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I’m not sure if this would work,, but there’s a ton of resources for Whole30 on Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Snack ideas, eating out tips, etc. Anything Whole30 would automatically cut out dairy and soy.

No advice on the takeout, but the one thing that got me through months of a very restrictive diet were these coconut ice cream bars: https://coconutbliss.com/bliss/salted-caramel-chocolate-bars

I needed some way to feel like I was treating myself and these are really really good!

I did the MSPI diet for 16 months (and not just dairy and soy, a bunch of other stuff too) so unfortunately I'm very familiar. I'm 30 weeks pregnant with #2 right now and today is my first day dairy/soy free in preparation for #2 (anticipating he will have it too). So... I know how much it sucks!!

Protein/filling snacks
- Safe bread with peanut/almond butter (Aldi makes a sprouted grain bread that is df/sf, Udi's GF bread is safe, there are others), add jelly/honey (I ate A LOT of sunbutter sandwiches)
- Hard boiled eggs or egg salad sandwich (if eggs are ok with you)
- MEAT - I ate a lot more meat. So, rolled up safe lunch meat, lunch meat sandwiches, I cooked turkey burgers and kept them in the freezer and just ate one of those for a snack.
- Anything avocado (corn chips and guacamole)
- safe cereal and safe milk (almond, rice, etc)
- Oatmeal w/Earth Balance soy free butter and cinnamon, sugar
- some b-fast sausages are safe, check labels.
- A lot of fruit snacks and gummy candy (gummy bears), etc. are safe! NB: twizzlers and oreos have soy.
- Enjoy Life brand allergy-friendly cookies, bars, and chocolate (Aldi makes a knock-off called "live Gfree" that is like a third of the price)

As for eating out/take-out, I think it depends on how severe your LO's sensitivity is. If you're talking about a little bit of mucus in the stool or something, I would probably be okay with some risk of cross-contamination. My son was extremely sensitive and we would end up in the ER. I had some bad experiences at supposedly safe places, so unfortunately I ate out/did take out VERY rarely. There is always a risk of contamination. I basically didn't eat anything I didn't prepare myself or watch being prepared - even people I love (my mom, etc) who mean well just didn't *know*.

Edit: some of this may depend on the degree of soy sensitivity you are dealing with. A lot of MSPI babies can tolerate soybean oil and soy lecithin. In that case, you have a lot more options. My son couldn't, so I had to be very strict.

Chipotle and Panera have some safe options but I would ask them to change gloves and tell them it was an allergy. And even that, I didn't do until my son was a lot older.

Also, Papa Johns is the only commercial pizza chain I could find that had dairy free meats and crust. So sometimes I would order a pizza and get half with no cheese (so just crust, sauce, and the toppings), and it was actually pretty good! Their chicken has soy, but the sausages and hamburger are dairy and soy free (or used to be).

@Shopoholicmom: My snack was spreading roasted red pepper hummus on deli meat and rolling it up. Also raisins. There was also one brand of digestive cookies that had no dairy or soy. As for eating out, there were lots of places where I could find one meal. And then that was the meal I had every time. But it was easier to just not eat out and eventually I got used to it. Good luck!

@starchild @shopoholicmom yes, 2 good FB groups are Elim Diets for Dairy Queens and MSPI and Reflux Mamas. Take some stuff w/a grain of salt (of course) but it's a good place to get recipe ideas, snack ideas, etc.

@starchild hang in there - we went through hell w/my first son, he had so many things he couldn't tolerate and nightmare reflux that nothing fixed and a ped GI was a godsend. He is 2.5 now and can eat basically everything. It gets better!