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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. Gluten free food doesn't have to be  all  "substitute" food. It's just simple food. What's the big deal about scrambled eggs and fruit and yogurt for breakfast, etc.? My kids eat like that a lot, with absolutely no food restrictions. We would not break stride over this. [/quote]

Because not all kids eat that for breakfast.  Mine would only eat the fruit.  No scrambled eggs, no yogurt.  [b] There are two kitchens.[/b][/quote]

I think we all get that.

That being said, [b]a) even most picky eaters aren't as picky a you kid appears to be [/b]& b)I'm guessing the grandparents, in particular, would appreciate it if everyone could eat at least a couple of meals together as a family. [/quote]

Your kid is every bit as much of a PITA to accommodate as a gluten kid, OP.[/quote]

I don't think OP is the one with the vegetarian/food allergies kid who would starve.  I think OP is the one whose kids are "not big meat eaters" but do eat chicken nuggets.

I think OP's suggestion of keeping some gluten foods and paper plates in their room.

The reality is that most families go through phases where various members are neediest.  With healthy older kids, OP's family's is in a better place to accommodate than the family with a newborn and a newly diagnosed toddler with celiac, or elderly parents who should not be woken at night by a crying baby.
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THIS. And frankly, it's usually the elder adult siblings--or those who had kids first--who fail to recognize how much they were once accommodated, and now it is their turn to take one for the team.[/quote]

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