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Hi everyone -

I've been distant for awhile because life's just been busy, but I wanted to pop back again to report that all 3 of my boys are growing again!!! To recap briefly, my 3 year old had "weak positive" bloodwork for celiac, iron deficient anemia, and failure to thrive, while my 5 year old had neg. celiac bloodwork, but had elevated liver enzymes and was also failure to thrive. And then my 1 year old back in July had started in the 75th percentile at 3 months and by a year had fallen off the bottom of the growth chart, had SEVERE reflux, and very weird stool while on gluten.

As of June 4th, due to the 3 year olds bloodwork, all the other symptoms put together, knowing that I am DQ 2.5 positive, and just having that mommy instinct, I took them all off of gluten completely. I've been tracking their weight on a weekly basis since June 4th and I'm so happy to say that they are all back on the growth charts. The baby and the oldest are in the 25th - 30th percentiles now and the 3 1/2 year old is just above the 12th. My youngest has gained 6 pounds since June and the other two have put on just above 3 pounds. Not to mention no more tummy aches, normal stool for all of them, energy abounds, and their cheeks are not flaming red anymore. I am so excited to see them happy and healthy again. :D

Thanks to all for the encouragement and wisdom that is shared here. It's a big help to those of us on the journey to figuring all of this out!

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That's wonderful news! Mommy instincts usually win out :)

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That's great news! B)

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