Our Journey with Autism and the GF/CF Diet: Feeding On The Go

Our Journey with Autism and the GF/CF Diet: Feeding On The Go: "** Sorry I have  not posted in a while. Major's aggression and the fact that the school year is coming to an end as created little free tim..."

Feeding On The Go

** Sorry I have not posted in a while. Major's aggression and the fact that the school year is coming to an end as created little free time for the computer or my blog. Things are coming together and are slowing down so I will be posting more often.**

Major goes to a respite home twice a month for 3 days and 2 nights each time. Respite unfortunately is unable to provide for the majority of his GF/CF diet, so the rest is left up to me to provide them. I came up with a system that makes it easier for me to provide the 6 to 8 meals and his snacks. I'm blogging about it, because I believe you can adapt it for any occasion that you need to provide meals for your GF/CF child.

I start out a couple of days before his trip by planning out the menu. Next I make sure I have everything for those meals and snacks. If I need anything I make it.  Then I get 6 to 8 large baggies (depends on the length of the trip). I label each bag with the corresponding day and meal. Next I place the food and drinks in the corresponding baggie. I also have a large baggie for snacks which I fill with GF/CF snacks. I then double check the baggies against my menu to double check and make sure I have everything. Finally I place all the baggies in a large insulated tote, that will keep everything cool for transport to his respite house. I also include a menu for the staff at the respite home. Initially it took me a while to get this a system down but this one works for me.