JakeARoosMommy

I am going on the experience of my older child. #2 comes behind #1 in potty training. I think that kids are scared to have something falling from them. Hang in there mom. I am going through potty training with my 2yr old Celiac son.

I can tell you only from my experience. My 21-month old ds has been gluten-free for about 2 months. The vomiting immediately stopped. He still gets a mild rash, but not at all the agony that he has gone through, since his surgery in November. His rash took about two weeks to clear up. His behavior improved within a week. His bowel started coming under control...

I understand that psorasis or dermatitis (probably a misspell) is one of the many symptoms to autoimmune diseases such as Celiac, Diabetes and Hypothyroidism. Jake, my toddler son, had very bad cradle cap. I haven't noticed anything lately though, outside of that awful diaper rash.

I wonder if they tested her for diabetes? Diabetes often causes stubborn yeast infections that caused bad diaper rashes in Jake. Diabetes has also been known to cause irregular bowels. There are also allergies to certain types of diapers (I now use seventh generation that is chlorine-free) and butt wipes. You could also be looking at other food allergies...

I have been using an over-the-counter cream called Eurcin (I hope I am spelling it right. pretty sure that is correct). Nothing else seemed to work. The doctor was constantly giving us creams, steroids, and anti-fungal, but this was all that I found to work. My son's rashs were like chemical burns. It burned on contact with his bowel. The Eurcin is safe to...

Chrissy, Lots of hugs to you! I am so sorry to hear about your daughter's condition. A church member of ours had a daughter that we helped to send off to a rehab center for eating disorders down in Arizona. It was costly, but it seems to be working. I pray that your daughter will recover soon.

The hardest thing about going gluten free with my toddler son is the other kids, esp. at the babysitters and my older child. They could not understand that gluten is not just wheat and that they couldn't just feed him anything that they were eating, b/c of the hidden gluten in things. Jake is just beginning to get used to this and he hands things to me before...

I read your post and felt like I was reading the story of my 21 month old son Jacob. My son's behavior and physical sxs have done a complete turn around. He still has soft stool, but he certainly doesn't have the blistering rashes that he used to have. He is no longer irriatable, but very happy and smiling most of the time. :)Something to tell any GI or...

I haven't added another toaster in my kitchen, since my 21-month old son Jacob Noah, was dx two months ago. I just give everything a real good cleaning. Like if I fry up a grilled cheese sandwich, I might use two separate frying pans and spatulas, but I didn't think that the toaster would retain that much wheat on it's inside grate.

It's interesting that someone brings up diabetes. My son's father's family is covered with diabetes. I am taking him back to the doctor next week. The GI at the Children's Hospital said that yeast infections are very common in Diabetics and Celiacs and also cause a heavy appetite.

Nini, I think that the GI doctor was saying this, if we ever wanted to find out if it was something that he might just have temporarily vs. lifelong. He refuses to give a dx of Celiac without a biopsy being done, just a gluten intolerance. I could only dream that this was temporary, but something says it is Celiac and will be lifelong. I don't know why...

I'm in the same predictament. We had our appointment with the GI doctor at the Children's Hospital in Seattle today. The doctor said that my 21-month old son would have to go back on gluten for at least a week before the biopsy. The GI doctor said that this biopsy would rule out if it was just an allergy to gluten (that he could outgrow) vs. Celiac Disease...

My 20-month old son had these same sxs 3 months ago (excessive hunger and thirst, constant diarrehea, and blistery rash). I know how frustrating this can be. You feel your child's pain. They finally found, through a blood test, that he was intolerant to both gluten and milk. The dark stool usually indicates blood in the stool. My son had such a painful...

Hey, thanks for the heads up! That is absolutely petrifying to think that this could happen, esp. since my 21-month old son was just dx w/ Celiac. Any gluten in his system and it takes him a good month before he's his old self again!

Dear Bakerprincess, The username of the lady that sells e-cookbooks for glutenfree cooking that you can download to your computer is specialtycookbooks. Her two recipe books are $1.99 each. Her recipes are awardwinning and I can attest to it! Her recipe for white bread can be made in the breadmaker. I put all of my flours together in ziplocks ahead of...