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I can understand your fears. If DD was not my last child I would be scared to give my kids gluten, too. With all that she went through I don't know if it would be worth it. I like the idea of waiting until he can communicate to you how he is feeling. If you start now you may end up playing a guessing game to try to figure out if there are symptoms. ...

My LO is 18 months old. She also had similar symptoms to your LO, including the huge drop in weight %ages. I would not discount gluten even if the test comes back negative. We know that gluten is my daughter's issue and her bloodwork is negative. She is a totally different baby without gluten. She also reacts pretty violently now when she does get exposed...

My LO started with issues just from the gluten that was passing through breastmilk. The info your ped gave you is not correct. Her weight gain issues started before the introduction of solids. Her initial reaction to rice cereal (due to cross contamination) was open sores on her bottom. We did not pinpoint gluten until she was 10 months old and had dropped...

Just wanted to wish you good luck tomorrow!

I read a while back that baby wipes are gluten free. I can't tell you where I got that information, but I know I looked into it and they were gluten free.

If it is a true allergy you can do the skin testing. Most of the time in young children it is a protein intolerance. This is known as Milk/Soy Protein Intolerance (MSPI). There is no test for this. Also, if there is an issue with gluten and the intestine is currently in the healing phase there is a good chance that your LO will not tolerate dairy.

My 18 month old drinks Almond Milk. It actually has more calcium than Cow's Milk. I give her the Vanilla flavored because she needs the calories (she is only 20.8lbs). I have never had a daycare question giving my child the milk that I provide. Not sure if you want to do that, but it is a great alternative to Cow's Milk.

My middle son struggled with constipation and a daily probiotic did the trick for him. He also did not sleep well when he was constipated, but he did not have night terrors. My daughter (who has gluten intolerance) was failure to thrive from her issues with gluten. It doesn't sound far fetched that your daughter might have it. It might be good to get...

My 18 month old was failure to thrive from her gluten issues, so I have also tried hard to give her a high fat diet. So (please do not judge, it has been a painful road watching my baby waste away) she eats french fries, potato chips, gluten free chicken nuggets, hot dogs, bacon, anything I can put peanute butter on, gluten free pizza (either homemade or...

I just commented on your other post. Pediasure is dairy, so that may be making her issue worse at this point. I will just share my daughter's symptoms of Celiac's, but I know that it isn't the same for everyone. She was dropping off the charts for weight despite eating a TON of food. She had no energy and was having developmental delays because of it...

I think that you should talk to your ped about seeing someone for feeding issues. Has she always not eaten much or is this new? Is she acting ill? Is she having a lot of bowel movements or frequent urination? If she is not eating much during the day it wouldn't be surprising that she is waking up acting like she is starving. I would really work on her...

Her reflux/constipation issues sound similar to my son's. I ended up putting him on a probiotic every day and that cured him of his constipation. He was bouncing back and forth between constipation and diarrhea when on Miralax, also. When he was constipated he would not sleep well and was miserable all around. As far as we know he does not have issues...

If you have a pretty good pediatrician, you may even be able to convince them to do the bloodwork for Celiac's Disease. They may be sensitive to gluten without having Celiac's, but if they did have it you would definately have an answer. Regardless it sounds like it may be worth going gluten free even if they tested negative. My daughter's biggest issues...

My 17 month old is also very picky. She does like yogurt, gluten free mac and cheese, french fries, hot dogs, fruity pebbles and cocoa pebbles cereal and bars, fruit (all kinds), gluten-free pancakes (I use the Gluten Free Dreams mix), gluten-free chicken nuggets (Wegman's grocery store has their own brand) and lunch meat. I am hoping that her pickiness...

Glad to read your update. I think that you did the best thing. Any damage is bad and hopefully she will be better once gluten free. My 17 month old also looked like her belly was so distended by the end of the day when she was on gluten. Hopefully your little one will get healthy soon!