Chronic Diarrhea After Being Off Gluten For 6 Months

[KobysMom]

Hi, I'm hoping for some advice to help my 22-month old son. My son was diagnosed with Celiac over 6 months ago and he has made incredible progress since then. However, he has had chronically soft stool/diarrhea for the past 3 weeks, with no improvement despite trying the BRAT diet, eliminating dairy, etc. Stool tests came out negative for parasites, etc. The only thing I can think of is that he started daycare about 6 weeks ago and that maybe he is ingesting gluten somehow, despite the staff's assurances that they only give him gluten-free food or the special items that I provide (i.e. bread, pasta, cookies). I'm not sure if this can be the reason though, because he continued to have soft stool even when he took a 10-day absence from the daycare. Could the daycare food still be the culprit? He used to have this problem a lot before he was diagnosed, but this is the first time it has come back since then and lasted so long. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[dilettantesteph]

You could try a whole foods diet to see if that helps. That means no more processed gluten free grains. I am very sensitive and can't eat them. I buy my grains whole and sort and wash before eating. Or, is there something that you added/changed recently that you can try eliminating? I hope he gets better soon.