No Appetite

[Krystens mummy]

My daughter is twelve months old and has been gluten free for around three months. During the early days when she was being glutened every day she had a lot of external symptoms i.e eczema, skin rashes wierd looking and smelling poop etc. Now though when she is glutened in some way she only seems to have mild symptoms even the poop is SEMI normal? does this happen when you have been gluten free for a while. Three days ago she got into the cat food and swallowed a piece (gross i know) The next few days we saw semi normal poop but other than that no other symptoms except she doesn't seem hungry. She will ask for food but when it comes she only eats a couple of mouthfulls. Is this a normal symptom of celiac/gluten intollerance? It has been going through my mind that since she is young maybe her gut has repaired itself quicker (if it was damaged at all) and that is why symptoms seem milder? I'm still new to this. It wasn't until our daughter started showing symptoms that my husbands mum started thinking that her symptoms that started post menopause are the same thing we are now thinking about gene testing. I suppose my question to all of you is should she be hungry and why isn't she eating???????????? She has put on heaps of weight since going gluten free and I don't want her to lose it all again.

[Ursa Major]

I think you are right, that now her symptoms are milder, because the damage has healed. I expect she won't eat when glutened, because it hurts her tummy. You may just have to be more careful about cross contamination and other ways of getting glutened. Like buying gluten-free cat food. It would be better for your cat, and if your daughter eats cat food now and then (you can't really prevent that), at least you won't have to worry about her getting sick.

[crittermom]

Katharine's appetite totally changes when glutened, it takes a few days to get her to eat well again. She is a terrible eater to begin with!