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Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« on: April 08, 2006, 16:21:07 pm »
I'll probably start DS on some more chunky cereal in a few weeks time. He's doing great with baby cereal (rice and oatmeal) and we have a mesh feeder that he can gum on.

I'd like to keep him away from wheat till 1 yr (my family has a history of intolerance). I notice that oat cheerios have wheat starch in. Does anyone know of a pure oat equivalent? I need to check out the organic / healthfood aisle of my local Fred Meyers, but we live in a small town, so I'm not too optimistic  :(

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Re: Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2006, 17:19:11 pm »
Sorry it took so long to get back to you!!  On a simple note, Gerber apple flavored fruit wheels are wheat free.  If you want to get more complex about it, type "gluten free cereal" into a search engine.  Lots of interesting stuff that way.  I found an "o" made with pinto beans!  More expensive that way, but better than risking an allergy that sticks around.  Then it gets REALLY expensive.     ;)  BTW, I'd never noticed that Cheerios had wheat to them.  Thanks for the info!
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Re: Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2006, 19:31:30 pm »
ooh thanks, mouse mom. i'll go googling. great tip on the gerber snacks.

ditto on the prevacid happiness in my DS!

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Re: Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2006, 19:58:23 pm »
Just the other day I heard about something called Perky O's (http://www.perkysnaturalfoods.com) - they have no wheat, gluten, dairy, casein, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs or soy.

I plan to find them for my own DD soon!
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Re: Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2006, 20:53:11 pm »
Yup, that's one of the one's I found when I went looking.  Let us know how they taste.
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Re: Wheat-free Cheerios equivalent?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2006, 20:59:47 pm »
I found some at Whole Foods that were good.  I think they were just called Oat O's.  I don't use them anymore b/c we suspect a problem w/ oat as well as wheat.
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