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Moments Like These Make Coping Easier!

covsooze

By covsooze
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covsooze Enthusiast
covsooze
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Yesterday, I let DS (3) have some of my pasta for his lunch as he's always wanting whatever I've got instead of what he's got. I said: you've got some of mummy's special pasta. DS said: but I don't like it. I asked him why and he replied: cos it's got gluten-free in it :lol::D He also said later to DH: mummy's gluten free....to eat!! he's now making sure everything I eat is gluten-free. :) I'm so proud of him. Unfortunately, though, when I sneaked some chocolate later in the day, he came upstairs and found me, gave me a big hug and observed that I smelled of chocolate. Can't have chocolate on the sly anymore..

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jerseyangel Proficient
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Susie--Your son sounds adorable--give him a hug for me :D

StrongerToday Enthusiast
StrongerToday
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When I first started this I was sitting down to dinner one day and my 8 year old saw me drinking a glass of water and said "can you have that? Is it gluten-free?" :lol:

loraleena Contributor
loraleena
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Thats so cute. My 9 year old son is always making sure my food gluten free. He eats a lot of my food and likes most of it.

jenvan Collaborator
jenvan
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ah, a little accountability from the 3 year old!! :)

covsooze Enthusiast
covsooze
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I should have added that DS ate every last bit of the pasta. He loves my gluten-free free stuff :D

Lollie Enthusiast
Lollie
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I love kids!!

My daughters 5 and 3 always ask if this or that is gluten free! It makes me feel good that they want to "take care" of mommy! They have both agreed that their birthday cakes (coming this summer) should be gluten free- so mommy can have some! Like I said I Love Them!!!!!!

Lollie

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schuyler Apprentice
schuyler
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How cute! :D

klemmen Rookie
klemmen
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that is so cute :lol: there is gluten free in it :lol:

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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That is so cute! You guys have little "helpers" to keep you gluten-free!! Thanks for great stories! Lynne

plantime Contributor
plantime
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Isn't it so wonderful, that our kids care so much!?! My teenagers help me read labels in the grocery store.

elye Community Regular
elye
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Isn't it amazing what our kids absorb from us? My nine year-old has diagnosed more unknowing celiacs than I have, I think, including his teacher, who he heard complaining of tiredness and abdominal pain, and a boy on his baseball team who was also complaining of the classic symptoms. What extraordinary kids we have!

penguin Community Regular
penguin
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Kids are way smarter than educated grown ups! :)

They haven't had time to get dumb ideas in their heads yet...

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Kids are way smarter than educated grown ups! :)

They haven't had time to get dumb ideas in their heads yet...

ChelsE- You are so funny.

Mine is my 76 year old Dad- who getss it as best as he can. One day at lunch the waitress brought over a loaf of bread and he looked at her in complete horror and said, 'she can't have that- she's gluten-free," The waitress replied, "Yes, sir, but you can." :P he was like oh yeah, right.

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

That is sooo cute! :lol:

My daughter Eileen, who is 12, thinks anything and everything that is gluten free just sucks.

Well, for Easter dinner, when my Mom was making the gravy, I gave her my gluten free flour mix and my gluten free stock to put in the gravy as Mom had forgotten to bring the stuff to make the gravy (It's made from the juice in the turkey pan and since the turkey has stuffing in it, I never have the turkey or gravy anyway.......)

Well, we are all sitting down eating and there were three different compliments on how this is the best gravy Mom had made to date. Even Eileen chimed in that it tasted delicious! Mom and I were chuckling the whole time! I couldn't keep it in any longer and told everyone that it my gluten free stuff that created such a wonderful tasting gravy. Eileen's jaw dropped onto her plate! :lol:

Hugs.

Karen

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TinkerbellSwt
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My son is too young yet to have those little idiosyncrasies. But for a laugh, my family exchanges colored Easter eggs on Easter. We write the persons name on it.. and color it and just give it to them.. I got 2 eggs this year, one was a pink one with my name on it. The other was not colored with Gluten Free written on it. I got quite a chuckle out of that.

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Tinkerbell- that is awesome!

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