Finger food for dairy/wheat/fish/egg free 9 month old

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My ds is refusing to eat anything but finger food and any suggestions for a bit of variation in his diet would be gratefully received!

He currently lives on bananas, Organix raspberry and apple bars, stewed apples, carrots,peas, plain rice cakes (throws if have topping on), buckwheat pancakes with veg grated into them (which I can put toppings on) and Anabel Karmel's chicken in cornflakes which are a bit difficult to chew as I probably overcooked them.

Haven't found any other veg that he likes, throws ham, baked beans fall straight out of mouth, but avocado and kiwi are variable in their success.

Thanks for any suggestions

Whole green beans make good finger food. Pieces of ripe pear, peach etc also usually go down well. How about sausages or strips of meat? A spare rib or chicken drumstick to gnaw? Chips?! Or curly corn pasta, with a bit of tomato sauce maybe?
It sounds like his diet is pretty good though. I don't think you need to go to town unless you want to.

What about mango, cucumber, raisins, apricots, satsumas, sweet peppers, parsnips, sweet potato, mushrooms, corn on the cob, strawberries, grapes?

Sainsburys sell cakes by The Village Bakery at Malmerby. There are apricot slices, rich fruit cake and chocolate brownies, and I think that all of them are dairy, wheat and egg free (and fish free as well, obviously!). They are £1.99 for four cakes, but they do taste nice!
Also honey cake made with rye flour, also lemon zest biscuits, also chocolate covered rice cakes - all wheat/dairy/egg free.

The Coop and Tesco sell organic, dairy free flapjacks.

Asda sells Seeds of Change bars (dairy, wheat, egg free)

Would he make an exception to the finger food rule for some ice cream? Swedish Glace is a big dairy free brand, also carob choc ices at good health food shops.

IME, Sainsbury's is the best supermarket for wheat free stuff. But you can find a lot at good independent health food shops, for example Plamil dairy free chocolate and other sweets, and fresh wheat/egg/dairy free cakes.

Savoury things, in addition to those already suggested:
New potatoes.
Onion bhajis and spinach pakoras should be wheat free, but some brands sold in supermarkets have wheat in so do check.
Rice - a finger food according to my youngest son.

NB: sausages normally have wheat in them.

Thanks for all your suggestions am off to Sainsbury's now for some shopping!

have you tried cherry tomatoes?
dd loves them to death.

(I cut them in quarters to avoid choking problems)

How about malt loaf - my ds loves it, cheese on toast?

Unfortunately both malt loaf and cheese usually contain milk and malt loaf probably has wheat in it too. I haven't found a good non-dairy cheese that melts yet but if anybody knows of one please let me know.

Pam, do you eat sheeps cheese or goats cheese? I've never had the courage to try the totally non dairy cheeses, the ingredients list is not appetizing.

My dietician told me to avoid goats milk/cheese as it is so closely related to cows milk that ds is likely to be intolerant to that too.

sml, it is my dd who is milk intolerant but I have recently gone milk free too (and no longer suffer from hay fever). I once tried goat's cheese as a teenager in France and I hated the stuff. I haven't tried DD on goats or sheep products because I don't want to risk inflicting unnecessary pain on her so we stay clear. I have tried several vegan cheeses including Scheese and Cheezly but didn't like either, they are compressed curds of some sort, smell like sick and don't taste particularly nice either nor do they melt, but someone who likes strong crumbly cheese might like them more. I do like Tofutti cream cheese (also vegan) which is like philadelphia and very yummy though expensive. I've been trying to get hold of some Vegie Kaas which is a cheddar substitute which is supposed to melt and taste like real cheddar but no one stocks it near me and it costs £1.99 for a thinnish slice so again it is very expensive. I haven't tried any of the cheese slices but again Tofutti are supposed to be good. Its a case of traipsing round health food shops until you find these products though some shops might order them for you.

I'm not really a big fan of cheese as it comes but do like cheese dishes such as cauliflower cheese, Lasagne, jacket potatoes with cheese etc. and I do feel a bit restricted on the milk free diet because of this. Incidently, I don't like soya milk in tea so I only drink fruit teas now and I've had no cravings for chocolate (a was previously a confirmed chocoholic), even though I have a cupboard full of non-dairy chocolate which I have recently started selling.

sml, it is my dd who is milk intolerant but I have recently gone milk free too (and no longer suffer from hay fever). I once tried goat's cheese as a teenager in France and I hated the stuff. I haven't tried DD on goats or sheep products because I don't want to risk inflicting unnecessary pain on her so we stay clear. I have tried several vegan cheeses including Scheese and Cheezly but didn't like either, they are compressed curds of some sort, smell like sick and don't taste particularly nice either nor do they melt, but someone who likes strong crumbly cheese might like them more. I do like Tofutti cream cheese (also vegan) which is like philadelphia and very yummy though expensive. I've been trying to get hold of some Vegie Kaas which is a cheddar substitute which is supposed to melt and taste like real cheddar but no one stocks it near me and it costs £1.99 for a thinnish slice so again it is very expensive. I haven't tried any of the cheese slices but again Tofutti are supposed to be good. Its a case of traipsing round health food shops until you find these products though some shops might order them for you.

I'm not really a big fan of cheese as it comes but do like cheese dishes such as cauliflower cheese, Lasagne, jacket potatoes with cheese etc. and I do feel a bit restricted on the milk free diet because of this. Incidently, I don't like soya milk in tea so I only drink fruit teas now and I've had no cravings for chocolate (a was previously a confirmed chocoholic), even though I have a cupboard full of non-dairy chocolate which I have recently started selling.

You might be interested to know that you can get wheat free bread and pizza bases as well as corn pasta on prescription.