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  1. Juliet
    My son, too, refuses to potty train at all. He's 3 years 7 1/2 months and gluten free for 18 months. More than uninterested - completely resistant to it no matter the cajoling or incentive. I can say, though, that sometimes because of belly distention the nerves that let you know things are happening can be damaged and cause accidents just like this. ...
  2. Juliet
    Pamela's Products Ultimate Baking & Pancake Mix is a great all-purpose flour mix for those times you don't really want to think about it or mix several different flours at a time. It already has leavening (i.e. baking powder and/or baking soda), salt, and xanthan gum so you don't need to add any of those when making whatever recipe you're working on...
  3. Juliet
    Honestly, this is the hardest aspect of going gluten free - cross contamination. And it will always be an issue, even if it only occurs occasionally, until a drug or possibly the much touted enzyme therapy becomes available. There's a good chance it is the regular flour floating in the air or covering the counters/dishes/silverware, or maybe the baby powder...
  4. Juliet
    I purchased a Breadman Ultimate Plus breadmaker when my son was diagnosed for about $110 at Sears and it has a gluten free option along with some gluten free bread recipes. But I have never used it. When I use Gluten Free Pantry sandwich bread mix, I just use the 2lb. regular setting on medium crust (the first default option). When I make Lorka's Flax...
  5. Juliet
    It's the same blood test/screening that they first ran when they were trying to see what was wrong with him in the first place, and it checked his ttg levels, and maybe his tga levels, too. I know someone here on the board will know exactly what is needed. They did it at a 6 month check up after diagnosis and all was well. Our pediatric G.I. told us that...
  6. Juliet
    I like Pamela's Products Ultimate Baking & Pancake Mix for those times when I'm not up to measuring out exact flours. You just have to remember it already has leavening, so eliminate the baking powder and/or baking soda and salt. It also already has some xanthan gum in it, too. They have lots of easy recipes on their packages and website as well (www...
  7. Juliet
    I love sorghum flour. For sweet goods, I often do equal parts sorghum flour, brown or white rice flour, and tapioca flour. For Lorka's bread, I substitute the gluten free flour and garfava flour combined with 1 cup sorghum flour and 1/2 cup brown rice flour (recipe calls for 1 1/4 cup gluten free flour and 1/4 cup garfava flour).
  8. Juliet
    When cooking with regular flour, what binds everything together is gluten - the protein found in the flour. Gluten-free flours do not have this protein, and that is what can cause problems with things becoming crumbly. This recipe here is very high in protein with the large amount of eggs and peanut butter. Having made the flourless peanut butter cookies...
  9. Juliet
    My son who was diagnosed about a year and a half ago is just now starting to have a less distended belly, even though all his ttg levels were normal within 6 months of the diagnosis. He doesn't have a lot of baby fat left at all; he's very muscular and active and the tummy, even when it's sticking out quite a bit is hard. I think it takes awhile for the...
  10. Juliet
    Sorry for the late response! I'm not affiliated with your chapter. I can say that the ROCK event I went to in the Glendale area was not that helpful for me right now since my son is under 5. It seems to be tailored a little more to the 5 and over crowd since the events center around kids and what they'd like to do. At 3 1/2, my son is just a running...
  11. Juliet
    I have no idea, unfortunately, and I'm not certain how much it would help since I don't know if every dentist uses the same type of polish. Could you call them ahead of time to verify if and which products they use are gluten free?
  12. Juliet
    Whereabouts in So. Cal.? With which chapter would you be affiliated?
  13. Juliet
    Since the sweet rice flour is actually a "starch" and not a "flour" like regular rice flour is, it thickens just like corn, tapioca, or potato starch. I find it's smoother, too, than rice flour since it "dissolves" in the liquid unlike rice flour. For that same reason, I use it most of the time for making roux.
  14. Juliet
    BTW, if it is DH, not only should you remove gluten but also iodine while the rash is presenting itself. I was reading that on occasion you're supposed to remove iodine for up to two years to make sure the rash doesn't come back.
  15. Juliet
    For small cross contamination, my son does not vomit - only bad attitude and diarrhea. But if he gets a lot he'll vomit. Before diagnosis he was vomitting every few days. And my daughter now will throw up whenever she eats gluten (she's only a year and a half so stopping her from eating someone else's goldfish crackers when my back is turned is not always...
  16. Juliet
    There's also debate even with uncontaminated oats how much someone with Celiac Disease can ingest. I believe for an adult it's the equivalent of 1 cup cooked oats that can be ingested on any given day. So I would guess it's less than that for a child.
  17. Juliet
    Gatorade is gluten free.
  18. Juliet
    When I first joined a ROCK group out here, one of the leaders' daughter got gluten from the toothpaste polish they used. They had 12 different flavors, and 11 were gluten free. She chose the wrong one and the dentist forgot about the gluten in that one particular flavor.
  19. Juliet
    I got this recipe from www.glutenfreegirl.com - we love it and everyone else outside of our immediate family (and all of these people can have gluten) who's had them so far love them, too. I switch it around sometimes - I add a little lemon extract for a stronger lemon flavor, or forego the lemon altogether and add vanilla & almond extract along with...
  20. Juliet
    We all make mistakes, even after doing this for awhile (for me about a year and a half), and we all feel bad about it, too. Just remember it does no one any good for you to feel guilty for too long, just try to remember that mistake and continue to always be vigilant (as I had to remind myself just a couple of weeks ago, too )
  21. Juliet
    The recipe listed here on this link would probably work pretty well, too. I've used a similar combination of gluten free flours before and it tastes very similar to plain white bread: Open Original Shared Link Also corn dogs would probably taste pretty good gluten free since the main flavor is cornmeal: Open Original Shared Link Also, substitute...
  22. Juliet
    The gene test through Enterolab (www.enterolab.com) is not too expensive compared to other tests - $149 (or at least it was as of a month and a half ago). They sent swabs for us to use on the inside of our mouths, we sent it back to them via UPS (all paid up), then got the results back via e-mail 2 weeks later. I know that some people question the validity...
  23. Juliet
    According to the Clan Thompson's Celiac Site, the original cherry flavored Pedialyte Freezer Pops are gluten free (verified 1/9/07).
  24. Juliet
    Here's a link which can help you get started with going gluten free: Open Original Shared Link It's created by another user here, Nini, and it's pretty extensive. Also, here's the address for another posting from NoGluGrl - she often will list common gluten free items: Open Original Shared Link The most difficult aspect of going gluten free...
  25. Juliet
    Alopecia areata (if that's what your child has) can also come from stress, other illnesses, weather changes, practically anything. My niece has it, which is an autoimmune disease and not any of the fungal or dermatitis forms which can be easily treated. It doesn't hurt her at all, and luckily she only has one spot. She's been given a cream to help stop...
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