I'd forget about the "toddler snacks" and start cruising the other aisles looking for any kind of snack that might work

[missy'smom]

I don't have a toddler but when we are out and about we bring small insulated lunch bags with small icepacks or frozen juice boxes in them. Gelatin and most flavors pudding cups are gluten-free. You can make fruit juice gelatin with the Knox unflavored gelatin and 100% juice. Costco and Whole Foods sell freeze dried fruit pouches called Brother's All Natural Crisps.

[lizajane]

gluten free cereal bars are very expensive, but i keep a box on hand for when i need to grab something fast. enjoy life is a brand you can find on (Company Name Removed - They Spammed This Forum and are Banned) or at whole foods.

we found some awesome gluten free animal crackers at whole foods- the brand that starts with K... kinnesomething.

cut up strawberries.

gorilla munch cereal. or rice chex.

[Amyleigh0007]

I have a 21 month old daughter who is gluten free. When we are out for the day I usually bring some of the following: bananas, box of raisins, dried blueberries, Stax chips, Gerber makes several toddler snacks that are gluten free like fruit strips, dried apples, and dried strawberries. My daughter still likes Baby Mum Mum crackers. She also likes Glutino cheese flavored crackers and Panda Puffs cereal. Now that Chex cereal has several gluten free varieties I have started bringing along those too. I freeze a juice box overnight and use that as an ice pack to keep string cheese and deli meat cool. By the time we stop to eat the juice box has thawed enough that she can drink it with her food, but it's still slushy enough that she doesn't squeeze it and spill it everywhere!

[Genna'smom]

Hi

I have a 3 year old who started this as a 2 year old......I take along fruit cups, fruit snacks, yogos, cheetos, raisins, marshmellows, (I make my own trail mix with her favorites and keep it in a back). I also take home mae ceral bars (cocoa krispies, fruity pebbles and she loves the new honey nut chex and make like rice krispie treats with butter and marshmellows). I too freeze a juice box and use it to cool things and then she has a drink too!

[Rachelmoon]

Thanks everyone! Those are all such obvious ideas but I guess I am just so overwhelmed by this that even the obvious doesnt come to mind right away! Also my friend just told me about a homeopathic medicine that can help Celiacs but she forgot the name anyone know what she might be talking about?

[Mother of Jibril]

Those are all such obvious ideas but I guess I am just so overwhelmed by this that even the obvious doesnt come to mind right away!

I know that feeling... it's why people ask me, "What CAN you eat?"

A few months from now you'll have a bunch of new favorites There's still plenty to eat... it just takes time to figure it out! You came to the right place for suggestions.

[purple]

Open Original Shared Link has some listed...check out the snacks or the lunch box ideas...they are also cf.

[MrDave]

gluten free cereal bars are very expensive, but i keep a box on hand for when i need to grab something fast. enjoy life is a brand you can find on (Company Name Removed - They Spammed This Forum and are Banned) or at whole foods.

we found some awesome gluten free animal crackers at whole foods- the brand that starts with K... kinnesomething.

cut up strawberries.

gorilla munch cereal. or rice chex.

The brand you're trying to think of is Kinnikinnick! They have a lot of gluten free/nut free baked goods that are good for kids, i.e. glazed donuts and waffles.

[suziq0805]

The brand you're trying to think of is Kinnikinnick! They have a lot of gluten free/nut free baked goods that are good for kids, i.e. glazed donuts and waffles.

My 14 month old loves those animal crackers. They come in 3 flavors- vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon. We haven't tried the cinnamon yet, but so far the vanilla and chocolate are pretty good (I eat them myself!). My son also loves raisins. Fruity pebbles are also gluten free so sometimes I'll make a "trail mix" of Fruity pebbles, puffed rice cereal, broken up animal crackers and raisins. He loves it. I've heard there are some marshmallows that are gluten-free. K-toos (I think that's the name anyway) cookies are also pretty good- they're a gluten-free version of Oreos. Arrowroot (once again I think that's the name-I don't currently have any in the house) has some chocolate chip cookies that were decent and I've found them even at Walmart. Maybe even baby carrots depending on if your child is able to handle that yet. I also keep a jar of baby food in the daiper bag since sometimes he gets really hungry unexpectedly. He's obviously past the baby food stage but still loves Beech Nut's apple/banana 3rd stage baby food and a jar of baby food is easy to keep in the daiper bag for emergencies and won't spoil for awhile or get crushed into crumbs over time like crackers.