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My niece is having some serious digestive issues and will be scoped to check for Celiac next week. She is a very tall child and is also obese. My son was quite the other extreme when he was diagnosed. He was 8 and wore a size 5. Have others had a larger childer diagnosed with Celiac?

I would ask my husband if he wanted to hold the baby or clean up the puke. I frequently point out that there are two things that need done immediately by giving him his choice of jobs. My husband is usually helpful when I ask but frequently too clueless to offer without being asked.

My son is 10 and diagnosed when he was 8. In the first 6 months on a gluten free diet he went from a size 5/5T to a size 10. Previously, he wore a 4T at age 2 and was still in a 5 at age 8. He is now a little small for his age but not significantly.

I have a couple Gluten Free pantry chocolate chocolate chip cookies & cake mix. The mix itself is gluten-free and dairy free but call for 5 T butter, 2 eggs, 2 t vanilla. Any suggestions on subs for the butter? My son can't handle dairy and I'd love to bake him a batch of cookies today. Thanks for any suggestions!

A couple thoughts I had was how does your son feel about mom coming in every day with his lunch? My son is 9 and I send his lunch to school in his backpack. If it needs warmed up, someone does that for him. At your son's age I would ask if he would be allowed to microwave his lunch himself since cool food options are somewhat limited. At first I tried...

I got the following message from my son's teacher for next year who does a lot of teamwork with his current teacher: "We are going to start working on our class cookbook very soon. With this, we will be doing some cooking projects. I was wondering if you might be able to go ahead and send in some recipes for us so that I can plan ahead - maybe cookie recipes...

We are traveling there for a week at the end of March. It will be a low-budget trip and we'll be able to bring some foods from home and do most of our cooking in the house we'll be staying in. Any information on restaurants that do well with special diets or health food stores would be appreciated. My son is Gluten-free Casein-free and mostly soy free...

Our experience at church has been mostly very positive. It has helped tremendously that the special needs ministry director volunteer who works closely with my son and all his volunteers also has Celiac and has become a good friend. He has his own snacks, given by someone with understanding of the issues. Now and then there is a special food reward in...

For my son green poop is usually a sign that his system is off so I would bring it up. When Josh's system is off, we see runny neon green poop. I think there is often a cross contanimation issue going on but sometimes I've felt like everything has been done right and we've still had green poop. Was she checked for impaction? When my son was first diagnosed...

Thank you for posting that question. For some reason, I never associated gluten with hay rides. Thanks for giving me another thing to consider.

Thank you for the ideas and support. Great idea to use separate ice creams--I was planning to bring 2 anyway. I think I'll also take you up on the big portion, especially since I'm sure I'll be confiscating most of his Halloween treats. He's allergic to peanuts too so unless I'm sure it's gluten and peanut free he doesn't get them.

I'm sure lots of you have dealt with this but I would love some ideas. I am one of the 2 room parents for my son's class which is great because it does allow me to protect him from unsafe foods. The other room parent is not willing to really even consider making things safe for Josh and I'm getting very frustrated. She suggested a Sundae bar with waffle...

Lizard, What few foods does your son eat well? Maybe we can help you with some gluten-free alternatives. My son is 8 and was just dx in December (which makes me feel foolish, but at least we're on track now.) He also is very picky and implementing the diet has been easier than I thought. Some favorites are: Chicken tenders made by cutting up chicken...

A lot of recipes call for a corn-based breading which my son does not like. He likes them dipped in egg, then crushed Lay's Potato Chips, then baked in the oven. They come out pretty tasty but don't win any awards for being low fat.

My son wasn't dx until he was 7 but the problem was evident much earlier. He was a very large baby -- 9lb 9 1/2 oz. At 3 years old, he wore a size 4. At 7 years old he wore a size 5. So basically, there was little growth in 4 years. He had very unusual bowel habits. There was a small bm in every diaper changed for years but almost never a complete bm...