How Long To See Positive Changes?

[beingmommy]

My DS was having some weight gain issues. Our doc was concerned and ran a blood test and it came back positive for AGA IgA and IgG but negative for tTG. He is only 17 months old so the tTG results kind of make sense (i.e. too young to have built up enough autiantibodies). Also, he eats very little solids so his main exposure to gluten has been through my breastmilk.

Our doc was excited to get his results back and was practically singing on the phone that now we would see some many positive changes in him and he would start gaining and thriving.

(Just as an aside, it sort of bugged me because other than the weight gain issue, well, I think he was doing really well. Running all over, full of energy, rosy cheeks, shiny hair, chubby looking, despite the slow weight gain (he had wrist rolls and sumo wrestler thighs), he does baby sign language like crazy, laughs and is full of joy. He is an intense little guy and can be crabby but aren't all toddlers like that?.)

ANYWAY, the only things that were a little off were that he wakes up a lot at night and had some yucky poopy diapers.

We've both been gluten free for almost 3 weeks and I have not seen any changes in the sleep or poopy diapers. Does it take longer to see changes in these sort of things?

[wsieving]

We noticed a change in DD's sleep pattern instantly. Probably because she wasn't being glutened anymore and no longer had to wake up to tummy aches in the middle of the night. Other things were more slow going. We have been gluten free for a couple of months now, and in the past few weeks we have noticed more growth/weight gain than in the beginning. It's almost like she is making up for lost growth she's growing so rapidly.

His poopy diapers may be a bit weird for awhile. While DD was detoxing she had some really fowl (smelled like burning rubber.... LITERALLY) bowel movements. After we got better at shopping and quit glutening the poor girl every other day, she eventually got past the detox and started having normal bms. It is actually really odd to us now b/c her daily bm is so tiny, or so it seems to us after ruining I don't know how many outfits on a daily basis from blowouts. It takes some time though.

You may also check and make sure he isn't getting glutened and you just do not realize it. Recheck everything in your cabinets. Then check again. Took us forever to figure out everything because so much of it is coded. The only obvious ingredient in anything is Wheat. We also buy Great Value (wal-mart brand) whenever we can because they are one of the few around here that actually say "Gluten Free" on the can/box. It is a real comfort to have that confirmed right there on the label.

Good luck, and I hope your little man gets better!