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I don't come here often so I don't know your whole history, but have you tried taking him off of dairy? My DH was continuously congested and had a runny nose for YEARS until we learned that our older DD is allergic to dairy, the whole house went dairy free and voila! DH's nose stopped running immediately. Good luck with the traveling, I know how nerve...

Julia started having symptoms (diarrhea and screaming) at 17 months. A good friend's DD had recently been dx'd with Celiac so we talked with her a lot. We told our Ped, "You can test her for whatever else you want, but you're going to test for Celiac!" The Dr's office however, sent the sample to the wrong lab (an unexperienced one) and we got mixed results...

Wendy's (at least in our area) has introduced a new item, chicken strips. As you probably can guess, they are cooked in the french fry vats and thus, the fries are contaminated with gluten. My 3 y.o. is heartbroken. There are now NO fast food restaurants where she can eat (dairy allergy and celiac disease) a full meal.

Which type of Rice Dream did you get? The vanilla and carob are definately gluten-free - we eat them all the time. The Mint Carob Chip is not gluten-free - processed with barley. We have contacted Rice Dream and they are very aware of Celiac and allergy issues and manufacture their ice cream in order of "least problematic" to "most" so the risks of cross...