Birdie19

The answer is yes....it can! I didn't believe it 9 months ago, but it's the truth. It totally happened to us. Our daughter was different immediately. I am thinking out kiddo had the neurological form. Which is why for us it was so immediate. I know it seems impossible but really it, it's totally possible that it can be such a change. I would say expect good...

Good Lord, what is wrong with these people?! Out of curosity how old is your son? I am guessing what the doctor is hinting at is a conversion disorder. So I would be very clear about what exactly the complaints are....right them down, for example, on Feb 2 at 9am: stated "left knee hurt, pain was a 8 on a scale of one to ten, was wincing, holding the knee...

From a mother who has been in your shoes (recently too, May is when our daughter was diagnosed). My daughter had high TTGA and IGG, but not high enough for the jerk of an GI doctor we saw. He wanted me to wait a couple years to see if damage appeared in the intestines. I beat myself up over going gluten free for months. My daughter did have distention and...

The pharmacy friend of the previous poster is correct. Sugar draws fluid into the bowels and breaks up constipation. Excess sugar can certainly cause diaherria and vomting. I wouldn't think it was a 'glutening' but more of a sugar issue. However to be safe I would contact the bakery to find out the ingredients. Best to cover all the bases.

I am so frustrated I could scream!!!!!!!!! My daughter is exhibiting what our pediatrician referred to as hold over behaviors. Since she has been sick for so long now that her body feels better she exhibits behaviors of age 2 & 3 again. Like she is re-testing the efficacy. Our pediatrician said to expect this after she was finally diagnosed Celiac. I...

Wow, what woes you have had....I am so sorry! A food journal is a fantastic idea! We started one and since a lot of our family indicators are behavior I am writing about all this too. Write what you can when you can. It has helped us a lot! It will take time to undo everything and heal the damage!

I know this seems ridiculous but what wording do you use? I have been saying it will hurt her tummy but I feel like I have to have a better way of saying it.

Seriously? They both don't eat gluten/wheat and they gave him pretzels? WOW. Weird, I wonder what went through their head. I am so disappointed to start over, on the upside I found a fantastic gluten-free bakery yesterday and went a little overboard, ok a lot overboard!!!!

Daycare let my kid eat a donut yesterday. I haven't really explained to my child the reason we are eating different, I have been just trying to replace things in her diet to keep it normal. So yesterday when daycare put bowls on the table with donuts in them my daughter grabbed a bowl as she always had and she starting eating. It was 2 bites but we are back...

Yogurts are often ineffective anyway, they do not provide ENOUGH probiotic to be useful. You would have to give the child double the amount of yogurt you would normally give. I have been using Little Critters Brand Probiotic Chewable tablets for kids. Before gluten-free she had yeast infections for months on end, infact I don't remember her ever NOT having...

OMG, I am so delighted to hear that others are still dealing with abdominal distention. I thought I made a mistake, does she not need to be gluten-free? Her personality did a 180, so we have that as a confirmation. Probiotics is a good idea, I stopped all that once we started the diet because I wanted to see if her yeast infections stopped. And the infections...

I totally hear you, I was so disappointed the other day when I went to my favorite grocery store and was reading labels of ALL our favorite foods. So few of them were actually ok to eat. I was there about 40 min before I felt so completely overwhelmed I left. Here's my suggestion....if you aren't wanting to make a list of things you buy that you like...

Thank you, my husband had the blood work done and it was negative. They recommended he do the biopsy because of his family history and because our daughter labs were positive. We made the appt and he said I'd rather just go gluten free than have the biposy, it's cheaper. So once I cancelled his appt he didn't do the diet. However it turns out that he...

Does anyone have any tips for helping my husband cope with becoming gluten free? A couple of weeks ago we started gluten-free for our daughter and the results have been amazing. I am also convinced my husband's EXTREME fatigue, bloating, gas, etc is caused by gluten. I have been pushing him to trial gluten free and he has been really reluctant saying...

Ok, I am new to Celiac disease in our family (my husband's mother has it - 20 years). But to me it is new. Our 3.5 year old daughter is a normal happy child. Never a complainer, but she gets bloated after meals. Nothing that would seem crazy unusual but enough that we noticed and thought, that can't be right. But or BIGGEST symptom was her NAUGHTY behavior...