My daugther was diagnosed with celiac at 20 months old, 1 week before I was due to have another baby!!! It was very stressful. Thankfully we have very supportive family and friends. A few times I have been frustrated that one family member refused to try anything gluten-free that we served. I finally said something to him and reminded him this is a heriditary disease and HIS children could just as easily have it one day!!! That put him in his place pretty quickly! It was becoming insulting to me after a while. Anyway, I though you should know that now at 3 my daughter is doing soooo well. In fact she asks all the time if something has gluten in it, we usually say it has gluten YUCK!!! She totally gets it. Just the other day, I handed her the wrong snack and she noticed it was something different her sister usually eats and handed it back to me to tell me it had gluten in it! It is very hard at 15 months when your child was diagnosed because tehy really do want to eat everything, but keeping talking about gluten and before you know it your child will be just as good about it. Another tip, I always call stuff by its real name. For example at first I started saying Perky-O's were cheerios then I realized I wanted her to distinguish between the two incase someone offered cheerios to her instead she would recognize she can't eat that (because I do eat them and she knows she can't have them. Good luck and if you have any questions please feel free to email me personally. I've been through the early age diangosis and it really does get better. Frustrating still, but better!
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My daugther was diagnosed with celiac at 20 months old, 1 week before I was due to have another baby!!! It was very stressful. Thankfully we have very supportive family and friends. A few times I have been frustrated that one family member refused to try anything gluten-free that we served. I finally said something to him and reminded him this is a heriditary disease and HIS children could just as easily have it one day!!! That put him in his place pretty quickly! It was becoming insulting to me after a while. Anyway, I though you should know that now at 3 my daughter is doing soooo well. In fact she asks all the time if something has gluten in it, we usually say it has gluten YUCK!!! She totally gets it. Just the other day, I handed her the wrong snack and she noticed it was something different her sister usually eats and handed it back to me to tell me it had gluten in it! It is very hard at 15 months when your child was diagnosed because tehy really do want to eat everything, but keeping talking about gluten and before you know it your child will be just as good about it. Another tip, I always call stuff by its real name. For example at first I started saying Perky-O's were cheerios then I realized I wanted her to distinguish between the two incase someone offered cheerios to her instead she would recognize she can't eat that (because I do eat them and she knows she can't have them. Good luck and if you have any questions please feel free to email me personally. I've been through the early age diangosis and it really does get better. Frustrating still, but better!