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  1. wsieving
    As long as you have Medicaid approval but I thought you had a coverage "start date" issue? See, this is what is so confusing and complicated about the new way Missouri Medicaid is. There is straight Medicaid, which mostly nobody has, then once you are approved you have to choose one of 3 or 4 difference insurance carriers (Health Care USA, Mercy Care...
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    Well, I just got an email back from Baby Magic. I really do not know which ingredients to look for yet, so I just emailed them to ask them if their products were gluten free. They responded saying that they do not claim any of their products to be gluten free. Does anyone else use Baby Magic? I love their lotion, and really do not care for the others...
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    Ok, I took a gander around the local health food store today as we are preparing to go gluten free just as soon as we see the GI friday. We are hoping that he doesn't have a problem with this as we really do not want our DD to have the endoscopy. Anyway, the owner was gabbing my ear off telling me she had the largest range of gluten free products in the...
  4. wsieving
    Ok, well I guess I was getting excited over nothing. It is so hard to really freak when there is a glitch and you are already stressed out over a sick child. I called Children's Mercy today and spoke with someone who assured me that even without a card if her Medicaid was approved that she would be covered. So thank God we should be ok. We would have...
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    Thank you so much for the great ideas!! I think leaving it for the great pumpkin will be a hit! And that list is awesome too! That is just what I was looking for. I am so glad I found this wonderful board.
  6. wsieving
    So, for those of you BTDT parents of Celiacs, how do you handle Halloween? Do you still take the kiddos trick or treating? If you do, I am assuming that you separate the candy after you get home? Which candies are safe to eat, and which ones are not?
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    I am so frustrated right now I could scream!!! My husband is a truck driver and makes a pretty good living that way, well enough for me to stay at home (oh bless him). But he had to have shoulder surgery for a work related injury at the very end of July. He has been at home ever since, doing physical therapy, and drawing workman's comp. We can still live...
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    There is this store that I have been going to since I was a small child that is run by the Amish and they have some great things in bulk. But I'm not sure what types of flours and such that I need. Their prices are great and I want to stock up. Any suggestions?
  9. wsieving
    We haven't gone gluten free yet. That is why I am so confused. Granted, the past couple of weeks our meals have a lot less gluten in them than usual. Not really on purpose, just how the menus worked out. So we really expected to have quite a reaction over the past couple of days because we have eaten a lot of things that have always bothered her before...
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    I am so confused and frustrated right now. I just do not understand what is going on, and I am so worried that we are not going to find out. DD has not had watery diarrhea for nearly 2 weeks now. I know, I know, not the end of the world, but it is making me second guess what is going on with her. I mean, she had this for months, now suddenly not even...
  11. wsieving
    DH and I could both possibly fit some of the classic Celiac symptoms. Neither one of us seems to think it is reasonable that we both have it (what would be the odds?), but it is a definite possibility and we wouldn't be surprised which one of us it was. These are my symptoms: Weight issues all my life (gaining, not losing, to eating all I want and...
  12. wsieving
    Ok, so while we're waiting to see our DD's ped GI, I really want to have DH and I tested. I think it would give us more insight, and if one of us were positive then I probably would absolutely refuse an endoscopy for DD b/c we are 99% sure she has it anyway... I was wondering if you think I could just call my doc and ask him to give me orders for a lab...
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    I'm waiting to see a pediatric GI at Children's Mercy. They are known to have the best pediatric docs in the state, so yes, hopefully he will be worth the wait! DD is seeing Dr Robert Kane, who is also the Professor of Pediatrics at UMKC.... hoping that is he is teaching students then he must know what he is doing (not always true, I know).
  14. wsieving
    This seems like the longest wait in the history of waiting. It is even dragging by slower than that last month of pregnancy that seems to take a year. I've researched everything available on the internet, I've been to doctors, and now waiting on the specialist. Another 12 days seems like forever away. Does it always take this long to get in to see a specialist...
  15. wsieving
    My DD is 14 months and she doesn't want to eat either. It started out being an only occasional thing, but now most every day is a struggle. She also chews and spits a LOT. I really think these kids KNOW that the food is going to make them feel *icky* and they do not want to put themselves through it.
  16. wsieving
    I don't really think it's that she doesn't know how to chew then swallow. This is something new she's been doing the past 2 months or so. I am hoping that once we get her on a gluten-free diet and her appetite returns that she will stop doing that. Does anyone know how long it usually takes for kiddos to get their little appetites back after going...
  17. wsieving
    Well I probably won't be much help, but our DD is 13 months approaching diagnosis of Celiac Disease. We are 99% sure that is what she has, just waiting to see a pediatric GI in a couple of weeks. She was exclusively breastfed also, but her stools at that time were pretty normal the first month or two. She started getting constipated a little after that...
  18. wsieving
    This doesn't sound odd to me at all. It is the same basic concept of caster oil or mineral oil. This sounds terrible, but when I was preggo with DD my pregnancy message board was always trying to find a way to kick start labor. Some of them couldn't hack caster oil, so they would do vegetable oil or olive oil. Those two proved to move the bowels more...
  19. wsieving
    I'm very new to all of this, but personally if she is suffering that much and you already have positive bloodwork, I would change her diet unless they think they may find something else during the endoscopy. In the end, do what you and your daughter are comfortable with. I'm sorry the doctors are taking so long and I hope your daughter starts feeling better...
  20. wsieving
    Carob pudding sounds like a great idea! I'll have to try that! On days she truely does not want to eat, it will not help (she will even turn down ice cream these days), but on days she decides to eat I bet it will be a hit! Thanks! How long did it take her to get her appetite back after going gluten free?
  21. wsieving
    First I would like to say that I feel like a board hog, and I promise I will be more productive (replying to posts and etc.) after I've become more familiar with this condition. I feel terrible because all I've done so far is bleed everyone for information. I hope nobody minds . Now on to the topic at hand... We have noticed that DD does this a lot...
  22. wsieving
    Is it common for a household to go completely gluten free to avoid risk for one child? I don't know if I could trust my boys not to share a snack or something with DD (13 months). I guess this might be something I have to consider. Thanks for all the help ladies!
  23. wsieving
    Ok, at the risk of sounding stupid, I am wondering as a newbie to this, what would be the things you would recommend replacing in the kitchen (pots, pans, utensils, etc.) when switching to gluten free? I have also read that you shouldn't even store gluten-free food in the same cabinet with non gluten-free food. Is it really necessary to use separate cabinets...
  24. wsieving
    I wasn't even THINKING about this when I accepted the bread maker from our cousin... If we clean it really well will it be okay, or do we just need to get a new one?
  25. wsieving
    Is it necessary to have a breadmaker that has a specific gluten-free setting? A family member gave us a bread maker today because they knew we would be making our own bread from here on out, and I didn't know whether or not we could make yummy bread with it, or if we really need one with a gluten free setting like the Cuisinart.
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