Please help me with newly diagnosed toddler

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We have known from a young age that ds is allergic to cows milk and after recent testing it has been confirmed. This itself isn't a problem as he is happy with goats milk, but I have never excluded milk from his food before so this is causing an issue.
It also seems he is allergic to wheat which is a real problem as everything he likes to eat contains wheat! I've managed to substitute most things but is most fav thing in the world is brioche rolls and I can't find any anywhere that don't contain milk and wheat. Would it be worth making my own or getting a good bread maker for making bread etc.

Also what do we do about eating out? He is very fussy as it is and as I say most things he will eat contain wheat and I'm guessing they won't have substitutes in restaurants etc.

Please help I'm completely clueless!

Many thanks

So it's wheat and milk you can't have?

As you can have egg, you will find gluten and dairy free bread in the supermarkets. You can also eat pastry too. You could buy a bread machine, but have a look in the supermarket first.

You can buy gluten free pasta, still eat rice, and as you can have nuts too you can still make/buy plenty of cakes. Sainsburys has a huge range of free from, which is free from dairy and gluten.

As you can eat soya, they're are plenty of other products open to you too. I think you could probably still eat quite a lot of the food at wagamamas for example, check out their website. At wahacas, they were also able to accommodate for dairy and gluten free. Worthwhile checking website before you go.

I think it probably would be worthwhile investing in a bread machine, as there are recipes online for gluten free brioche (just google it and substitute butter with vitalite)

Thank you for your reply

We are on day 3 of a wheat and dairy free diet and its not going very well.

He doesn't like any of the wheat and dairy free variations of things and is asking for stuff he can't have, he is still a bit young to understand.

He isn't very well at the moment and his eczema is really bad so he isn't eating well anyway, poor little thing!

Re the eating out - pizza express to an AMAZING gf pizza base . They offer it with the kids meal too ! It can be made with your choice of allergy free toppings .
I have wasted so much money on free from products , lots are too sweet .
It looks like he can have egg ? Hope I haven't read wrong ! Morrisons free from do nice jam tarts .
There's a free from fish finger that ocado supply . My dd won't eat them but friends say they are ok . Doves gf self raising flour is great - make the cakes on the back packet .
Warburtons gf bread is less sweet and claggy than genius .
Mc Cain do an oven French frie that's just potato and sunflower oil ( most have allergens ) .
My dd is on a far stricter regime but its easier as its always been that way ; she eats all the grey things most toddlers reject !!
Good luck .

Oh and as for him craving wheaty foods - that's the really weird thing ; your allergy food is usually the one you crave most . Strange but true !

It is so hard to exclude milk and wheat, especially to start with, but you'll get used to it, I'm sure, and so will your toddler! My 4yo DS is allergic to wheat, milk, eggs, sesame, some pulses and nuts, but over the years I've managed to find substitutes for most things. I agree with Walton: Pizza Express are amazing and DS and I go there twice a week when I can't be bothered to cook. They do a great dairy-free raspberry sorbet with a dairy-free chocolate stick! It also means that eating out with friends or family is possible in most big towns! Cafe Rouge are also ok: they do chicken strips with fries and salad, and strawberries for dessert (however, you have to make sure they're clear about the allergies, e.g. cooking the chicken in oil, not butter, because they're not as clued up as the Pizza Express people). The chain Ask also have gluten-free pizza options and have a very detailed allergen information sheet you can download.

What are the foods your DS is craving? I might know of some good alternatives. Walton mentioned the ocado fish fingers (Youngs is the brand they supply) they're good, but the Tesco freefrom fish fingers are even better (don't touch the Sainsbury's ones awful).

Sorry, I meant to say that Ask do gluten-free pasta (not pizza)...

Your DS will soon get used to the other tastes and all our family eat most of the free-from foods. It was really difficult at first (we have a lot more allergies) but it has got easier. Our food at home is very basic.

I do bake a lot of things and then freeze for when we go out and I always carry some food from home just in case. When we go to restaurants we order hamburgers without bread and always ask what is on the chips as some places add wheat and dairy. We've learned to avoid these places.

If he has an allergy to wheat has he been tested? Might it be coeliac disease instead? Please don't change his diet if you or dr suspect coeliac as he will need to be eating wheat and gluten in order for the tests to work. There are lots of benefits to being properly diagnosed including free gluten/wheat free food on prescription.

A lot of Italian restaurants offer gluten free pizza and pasta now and Frankie and Benny's have a gluten free menu if that helps.

The prescription food is yuck . Or are different products offered in various regions ?

my daughter (age 3) and I are gluten and cow's milk free. We love Doves farm brown rice pasta. Warburtons seeded wraps.

Plus I bake a lot or easy stuff like flapjacks, chocolate chickpea brownies, beetroot almond fairy cakes. My daughter generally prefers home made stuff to the gluten free shop bought things. When we're out she loves anything with rice, chips or just a roast dinner. Also my daughter thinks sorbet is ice cream.
Here's my recipes if you're looking for inspiration mydaughterwontsleep.com/gfrecipes/

Good luck.

My son is coeliac and allergic to gluten and milk - and totally intolerant to egg. I've tried to make most things but croissants (and broiche which requires similar ingredients) proved impossible without the egg - you should be fine since you can use egg. You will find a lot of help here:

members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/

and a lot of saved recipe which work, and information on safe places to eat out, on the attached supplementary board:

coeliac.proboards.com/

Sainsbury's Free From range is good - and includes fish fingers.

It all seems very daunting at first, but after a while it is just routine.

It's important to establish if your DS's problem with wheat is gluten intolerance/coeliac or actual allergy to wheat. Who did the recent testing and did they also test for wheat? Coeliac/gluten intolerance is not allergy, (see here) so those waiting for a diagnosis for these conditions need to keep consuming it to be accurately diagnosed, as MissSmiley mentioned above. If allergy (IgE mediated) is suspected, then wheat would normally be avoided until the diagnosis can be confirmed/excluded. I think you should try to get more clarity from your doctor about what exactly might be going on with your DS.

As ClaireOB has said it is important to know whether your son is allergic to wheat or whether he is coeliac. (It was only when my son had an allergic reaction that it was found that he was also coeliac but that is somewhat unusual apparently!). If your son is allergic to wheat then you only have to avoid anything wheat related - if your son is coeliac then you have to avoid barley and rye as well as oats (there are differing opinions among consultants as to when glutenfree oats can or should be introduced to coeliac children).