momtogavin

Hi there! I have had a lingering feeling my son (now 5) has celiac's from the time he was a baby. I kept blowing it off since he has always been chubby and I always associated celiac's with diarrhea and thin people. Well, he will go 5-6 days and not have a bowel movement. Then, when he does it is a TON and clay colored and very foul smelling (that is an...

Is it possible for a child to have celiac without the associated symptom of weight loss and/or stunted growth? As I posted a while back, I suspect my 10 month old has celiac but he is a porker and in the 95th percentile for weight. I am taking him to the doc next week for a blood draw (I think that is what they are going to do). I fed him whole wheat toast...

Hello everyone, I am a pediactric nurse and I fear my 9 month old may have celiac disease. For the past 3 weeks, he has had mushy, shoot out the side of the diaper poops and it seems to coincide with the introduction of cheerios, toast etc. My question is this....I have never actually seen celiac patient's stools at work and I was wondering if someone...