Party Food Ideas!

I would check in advance what food they would be rpoviding that was ok for him, and take other stuff for her too.
Is it your 2 1/2yr old or the baby with the dairy problem? Will be a lot easier if its the baby. I havent got experinece with having to suddenly eliminate food groups with an older child.
I knew before Isla even started solids that she had a dairy problem, then later discovered it was an allergy.

Make a dairy free cake and either slics and freeze or cook itin muffin tins and freeze the muffins- then when u go to a party u can take one out in the morning and ice it and take that to the party for him for when everyone is eating cake. I used to do this for Isla to take to daycare too, so there was always a bag of isla friendly cake in their freezer for them to give her when there was a kids party at daycare.
I did the same with bisuits to take to mainly music and to playgorup when the other kids would be given bought bicuits. She got to age (about 18 months I think, maybe closer to 2) where she kicked up a stink at not getting the biscuits like the other kids, and I would be trying to give her ricecrackers. All the kids sat on a mat and helpers and leaders would hand the kids 2 biscuits each- I would pass one of them isla's biscuits without her seeing and they would give them to her and she was happy as with this!

Mostly there was always suitable stuff she could eat at friends kids parties, and my friends were great and making sure there was stuff on offer that she could have, or I would offer to take a plate - carrot/celery /cucmber sticks with hummus, plain chips, plain ricecrakers, cherios.

My kids dont have a problem .. but Blondys daughter Nat is dairy free and when we have get togethers or parties she always takes food for her and whomever is hosting has dairy free food avail.

When we go to theres she serves up "normal" food and Nat has her own.

Peanut wrote: For his birthday it is all going to be dairy and egg free so that he can "go for it" otherwise I would feel bad. Is that ok? I figure it all tastes the same anyway and most party food is easy to adapt?

 

Obviously I'm a bit away from that (DS being only 6 months), but I would do exactly the same. When I have coffee groups at my house all the food I prepare is dairy free, people often comment that they can't even taste the difference.

Everyone else has given great advice!!

For Campbell's 1st birthday, I did a dairy/egg/wheat-free cake mixture since there were a couple of littlies with allergies. I made icing without butter, and used pureed raspberries and Kiwi Crush for the flavourings (on separate cakes!) and instead of food colouring.
The kids at that age definitely don't know any different!

hey there we did the allergy free bday it was cool, though jack didnt actually eat any of it i used the allergy nz cookbook, great recipes and easy too. We had a dairy, soy, egg, chicken, rice free party. no one hardly noticed the lack of junk! go for it i say, your party then have them your way! good luck i know that this is hard work but u will get there

Id love the birthday cake recipe you used today .. it was lovely.

And yep those gingerbred men are devine .. I scoffed the part issy left.