svensmama

I was lucky with our doctor (we see a family doctor rather than a ped) in that she was the one that brought up the celiac question regarding our son's weightloss/diarrhea/insomnia/DH issues. Our son was tested at 2 but the blood tests were negative. She then had us try the diet for 2 weeks and saw us again. When we knew it was working (by the 4th day, we...

Thank you so much for your responses!! I hadn't thought of letting my son decide about a biopsy until he is older, and I think this is such a great idea. I was really hung up on the need to have a diagnosis and even though I could pursue that more, I feel like maybe there's no need at the moment. He IS thriving now, I DO know he can't have gluten, so what...

I tend to be wordy so I'll keep this as short as I can. My son is 2 years and 4 months old. Failure to thrive was near, with weight loss and physical wasting away around his 2nd birthday (gone from a consistent 85th% to 5-10th%). Has all classic symptoms of celiac including: DH, diarrhea, irritability, personality changes, lethargy, insomnia, eczema, lactose...