Seems a silly question but do oats contain wheat?

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Tesco's own brand porridge oats listed wheat & gluten in their allergy warning, which confused me because I thought wheat and oats were different crops!

Also, if there are allergies in the family how long should I wait before introducing wheat/gluten... (my daughter is 8mths) and which one is the main problem anyway?

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may have been made in the same plant as wheat and gluten products, some ppl with gluten intolerances also react to wheat. If baby hasnt shown any signs of allergies so far I think it is safe to try wheat and related products from 1yr old with family history of allergies.

doh that should read some ppl with gluten intolerances also react to OATS

Gluten is a protein found in many types of grains (specifically wheat, barley, oats and rye). If you have allergies in the family I would (and did) stay with rice a bit longer.

not a daft question at all. I decided to try avoiding gluten for a bit and found conflicting advice on whether to avoid oats. It seemed to be that some people intolerant to gluten can have oats and others can't. The consensus seemed to be to avoid them but its very hard to be gluten free. Anyway wheat did seem to cause more problems than oats so that seems to come before oats when introducing things. I think corn is Ok as well as rice but check it.

We were advised to wait until over 12 months to introduce wheat/gluten, citrus fruit and citrus juice, kiwifruit, ice cream chocolate.

We were advised to avoid the following until at least three years = any nuts or nut products (eg nut spread), peanuts (which are not actually nuts, but are rather legumes), shell fish and shell fish products

DS is now 2.4yo and shows no signs of allergies/intollerances (thank goodness). It is worth looking up various nutritional studies on the internet. Of course, there are different opinions, but we decided to err on the side of caution and have not regretted it.

Oh we were also advised to avoid eggs and food containing egg for the first year. He now LOVES eggs and is fine with them

We did the same KK. So far, ds has shown so sign of allergies.

I waited a year for wheat (ds's first wheat was a vegan birthday cake), but gave oats from 9 months. I wouldn't have used ones with a wheat allergy warning though.

have just realised that what I typed didn't make sense. Wheat seems to be more allergenic than oats therefore when you do start to introduce them you try oats before wheat. Sorry - but bobbybob said it much better

If you are trying to avoid allergens ou need to avoid cheap ice-cream and chocolate as they often contain peanut protein. When our first child was tested for nut allergy we were told most children (in Britain) had been exposed to peanut by age 3.

Like lots of others here, we are avoiding wheat and dairy until at least 12 months (DD is 9 months) To start with, we used brown rice, rice noodles, flaked rice or root vegetables for her carbohydrates. She now has oats, barley, rye and quinoa as well.