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We just finally got our youngest over her last gluten episode and had literally just gotten her bowels back to normal when she comes home and says she forgot and ate a breaded piece of chicken. I'm not convinced that she forgot... She's reached a point on this diet where she's just really frustrated and I have to say I can relate and understand the temptation. Between her and my oldest I ran out of Stress Relief (very appropriate name even if it wasn't mean for this!) so I need to make sure and get some today and have it before she gets home! She cried all morning and I'm just not up for that all evening too! She becomes so unreasonable it's ridiculous. One of her things this morning was whining and crying because her brother was in the same room! When she has gluten it literally comes down to things like,"he's looking at me"...

I haven't done too much special with cooking lately so I think I need to make something like cinnamon rolls to put in her lunch to reduce her temptation.

Paulette

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I understand your frustration! She knows that she can't have gluten, which makes it even more frustrating for you, especially because you can't stop her from cheating when she is at school.

Making some really special things for her to take might be a good idea. Why don't you also let her help you bake some yummy cookies as well? If she feels that she has some control, that might help, too.

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I understand your frustration! She knows that she can't have gluten, which makes it even more frustrating for you, especially because you can't stop her from cheating when she is at school.

Making some really special things for her to take might be a good idea. Why don't you also let her help you bake some yummy cookies as well? If she feels that she has some control, that might help, too.

LOL, getting her to not "help" is more the challenge. Whenever I pull anything out to bake she's right there. I have APD so it can be a bit challenging as I'm trying to read directions and she talks non-stop :o) I think we have a system down now where no one is allowed to talk when I mix together flours because if I lose track that's an expensive mistake. The last time I baked there was alot of chaos and I put together some bread mixes o.k., but the one I put in the mixer I forgot to add yeast to. I've baked bread for over 20 years and that was the first time I ever left out the yeast. Couldn't figure out why they looked so funny and wouldn't rise...

She has practice tonight, but I think this weekend we'll have to spend some time baking together. She has been asking to bake cookies just about every day so maybe there *is* a link there to wanting control? We did make some no-bake cookies last week and she didn't cheat at all then. I'll have to ask her in about a month if she really had the chicken on accident or on purpose and she usually admits it after the fact. Since we're gluten free here at home and my parents are too she does forget sometimes because she used to being in a "safe" environment. She told me when she spent the night at a friends house they asked if she wanted toast and she said yes and then had to tell them no because she forgot they wouldn't have gluten-free bread.

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What is that Stress Relief? Does it really work? I need some of that! Seriously.

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There was a thread this week about chicken tenders/nuggets with recipes and tips.

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I completely understand about APD, as I have the same problem. I have never been officially diagnosed with it, but the definition of it, and the symptoms stated fit me 100%. Plus, it isn't unusual to have it with Asperger Syndrome.

It might be easier if you do all the measuring ahead of time, like the night before, or while your daughter is at school. Have all the measured ingredients in separate containers standing together (even in order of adding if necessary), so your daughter can then help combining them without her chatter confusing you or making you forget things.

That way you won't forget something crucial, and you can both have fun baking the cookies without the added anxiety of being afraid to forget something. I find that sometimes when I feel anxious about forgetting stuff, and somebody keeps talking, I get so frustrated that I stop being able to function altogether, and have to leave for a time out in my room to calm down.

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Yup, kids have to learn by experience sometimes just like the rest of us. Despite warnings older kids will gluten themselves. I would make it very clear to her that this is her own doing and that her pain and agitation is a consequence of eating gluten. On another note, I understand the temptation to eat things you really like that everyone else can eat. My husband found a brand of breaded chicken tenders that are gluten free. I do not condone the consumption of processed foods, esp for people with damaged intestines, but sometimes you need to treat the kids so that they don't want to rebel. In situations where you know she'll be tempted it may be good for you to try to forsee this and offer to make her some gluten-free stuff to take with her.

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I know many prefer "from scratch", but Bell Evans has GREAT breaded chicken products - chicken tenders, chicken nuggets and chicken patties. They're frozen and EASY for those times when you need easy! And they are white meat. We use the tenders, and they're pretty "healthy" (for a breaded chicken product, at least!).

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