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Jodele Apprentice
Jodele
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We just moved to Albuquerque NM and I am starting to have problems with my youngest DD. We all have been gluten free since last august. We all were doing so well but now my youngest, Katie, and I are starting to have problems again not as bad as before. She is having loose stool and complains about a hurt tummy. I started her on a cf diet and do not see an improvement much. I know I have problems with dairy and stay away from most of it. Still love to have cheese on my pizza but only have it once a month. I know if you have a problem with it stay totally away from it. :( I don

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Well the best thing to do is just go back to the basics of eating like meat, fruits and veggies and maybe potatoes and rice and see if that improves. I had to cut out gluten, casein and soy to feel better.

I use fleishmans butter unsalted with no problems, or u can use like olive oil if its on a baked potato.

paula

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I like coconut oil. The non-hydrogenated kind has wonderful health benefits. It works well instead of butter even in recipes.

Paula has good advice. Basics -- chicken, veggies, fruit, brown rice ... then rotate in other foods watching for reaction.

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Well the best thing to do is just go back to the basics of eating like meat, fruits and veggies and maybe potatoes and rice and see if that improves. I had to cut out gluten, casein and soy to feel better.

I use fleishmans butter unsalted with no problems, or u can use like olive oil if its on a baked potato.

paula

Paula - how did you come to the conclusion of casein and soy? Did you just cut everything out and add back in or are there tests you had done? I'm starting to suspect that I may have another allergy....

Thanks!

Laurie

Nic Collaborator
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Ian's gluten free fish sticks and chicken nuggets (and I believe their corn dogs) are not only gluten free but allergen free as well. So are the products made by enjoy life. They make cereals, cookies, and cereal bars. My son was diagnosed Celiac at 4 and we took him off gluten we saw some improvement. But then after a while he was sick again so we tried milk. Now he is much better and so far no signs of trouble. But my plan has been that if the symptoms come back, soy would be my next choice of foods to take away. So far I haven't had to try it.

Nicole

Jodele Apprentice
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Well the best thing to do is just go back to the basics of eating like meat, fruits and veggies and maybe potatoes and rice and see if that improves. I had to cut out gluten, casein and soy to feel better.

I use fleishmans butter unsalted with no problems, or u can use like olive oil if its on a baked potato.

paula

she is getting bored with the veggies and fruits and meat and giving me I hungery all the time. I what to feed her and have her feel full. I am going on vacation this weekend and I will not be able to keep her on the very basic foods. We are going to see my husbands family. One which thinks she is katie's other mother (love her to death but I hate to say no all the time. she dont understand with all the food problems. she want so help so much but she thinks yogurt will help katie's tummy and it is dairy.) I am going out of my mind I was going to wait untill vacation but she is companing 10 times a day and I cant stand watching my kids hurt. I guess I will have to wait untill I get back to get her off of every thing that could be hurting her. all the rest of my kids are doing great. I know I can keep them away from gluten but with katie I dont know if I can get her to stay away form the restof the intorences. :( I can keep her off of dairy and gluten for now and do the rest of it when we get back

thanks

Jodele

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I know it can be really hard to figure these things out! The way you described her stools sounds to me like gluten may be sneaking in somewhere. First, I would start going through everything, including hair and body products, and double check that it's gluten free. This is where I start when dd's stools are questionable, or if she gets really moody.

If that is most definately not it, cutting out casein is a good move. I had to do this for my dd too, and she got a bit better, but still not 100%. Soy was the next to be cut, which honestly hasn't restricted any more foods for her, I just had to change brands. The only thing that is pretty much out is any butter substitute, b/c they all use soy. We now use coconut or olive oil, and dd is fine with it.

Like the other poster said, Enjoy Life products are totally allergen free, and most of the products I've tried are delicious. My kids LOVE the snickerdoodle cookies (and so do I!). We also use Ian's from time to time, or I make my own chicken nuggets or fish sticks with crushed corn flakes or rice flour (with added seasoned salt). We also do alot of Namaste mixes...also allergen free, easy, and tasty.

I have four kids gluen/dairy/soy free. It can be done, and it can be done so that the kids do not feel like they are missing out on anything. There are still plenty of sweet things and treats that they can have. Good luck!

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Jodele Apprentice
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I know it can be really hard to figure these things out! The way you described her stools sounds to me like gluten may be sneaking in somewhere. First, I would start going through everything, including hair and body products, and double check that it's gluten free. This is where I start when dd's stools are questionable, or if she gets really moody.

If that is most definately not it, cutting out casein is a good move. I had to do this for my dd too, and she got a bit better, but still not 100%. Soy was the next to be cut, which honestly hasn't restricted any more foods for her, I just had to change brands. The only thing that is pretty much out is any butter substitute, b/c they all use soy. We now use coconut or olive oil, and dd is fine with it.

Like the other poster said, Enjoy Life products are totally allergen free, and most of the products I've tried are delicious. My kids LOVE the snickerdoodle cookies (and so do I!). We also use Ian's from time to time, or I make my own chicken nuggets or fish sticks with crushed corn flakes or rice flour (with added seasoned salt). We also do alot of Namaste mixes...also allergen free, easy, and tasty.

I have four kids gluen/dairy/soy free. It can be done, and it can be done so that the kids do not feel like they are missing out on anything. There are still plenty of sweet things and treats that they can have. Good luck!

Thank you

I think I figure it out it is all dairy. she was off it for 3 days and was doing better but through the vaction she got some dairy. and the tummy aches came back. Now that we are home we can cut out all dairy and see if it well help out. My oldest is very sencitive with gluten so I know it cant be gluten I am very careful about that. I read avery thing. If that does not help then I will go soy free with her. I have problems with dairy all my life and I am going dairy free with her. she likes the soy milk and I found one for kids with the added calcium in it. My mom was upset that she was going dairy free and wanted me to keep her on a low dairy diet but I said no. thanks agian and I will up date after I see if this will work for her.

Jodele

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Paula - how did you come to the conclusion of casein and soy? Did you just cut everything out and add back in or are there tests you had done? I'm starting to suspect that I may have another allergy....

Thanks!

Laurie

I am so sorry i never seen this until now. Well i tested postive threw enterolab for casein, but i had suspected for yrs that i had problems with it, i use to get so sick after sour cream and ranch dressing, i had just thought it was the brands i was using. so when i tested positive, i needed to see it on paper to actually give up my cheese, it has been really hard. I never knew anything about soy until i started to drink the soy silk and i would get sick all the time, but i had thought maybe it was just from finding out i was celiac and my body was healing. But the minute i gave up soy i have felt 100 percent better. Today i decided to see if i had a real problem with it, so i made some tuna that has soy in it, and sure enought after i ate it, my stomach started to hurt. It didnt hurt like when i gluten myself, but i can tell my body does not like soy at all. I have to admit im not adament about reading all the labels for soy as i am gluten and casein, but im pretty much eating an basic diet, cause im trying to diet lol. I hope this makes sense. If you have any other questions, maybe Pm me, since i have felt better, i dont read all the emails like i did when i first found out about being celiac.

paula

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This may be a dumb question but does she have gluten-free playdough? That jumped into my mind when I read the post about gluten sneaking in somewhere.

Jodele Apprentice
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This may be a dumb question but does she have gluten-free playdough? That jumped into my mind when I read the post about gluten sneaking in somewhere.

No playdo here. learn my lesson with that one last year at school with my middle dd. she had avery bad stomic ache on the way back from vaction she had some string cheese and from that time on she was hurting all the way home I felt so bad. :(

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