In Case Anyone Was Wondering...

[canadianmama]

newsprint does have gluten in it.

so if your 18 month old eats the flyers while his dad is 'watching him' (aka watching a movie) you can expect:

• colourful flyer puke all over the bed at 2.30 am
  
• a mostly sleepless night
  
• crabbiness unending
  
• and a major poop explosion that soaks the dipe, his clothes and your clothes, all within a few seconds. and it will not smell like roses.
  

this has been a public service announcement brought to you by canadianmama, who is now in fresh clothes, as is her toddler.

[Daxin]

And in those fresh clothes, cleaning out the dog house so hubby has a new place to sleep! LOL

[Guhlia]

Oh my... What a mess that must have been!!! Just out of curiousity, are you sure it was a gluten reaction and not just a reaction to chemicals in the ink or paper? I'm super paranoid about gluten being in my house and I've never gotten glutened from eating while reading a newspaper. If there really is gluten in the ink or paper I would much rather discontinue my subscription than have it in my house on my dinner table.

[canadianmama]

Oh my... What a mess that must have been!!! Just out of curiousity, are you sure it was a gluten reaction and not just a reaction to chemicals in the ink or paper? I'm super paranoid about gluten being in my house and I've never gotten glutened from eating while reading a newspaper. If there really is gluten in the ink or paper I would much rather discontinue my subscription than have it in my house on my dinner table.

i'm only guessing, since it was definitley a gluten reaction and all he'd had that was different was the flyers. theoretically he could also have found a scrap of something on the floor and eaten it, but we're both super careful about that, so it's not very likely. the idea about it being a reaction to the chemicals in the inks is valid, too.... i have no idea where a person would find out what the ingredients of newsprint are. i suppose if you really want to know if that was the cause you could make newsprint tea or a flyer turnover or something... personally i think i'll stick to my theory and just not let him play with the flyers again until he's old enough not to eat them.