My child was just diagnosed with Celiacs Disease. I am totally oblivious as to were to begin and how to handle this with a daycare of 12 at the same time.

Any tips, ideas, suggestions....anything would greatly be appreciated
I mean any....

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I just posted about this not too long ago.

Here is the thread https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62231

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leave all food in the original packaging and read all labels before serving. Since it is your child I would make it easy and serve as much food gluten free as you can. keep it fresh and simple to make it easier.

the packaged food does cost more so you may want to have special food for your child at times.

remember most playdough has flour in it. they do make gluten free art supplies.

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What are you counters made of?
What are the plates y'all eat off of made of?
What about your silverware?

If any of the items are plastic or a plastic-like material then you'll need to get different ones for your child. An easy fix for formica countertops is to buy some cutting boards for a section of it that will ONLY be used for gluten free items to cover it (my friend did this in her home).
Scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub everything down. You might wear gloves while preparing her food. Get everything out BEFORE you put on the gloves. If you touch the handle of the fridge, there is likely some gluten remains on that handle (from sauces/condiments/crumbs/etc.). If you touch the microwave, likely gluten remains on that. Drawer knobs/handles? Gluten remains on that. Put gloves on BEFORE preparing food, but AFTER touching anything that could be contaminated.

You will need to find gluten-free items like shampoo, soap, make-up (if your child wears make-up), etc. in addition to food items. The following is a list of ingredients that mean gluten in products that I found on celiacs.com awhile ago that is very useful:

Avena Sativa (Oat)
Kernel FlourAvena Sativa (Oat)
Kernel ExtractAvena Sativa (Oat)
Kernel OilAvena Sativa (Oat) Bran
Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Cyclodextrin
Dextrin
Dextrin Palmitate
Disodium Wheatgermamphodiacetate
Hordeum Vulgare Extract
Hydrolyzed Malt Extract
Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
Hydrolyzed Oat Protein
Hydrolyzed Oats
Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer
Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Laurdimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Malt Extract
Maltodextrin
Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Flour
Sodium C8-16 Isoalkylsuccinyl Wheat Protein Sulfonate
Sodium Lauroyl Oat Amino Acid
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Gluten
Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Starch
Wheat Amino Acids
Wheat Germ Glycerides
Wheat Germamidopropalkonium Chloride
Wheat Protein
Wheatgermamidopropyl Ethyldimonium Ethosulfate
Yeast Extract

Tocopherol and Tocopheral Acetate can sometimes contain wheat. We usually call if we see that ingredient to see if it was sourced from wheat.

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DaycareMama, my dd is in the process of eliminating gluten from her diet because of a suspected allergy so all of this information is really helpful to me, too. Between the food my family eats, the food the dc kids eat and now the food my dd eats, my cabinets are getting out of hand. I'm seriously thinking about just going gluten free for everyone - as much as possible, anyway.

I have to say, I haven't felt this overwhelmed since my son was diagnosed with Asperger's. So much to learn!

I'll be printing out Entropy's list and all of the other helpful replies.

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here is a link to a great GF shampoo: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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