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ARCHIVED Play Dough
mamatide replied to JacobsMom's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
That recipe looks like the type that hardens. I haven't tried this one yet but it looks like the pliable storable type. I got it from the Clan Thompson website: GLUTEN FREE PLAY DOUGH Ingredients 2/3 cup rice flour 1/3 cup potato starch flour 1/3 cup salt 2 tsp. xanthan gum 1 Tb. cream of tartar 1 package unsweetened Kool... -
ARCHIVED I Think My Daughter May Have Celiac
mamatide replied to goob's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
I'm certainly no expert, but at 8 1/2 weeks gluten free, my 5yo daughter's appetite has only just begun to subside. At the height of her symptoms she could seriousl put away as much as me, despite her 36lb frame. In the last week to 10 days, she has cut back seriously on her intake but is maintaining her +1 1/2 lbs of weight. It takes a while for the... -
ARCHIVED How Long Before My 5yo Starts Gaining Weight?
mamatide replied to mamatide's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you all for the reassurance. She is really feeling better and her shape is changing even if the scales aren't showing the result. The 36lb must have been an abberation because she's back to 38lbs in the last couple of days. So so lean, but neither of my kids were big-boned. She continues to thrive on the gluten free diet. I will get myself... -
I can vouch for Carol Fenster's GLUTEN FREE 101. I've tried the bread (especially good is the raisin bread) and they're easy to make and actually taste good. And the pizza crust is better than regular pizza crust according to my family. Chewy and really really tasty. Her website I think it's glutenfree101.com if I'm not mistaken, gives step-by-step...
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ARCHIVED How Long Before My 5yo Starts Gaining Weight?
mamatide posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Hi all, I'm new to this forum but have been reading you all for a while. I have a 5yo who displayed all of the textbook signs for Celiac (unexplained anemia at 1yr, below the curve at 1 year (17.1 lbs), perpetually bloated belly, straw coloured floating and greasy stool, irritable and negative outlook, pale, underweight) and brought her to the doctors...