"Nancy Morris wrote:"
>
>   Ok, spoke to GI who said this is way over her head and we must see the =
> allergist ASAP.  Her dietician said Neocate is nutritionally sufficient =
> til age 1 but she is concerned about the developmental skills associated =
> with eating (I am also concerned about this).  he is eating rice cereal =
> from a spoon 2x a day.  She said at this point, most kids (non allergic) =
> are attempting some simple finger foods (cheerios, teether biscuits, =
> etc) and said it'd be great if I could find  a safe alternative for this =
> (I asked about rice crackers and she said to ask allergist).  I just =
> wanted to know if there is safe finger food for babies (w/ few or no =
> teeth) who have allergies.  The only safe food we know of is rice (and I =
> am concerned that "overuse" of this will cause a reaction to it, but I =
> have no choice).

puffed rice is perfect -- only the one ingredient (rice) and great for
practicing the pincer grip.  We also used puffed millet which is smaller
but pretty hard to hold until they get good at that pincer grip.

Good luck!!

--Robyn