The answer - you bring your own food as much as possible. If your hostess is serving pizza, you bring your own.
Thankfully, Alex is very easy going and will happily munch down whatever snack I provide for him. A favorite is the glutino pretzels - yes, a bag of them costs like $7 but he loves them so of course I pay it.
I usually bring along his own cupcake too. We like the Pamela's Luscious Chocolate Cake the best but sometimes it is hard to get in the stores nearby. Today we were lucky enough to go to a party where there would be other food allergy kids, and the hostess was kind enough to check ahead with me and provide "alex-safe" cupcakes, which you can tell he enjoyed quite a bit.
I decided to let him "live it up" and he had some fun with the frosting. 
Cherrybook Kitchen makes a spreadable frosting that is gluten free, dairy free, nut free, peanut free, egg free, soy free! It is like $5 a can and the consistency is very sticky, like glue. It is very sweet - main ingredient is confectionary sugar. As you can see Alex enjoys it quite a bit.
PS. No meltdown after the singing of Happy Birthday and the obligatory clapping. It was a good day.
5 comments:
What a good mom you are! Letting him have $7 pretzels! I am glad he had fun!
Rock on! H and I just read your post and smiled so large! Those cupcakes are identical to the ones we served at Edward's party last night...we even added gf/cf chocolate chips to the Cherrybrook vanilla top!
(I'll do a post soon.)
(Incidentally I pre-made some Cherrybrook and kept it in the fridge for a week...then let it melt slightly and it worked fine!)
Try dipping the pretzels in gf/cf chocolate. Everyone flocks!
Good times!
This sounds like a familiar routine, one we will be doing later today, in fact. Your son looks very content in those photos.
CBKs invention of the ready to spread allergen-free frosting is an amazing invention!
That's so great about Alex doing okay with the singing and clapping! Those sensory issues can be so difficult, and it's always wonderful when we witness our kids learning how to filter out sounds that were previously agonizing to them. Yay, Alex!
I'm so glad he had a good time. BYO is the way to go, isn't it?
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