Gluten Reaction In My 2 1/2 Year Old

[circeannc]

so . . . i'm trying to piece some information together and wanted to see what happens with others. my daughter has been gluten-free for almost three months and this is the first time this has happened. she went to bed last night really gassy and not feeling too well. she woke up with diarreah about two hours later and then threw up. this happened again three hours later. she had no fever and made it through the rest of the night without incident. i'm guessing she got some gluten soemwhere, but i don't know if this is a common reaction. my other trick is trying to figure out the timing. is this a reaction from something she ate yesterday, or is this maybe something that builds up.

as is write this, my mind is spinning trying to figure out where this came from, and i'm fighting the common guilty feelings. :-)

any other experiences would be greatly appreciated.

thanks so much!

circe

jacksonville, fl

[hez]

I am not sure how others react or if there is a difference between adults and children. That said I know within two hours if I have been glutened. It starts with very loud rumbly stomach, progresses to horrible intestinal cramps and then goes into the big d. For me it seems to take almost a month to recover. Some days I seem okay and then more d. Is there possible cross contamination? This is always a possiblility in my home. Try not to feel too guilty. Being a parent I know it is hard not to.

Hez

[Guest nini]

that sounds about like my daughter's reactions... usually within several hours of eating something with gluten or cross contamination.

There are so many hidden glutens in things, it can be really tricky. We are soooo careful and still occasionally have accidental glutenings. Sometimes we don't figure out what caused it.