Our DD (9 months old) has a family history of celiac, and reacts when I eat
wheat or oats. We'd like to get her tested for celiac, but the blood test
requires 6 weeks of gluten consumption by both of us. The plan is for me to try
barley, and if she isn't bothered by me eating it, to feed it to her. If she's
fine with that, then we both stick with it until the test is done. If she
reacts, we quit.

I need some baby-friendly barley recipes. She can't have dairy (of any variety,
due to known allergy), peanuts / tree nuts / seeds, shellfish, soy, wheat or
oats. She does fine with rice, potato, apple, banana, pear, sweet potato,
orange squash, carrot, celery, and beets. Anything else is negotiable, but I'm
unlikely to give her any highly allergenic food, or the acidic foods (tomatoes,
citrus, etc.) that give even older kids trouble.

She has no pincer grip, so finger food has to be in big enough chunks to stick
out of her fist. She's not a big fan of texture unless it's a finger food or
she can take bites off it while someone else holds it. I think she'll be able
to gum up cooked barley if she likes it. The goal isn't to get large quantities
into her; just some every day.

Thanks!

Phoebe