2boysmama

Her best bet is to try to keep it simple with whole foods - meats, veggies, and fruits. When you try to incorporate too many of your "old" foods, it gets entirely too frustrating, I've found.

My older son had that "protruberent belly" (as his allergist called it), just like your daughter (she's a cutie, BTW!). He was diagnosed through Enterolabs at 3, and at the age of 5 now has a little washboard belly. My youngest does, too (he's 2.5 and has never had glutens). I'd get her checked out, or do a gluten-free diet trial.

Well, if I'm understanding your question correctly....the standard definition of celiac disease is villi damage. BUT, that's a little tough to depend on because it depends on the right section just happening to be biopsied, and enough damage being done to be detectable. However, that doesn't rule OUT celiac, it can rule it IN if they find that type of evidence...

Of course the spray would have to be non-toxic, gluten, dairy, egg, nut, soy, corn, etc. free so as not to make anyone with other allergies sick too!

The way I look at it, FWIW, isn't that my immune system is weakened - but rather highly sensitive. So I keep things like immunizations to a minimum because of all the garbage in them. I don't immunize my youngest, and none of us gets the flu shot. I prefer my immune system be allowed to do the job it's supposed to do - fight off illness, rather than trying...

My older son had negative bloodwork too, but tested positive through EnteroLabs, and also stopped having diarrhea, gas, bloating, stomach aches when we took him off gluten. He was also tested for food allergies, but didn't test positive for soy allergy. Soy milk gave him HORRIBLE diarrhea. According to his allergist, he "couldn't" be allergic to soy since...

Oh boy, do I remember having that struggle with my son's GI doctor as well. They sure have a knack for making you feel incompetent, don't they?? For what it's worth (maybe nothing! ), here's what I did. I had my older son tested through Enterolabs (he was my only child at the time). It came back that he did in fact have malabsorption and two genes...

Just wanted to throw in my .02. Gluten DEFINITELY passes through breastmilk. We started the gluten-free diet for my older son when my younger was just a couple weeks old. I noticed the younger one (exclusively BF at the time) started having stinky orange poop - definitely not the usual yellow mustard-seed breastfed baby poop. I took glutens out of my diet...

We've been gluten-free for three years now, and to be honest, even I have trouble telling still. Complicating matters further for us is my youngest is also allergic to dairy, soy, and eggs, and exposure to those causes diarrhea as well. For me personally, gluten exposure symtpoms are different than flu symptoms, but it's definitely hard to tell with kiddos...

It is funny. My son seems to be able to handle whole soybean flour and soy oil, but any other form of soy - forget it. I have high hopes he'll outgrow his allergies (egg and dairy along with the soy), like big brother did when he was 3.

Same here. I hate that garbage, it's almost as pervasive as glutens.

ohhh I see what you're looking at. I did miss the soybean oil ingredient. For some reason my son doesn't seem to react to soybean oil, and from what I understand some soy-allergic individuals can tolerate soybean oil, but he most definitely reacts to soy lecithin - irritability (MAJOR irritability) diarrhea, diaper rash...the "new" rice bars are new to my...

Nope, unless I'm missing something. I even double-checked it online (where they show an "old" box). Here's one: (scroll down for the ingredient list) Open Original Shared Link Here's the new one - unless it's a completely different product (I wasn't the one who went to the store, so that's why I'm not sure) : Open Original Shared Link

Recently my DH went to Whole Foods and bought EnviroKidz rice bars (a regular staple at our house). My younger son is allergic to dairy, soy, and eggs along with his gluten intolerance. I noticed the boxes looked different, flipped it over and the berry ones now contain soy lecithin. He had a couple bites of one while I was reading the label....the next...

My son has two copies of the DQ1 gene. His results are HLA-DQ 1,1 (subtype 5,5). He was diagnosed at 2.5 years and never had any neurological symptoms - though he did have added food allergies - egg, soy, and dairy, and would react VERY quickly to an exposure with rash/hives around his mouth, and a little later would have diarrhea/diaper rash. I've noticed...