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I know Somehow that's less weird-sounding than gluten... it's oversimplifying but these people aren't cooking for her anyway.

My 13 year old daughter had a big issue at first with people acting all sorry for her in an annoying way. (Especially her grandparents....) Now she emphasizes what she can eat and it helps. As in "I can eat ALL fruits and ALL vegetables and ALL dairy and ALL meat and ALL rice and ALL potatoes.... just not stuff that has been cooked with bread parts." When...

Our biggest challenge at social gatherings is CC. My daughter's 13, and friends like to share their and her food, but it's easy for them to forget that they can't eat one of their cookies and then dip into her bag of M&Ms. She tells them, and they try, but she has to be constantly vigilant. I promise you it will be MUCH easier to make the whole party...

My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed via blood work (and confirmed via biopsy) in August. We started a gluten-free diet right away. She rarely had any stomach problems, but was tested because of short stature - under 1st percentile. She had grown less than a centimeter by October (2 months) but had grown 4 cm and 2 lbs by her March checkup (7 months...

My gluten-free daughter and I just got back from Disney two weeks ago. I've never had it so easy dining out with her, and I was SO worried before I left! I had packed an entire small suitcase of food she could eat - everything from pretzels to bags of nuts to fruit snacks -- and we ended up using almost none of it. They really do take it seriously...

FWIW, we have a toaster oven, and rather than buying an entire new one I was able to call the company and get another rack. We wove foil around the edges so there can't be any confusion, and it's stored in the cabinet with the gluten-free baking supplies. Our nutritionist, GI, etc doctors are completely okay with this. We have a Black and Decker toaster...

Thanks so much. I'll look for Bette Hagman recipes!

I was out of it for a few hours after mine, but totally fine by the afternoon. My daughter was groggy for about 5 minutes after she woke up from hers, then was fine on the car ride home and went to a friend's house that afternoon. Your mileage may vary, and I'm sure they wouldn't want you operating heavy machinery or mountain climbing that day, but...

Michele, It's great to hear how well it has worked out for you. Personally, as I'm new to this, I could always use some tips on gluten-free cooking.... I made a roux last night with gluten-free flour instead of the usual AP and the sauce was denser and gummy, not at all creamy as usual. For my daughter's sake everyone pretended they didn't notice...

My daughter's asymptomatic, except for short stature. Her doctor was concerned at her 12-year-old physical that her growth curve had leveled out, so sent us to an endocrinologist.... and surprise (3 weeks ago) she has celiac. She has always been small, but so was I, and now I'm 5'5", so no one thought it strange. Apparently all of her numbers (blood tests...