Daniebella

2. IMO I would not have you go gluten-free until you are done nursing, or until our son shows signs of a reaction or possible problem. When you go gluten-free and get glutened, your son will most likely have the same awful reaction that you are having. (Think you and baby both sick with awful flu like cold. Bad enough you, but then no patience for dealing...

Hi, I'm about in the same spot - allergy test was neg for my 17 month old son, but waiting for blood tests. My naturopath said that you can stil lhave wheat and/or gluten intolerance that causes the symtpoms you are mentioning, even when blood tests ar enegative, the best way to know is to go lguten free and see if she gets better - we did and he is dramatically...

Wow, thank you all for your responses! The most dissappointing part was that this latest doctor was not even our regular family practioner (who is now at least somwhat onboard after I told her the resutls of the elimination diet) but was an allergy specialist. It seems more and more, Western medicine (vs something liek a naturopath) specializes in one field...

I'm new to this, soplease excuse me if this is already cocered ground. My son is 17 motnhs old and has thick, yellow runny nose/congestion since he was 6 months old (which is also when we introduced solid food). He is still rbeastfeeding, but had been eating almost everything else (with an emphasis fo healthy foods like whole wheat bread - what did I know...