I know rice seemed odd to me as well. They call it FPIES (Food Protein Induced...something someting...LOL). When they were interviewing they said it was rice and oats...but then provided me with a list of many other possible culprits including sweet potatoes, cucumbers, etc. When I saw the list I actually told them I had changed my mind and could not take on their child as there was no way I could eliminate so many things! So they promised to trial all of the foods except rice before he started...and it was all fine...so we are left with the rice. You get used to it, but it is complicated because if I am really tired or distracted, I am always worried I will forget and give him the wrong crackers. My 3 year old daughter helps me a lot with this as she knows exactly which crackers he can and can't have and she is on top of it...LOL. I buy multi-packs of crackers at Costco, so she knows he can have the red box ones and the green box, but not the purple or white. And his parents have supplied a box of back-up crackers in case I am ever stuck with only the ones containing rice. I used to serve a lot of pasta that contained rice...and then I had separate pasta for him...but even that has become too much trouble and I have just switched everyone to the non-rice kind. It happened once where I forgot to cook his and realized when it came time to serving...that was the last time I bothered making two kinds.