mpeel

Welcome. I have been on this road of gluten-free living for over 3 years now. I wish I had your baking knowledge. I am learning and have gone from hating the kitchen to loving baking and cooking. I love experimenting. Cooking Gluten-Free by Karen Robertson has some wonderful recipes. I love the cinnamon rolls and brownies. Michelle mom to Beth and Samantha...

Samantha, my youngest and the one that shows gluten intolerance the most, reacts to bandages. She gets awful rashes. At first, we suspected a latex problem but the box specifically said latex free. I came here looking as she gets a bad rash around her nose when she gets gluten. The bandage rashes look the same. And both ITch. MIchelle

My girls do not have access to a fridge at school. I pack their lunch in a 12-pack cooler. If the stuff needs to stay Cold, I used a freezer pack. If it needs to be hot, I put it in a stainless steel food jar from Nissan. Michelle

At home, we are all gluten-free just because it is easier and eases my mind about cross-contamination issues. Plus, I probably need to be anyway too. It certainly won't hurt DH. But, I am finding I can replace most of our food with great or better gluten-free alternatives. We ate mostly whole organic foods prior to going gluten-free. We just opened doors...

I agree here but I would do at least 6 weeks. Some say 12 to 20 weeks is what it takes to get dairy completely out of your system. However, from personal experience, you usually see signs of improvement quickly enough to know by 4 or 6 weeks if it is the culprit. Why was he on soy formula? Did he not tolerate dairy formula? Because of the AA decent, I...

My MIL had open heart surgery 3 weeks ago. She will be moving in with us when she is released from the hospital. She is clueless on our diet (gluten and dairy-free). She eats a lot of bread and has to have rolls with most meals. I am concerned about cross-contamination. I am not very willing to re-introduce these items into my house. We are happy without...

I think my family falls for both these "lies". My dad was diagnosed via blood tests at 3 y/o (50 years ago). He was put on a barley, rice and phenobarbital diet. Symptoms resolved and he was told he outgrew it. But, he has not been "normal" since. He goes four to five times a day - A DAY. He has had polyps removed. His mother has had colon cancer. My aunt...

My daughter is believed to have celiac disease. Her bloodwork came back negative but since the doc was dragging his feet, I had taken her off gluten prior to the blood work (weeks prior). My dad was diagnosed celiac disease at 3 y/o and told he outgrew it. Now I know why he is never "normal". My aunt's (dad's sister) new GI doc told her that celiac disease...

I would love to get in on an exchange. How does this work? I love experimenting and would be happy to share my "lessons learned" from disappointments as well as my triumphs. Michelle

I think I found it. It is an ebook/pdf right? It says that she does not use a lot of flours I consider necessities. What flours does she use? I cannot do bean flour. Just can't stand it. Michelle

I discovered that my now 4 y/o probably has celiac just a month after returning to work fulltime. Talk about throwing you for a loop. Here is how I handle things: 1. I do NOT trust anyone to give her food I have not provided for her. Cross-contamination is too much of an issue. 2. I try to provide her with normal gluten-free food. She loves ham...

That is awful about your daycare. I guess I am lucky. Whatever I say goes, period. I have a much easier time with strangers. I just tell them she can't have wheat and they go with it. I know celiac is much more than that but I encounter those that don't realize white bread is wheat bread too. Can you just pack his lunch? Don't let them give him anything...

I believe some children do outgrow a milk intolerance when it is developed early. Some do not. Then others do not even develop it or perhaps, shows signs of it until later. Also, many intolerances/allergies may change symptoms you show as you age or are off of it for a while. I am allergic to milk, diagnosed at 6 years old. I was told I outgrew it. As a child...

My four-year old is still nursing. She refused solids until 13 months old. She always had looser stools than I remember with my oldest but some babies do, I thought. I did not notice them get looser with solids but not really firm. I did notice after a stomach virus at 2 that her stools were never firm after that. Things progressed from there. Sam has never...

My daughter's blood work was negative also. But, since my dad was diagnosed at 3 years old, I removed all gluten from her diet. In a week she was potty trained and the diarrhea stopped. Since, I have read that under a certain age (3 or 5) the blood work is not extremely accurate. I have decided I do not need a diagnosis. She is thriving, why change that....