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Kid Covered In Wheat?

K8ling

By K8ling
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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Yesterday was my sons first day of nursery school, and when I came to pick him up, they wiped down his hands and face, and I brushed his teeth when he came in the house...Is that good enough to keep me from getting sick? He had all kinds of food that I can't eat yesterday (and crackers for snack :unsure: ) . Does he need a rinse off when he gets in the door?

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ravenwoodglass Mentor
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If you are extremely sensitive you may want to have him change clothes. Chances are what you are already doing is fine and you could just continue and watch for a reaction.

sandsurfgirl Collaborator
sandsurfgirl
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I think washing his hands and wiping his face with a baby wipe or cloth is fine. That's what I do.

The way I get glutened by my kids is when my 2 year old eats gluten and then takes a drink from my water bottle without me seeing her do it. It's happened to me twice now. So I have to babysit my water bottle if she's eating gluten.

You don't want to overreact and be neurotic about it around your little one. You don't want him to have a negative association between school and mommy freaking out about getting sick.

Even before diagnosis I always washed my kids hands when I picked them up from preschool just because they were so dirty.

kareng Grand Master
kareng
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Kid Covered In Wheat?

I always coated mine with colored sugar! :P

Seriously, wipe him down and shake him out outside the school. And like SSG said, guard your drinks. But don't get too paranoid or make a big deal out of it. It can make them feel bad that they can eat stuff you can't and give them wierd ideas about food.

K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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Cool, thanks! Yeah we made it through the first week ok, so fingers crossed it stays that way!

sandsurfgirl Collaborator
sandsurfgirl
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Cool, thanks! Yeah we made it through the first week ok, so fingers crossed it stays that way!

I think understandably you have a lot of fear of getting glutened like we all do. I've seen you post things about being afraid to eat out or whatever in social situations. We all have to work at getting our fear under control or this disease will be destructive not only physically but mentally, emotionally and socially. We can't let it control our lives. We have to control it. I have accepted the fact that I will get glutened once in awhile and I go on with my life. I eat out a lot and I have only been glutened a handful of times.

Just take a deep breath and enjoy all the fun stuff when your child runs up to hug you and brings his paintings of butterflies that he's so proud of!

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dilettantesteph
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Some of us are afraid to eat in restaurants because almost every time we have eaten in a restaurant we have gotten glutened. Some of us are more sensitive to trace gluten than others. We don't want to live in fear, but for some of us, eating in restaurants is about equivalent to others of us eating normal bread. It isn't an unreasonable fear.

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Some of us are afraid to eat in restaurants because almost every time we have eaten in a restaurant we have gotten glutened. Some of us are more sensitive to trace gluten than others. We don't want to live in fear, but for some of us, eating in restaurants is about equivalent to others of us eating normal bread. It isn't an unreasonable fear.

No it's not an unreasonable fear at all. I'm sorry if I sounded like that's what I meant or if it came out hurtful. It is scary having celiac, but we can't isolate ourselves either.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Some of us are afraid to eat in restaurants because almost every time we have eaten in a restaurant we have gotten glutened. Some of us are more sensitive to trace gluten than others. We don't want to live in fear, but for some of us, eating in restaurants is about equivalent to others of us eating normal bread. It isn't an unreasonable fear.

Yea when you get horribly sick for three weeks from a crumb in a water glass it sure can make trying to eat out scarey. I have found one or two restaurants that I trust now but if I am not sure about the place I am more than happy to eat first and just join others for the conversation and company. This disease can be isolating especially at first but we can cope in time and find what works best for us.

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