Baby essentials the first year

Baby essentials the first year

Very much in the Other Things category I thought I’d do a round up of essentials we used for our baby in the first year. I’ll preface this by saying I believe there is so much waste in the world and so many things are …

Gluten free expo dates for 2024/2025

Gluten free expo dates for 2024/2025

It’s April and this year we’ve got the announcement nice and early, Coeliac Australia’s Gluten Free Expo will be back for 2024 in Melbourne and Sydney. They’ll also be hosting the expo in Perth and Brisbane in early 2025. In 2024 many coeliacs were speculating …

Crinkle Tag Toy for Baby

Crinkle Tag Toy for Baby

Well I didn’t think I’d be doing another craft post so soon but I have been meaning to make a crinkle tag toy for my baby. Why? Because as far as DIY baby stuff goes, this is one of the easiest. Certainly a lot easier …

BBQ Shapes and Jatz are now gluten free!

BBQ Shapes and Jatz are now gluten free!

Arnott’s have finally released savoury gluten free biscuits with Jatz and BBQ shapes to be the very first items. I know so many of you have been waiting for this, especially the folks who don’t like chocolate or don’t have a sweet tooth. It was …

Coles ditches gluten free chips but brings in new ones

Coles ditches gluten free chips but brings in new ones

In 2023 Coles brand oven chips became harder and harder to find on the shelves. Much loved in the gluten free community, these GF by ingredient chips were tasty and best value for money. In the last few months of 2023 I saw numerous posts …

Is the glucose tolerance test gluten free?

Is the glucose tolerance test gluten free?

If there’s one thing that can rattle a coeliac it’s glucose and if its gluten free, so of course there’s a worry when you need a glucose tolerance test. For many years we’ve seen glucose listed in ingredients only to be followed by the word …

Coeliac Australia’s new position on oats

Coeliac Australia’s new position on oats

Mark this day in your calendar, Friday 15 September 2023, Coeliac Australia finally released a new position on oats for those living with coeliac disease. Gluten free oats have been available internationally for several years. Coeliacs are the same all over the world, so to …

Arnott’s has released MORE teeny Tiny Teddy cereal!

Arnott’s has released MORE teeny Tiny Teddy cereal!

If you’ve been living under a rock this last twelve months you’d have missed the secretly gluten free release of Arnott’s teeny Tiny Teddy cereal. The first two flavours, exclusive to Woolworths are honey and chocolate. But as of September 2023 Coles has come to …

A DIY Mermaid Tail to dazzle your baby or toddler

A DIY Mermaid Tail to dazzle your baby or toddler

One of my first steps into the Other Things category of my website, my journey making a DIY mermaid tail for my baby daughter! I have my daughter enrolled in a Baby Sensory class that takes places once a week. Each session is themed and …

When is the gluten free expo in 2023?

When is the gluten free expo in 2023?

If you’re an Aussie coeliac the gluten free expo is a calendar highlight to taste GF products – so where is the 2023 expo? In typical fashion of Coeliac Australia this year, they have been super quiet on any news. Remember how Coeliac Awareness Week …