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Dh Gave Dd Goldfish!

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My dh went to get dd up from her nap while I was busy doing something else. I walk into the living room and he had a bowl of goldfish that he was sharing with our dd! She has been gluten-free for a few days! I can't believe he did that! He says he thought they were gluten-free. I picked up the box and the VERY 1ST ingredient is flour!

I hope one day he gets the hang of this diet! I will go crazy if he doesn't!

And just for the record, our house will soon be completely gluten-free, but it isn't yet. It is taking us a while to "convert"!! :D

Just had to share my frustrations!

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My dh went to get dd up from her nap while I was busy doing something else. I walk into the living room and he had a bowl of goldfish that he was sharing with our dd! She has been gluten-free for a few days! I can't believe he did that! He says he thought they were gluten-free. I picked up the box and the VERY 1ST ingredient is flour!

I hope one day he gets the hang of this diet! I will go crazy if he doesn't!

And just for the record, our house will soon be completely gluten-free, but it isn't yet. It is taking us a while to "convert"!! :D

Just had to share my frustrations!

ptkds

If it makes you feel any less homicidal....my dh was famous for doing the same thing! lol! (Yes, I CAN laugh about it now as dd has been gluten-free for 2 years now and dh hasn't poisoned her in quite a while) I had to clean the house of all things gluten....minus his beer. That pretty much made the diet a no-brainer from that point on. lol! But Lord help us on the days he has to pick up food at the grocery store.. :ph34r:

Sweetfudge Community Regular
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How frustrating! lol my dh sometimes thinks he's being very helpful by bringing home taco bell...oh yeah, i forgot you can't eat this....

I had an annoying experience today at the movie theater. Went to see the new bond movie w/ dh, and was sitting next to this woman who downed 2 hot dogs in about 5 minutes, then went through a bag of popcorn and 2 drinks! first of all, it was kinda gross, and it made me hungry. Second of all, it's been so long since i ate a hot dog, and it smelled so good!!! third of all, she kept touching my arm, cuz our elbows were bumping, and she was apologizing. All i could think of though was the crumbs getting on me, and i didn't finish my own popcorn for fear of CC. I was so annoyed! Aaaah! Sorry, had to vent! People can be so inconsiderate sometimes :(

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You know, sometimes I think about just this.

As we struggle to find foods that will keep up health, maintain a home, or a business and working shop and cook, guard celiac disease children, it can be all so consuming.

At least for me, sometimes I don't address the food needs of my no-gluten free husband. But he is really good about eating everything that I cook, and says that the meals are much better than before. Better than any restaurant that we can go to. Before dx's, I would always ask him what he would like for dinner (board with the same and asking for suggestions) and he would always say "spaghetti". Lucky for me, I never did like pasta, but I made him spaghetti and good homemade sauce. Now the poor man never gets any. I hate the gluten free pasta (as never liked the real ones) and I can't taste to check if el donte (sp).

We need to give our un-celiac spouses a pat on the back, at least mine, for support. Remind me to do that. :ph34r:

Celiac has to be a quick learning process, sometimes it's hard to lead the charge, and sometimes you look back and no one is following. :ph34r:

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Oops! Celiac is a steep learning curve, and although he ought to know that goldfish contain flour, he probably just didn't think about the ingredients. I know I never used to think about what had wheat flour in before dx. It takes a while to adjust your thinking to analyze every ingredient label. Maybe you need to label all the food in the house with gluten-free or not gluten-free. Maybe you and your husband could go through your kitchen together and pull out all the gluten food. When I was first diagnosed, I went around putting those Mr. Yuck poison stickers on all the gluten food so I could remember what things I had check the ingredients of. Then I put all the gluten food on one shelf so I didn't have to deal with it. My dad still eats gluten so there was no need to throw it away - I just didn't want to dig through it looking for my stuff. And as your daughter is gluten-free for longer, you'll probably start having less and less gluten-food in the house. Good luck!

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My dh went to get dd up from her nap while I was busy doing something else. I walk into the living room and he had a bowl of goldfish that he was sharing with our dd! She has been gluten-free for a few days! I can't believe he did that! He says he thought they were gluten-free. I picked up the box and the VERY 1ST ingredient is flour!

I hope one day he gets the hang of this diet! I will go crazy if he doesn't!

And just for the record, our house will soon be completely gluten-free, but it isn't yet. It is taking us a while to "convert"!! :D

Just had to share my frustrations!

ptkds

Even though this was no joke for you, you made me laugh. You were saying that your husband had a bowl of goldfish he was sharing with your daughter. And I envisioned a goldfish bowl, with life goldfish swimming in it, and didn't get it, I was confused. And when finally it dawned on me that you were talking about a bowlful of CRACKER goldfish, I had to laugh.

Sorry that your daughter has been glutened like that. I am sure you gave your hubby a piece of your mind about that one, and he won't do it again. Just make sure he understands that the cracker bears, and other animals are baked with flour, too, not just the goldfish. :blink:

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