Mitzi

My daughter is now off the prescsribed sleep aid. Before that script ran out, I spoke with a nutritionist who said he thought GABA would help. (It is an amino acid.) I added that to her night time regemine. I also took some because I want to know first hand what it does to the body. It definitely relaxes you which helps when trying to fall asleep. There...

Well i guess it's time for new tupperware, baking pans and accessories, etc -- I didn't even think of that kind of thing! Do you know about glass -- I'm guessing flour doesn't get caught in there but I'm not sure? PS -- I did know bleach killed germs not gluten, but I figured while I'm scrubbing

Greetings to all: My daughter is the Celiac and we are now 9 weeks into the gluten free eating. We met with a new gastroenterogist last week who wanted to check blood for progress with TTG levels. First blood test (9 weeks ago) said >100. New blood tests show low 70's for TTG levels. Doc says this is still pretty reactive which worries me. I...

How old is your daughter? It sounds very much like mine who is 15. Her sport is Volleyball which also can but doesn't always makes it worse. When they do running and or some other "conditioning" it gets worse every time. I'm glad to know it will get better. Too bad these sports end up being almost all year long. I know volley ball is in full swing right...

Hi everyone: I'm back with another question. My 15 year old daughter is the celiac and we're new at this. About one month gluten free. It was her stomach issues that caused me to schedule an appointment with the doctor. She was treated for acid reflux for 6 months before the endoscopy. Right now she's taking 80 m of protonix (sp??) and 150 m of...

Thanks to you both. That helps clear things up. I suppose it was a bit of an over reaction on my part but this is still pretty new for me and being a typical mother -- i will do anything for my children and thinking I made her sick was tough to take. We'll stay away from the Wishbone for a while and maybe try again in 6 months or so.

Hi, Momma Goose: Love the name! I don't know if there is any gluten. If there is I can only guess it is in the natural flavors. My daughter asked for the same lunch today and the only difference was the dressing I used and no stomach/dia issues. So, either there is something else in wishbone that doesn't agree with her or it is hiding somewhere. I found...

Guess what -- Wishbone just called me. The woman that got my e-mail said that yes indeed all their dressings are gluten free. This is very confusing. Where did you find the information you sent yesterday? Since you've been doing this a while who do you believe?

OMG! I have glutened my daughter by taking the word of the customer service person. I feel just aweful and wrote an e-mail letting wishbone know their customer service people need some serious training. After all I can't know what's in "natural flavors" just to mention one -- that is why I called and asked! SOOO frustrating.

Is there another way to see the information you sent the link to? I can't open it -- I'm getting "page not found" Requested URL not on this server.

Okay, now I'm seconding guessing a lot. I took the word of the Wishbone customer service person who said all their dressing is gluten free. I made my daughter (who is the new celiac) a salad for school lunch today. It contained grilled chicken (made here gluten free) romain lettuce, cucumber, bell pepper and wishbone ranch dressing. She said she had a...

Thanks a bunch for the quick reply. Nice to know carmel color is on the "safe" list.

I've called a few different companies to verify if their product is gluten free. I get the feeling that they just say yes without knowing where gluten can hide. For instance, I called the number on the Wishbone salad dressing as it contains carmel color. As I understand it the carmel color can be a hit or miss with the gluten factor. The woman I spoke...

Have your sleep issues resolved? I am asking because my 15 year old daughter is on week 4 of gluten free eating and having major sleep issues. Because she is 15 the doc won't prescribe a sleep aid, so we're on a 2 week script of a sedative. Doc is hoping this will break the insomnia cycle and then we're on our own. Please share anything that helped.

Thanks to both of you for the reply and suggestions. In the past we've tried the pepto bismol without out much success. I think it's time to try it again. I did get a once a day vitamin from the whole foods store that is guaranteed to be gluten free. She plays volleyball and has 3 -4 hour workouts per day which worries me with the absorbtion issues...