I mentioned the other day that Jamie keeps getting tummy-aches, despite the fact that I’m sure he is not having any gluten. I kept a food diary for two weeks and send it to the Paediatric Dietician at the hospital. She rang back the other day and said that she couldn’t see any reason for [...] Read more »
An Average Gluten Free Day (for Jamie)
“Does a gluten free diet make life difficult for Jamie?” Someone asked me that the other day, and although I said “Not really” at the time, it did make me stop and think. We have got so used to living gluten free that we don’t talk about it much anymore. But there are little challenges Jamie [...] Read more »
Gluten Free Goals for the New Year!
A Gluten Free New Year! New Year! A time for resolutions and targets. Being an incredibly goal oriented person, I love this time of year and invarably set myself way too many goals for the year ahead. As it will be our first full year of a gluten free diet I have three specific gluten [...] Read more »
Happy New Year!
A very, very happy New Year to you. May 2009 bring you love, laughter and peace. God Bless you! Read more »
Happy Gluten Free Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to post today and wish all my American visitors a very happy Thanksgiving! We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK. I know there are historical reasons why you started celebrating it in the States but whether these are still remembered or not I think it is a fantastic thing to have a [...] Read more »
Jamie’s Aquathlon
Who says that the celiac child can’t do anything they put their mind to doing? Before Jamie was diagnosed with celiac disease, when he spent his days lolling around the house with no energy whatsoever and permanent tummy ache, I did wonder if he would ever really be right again. Four months after the celiac [...] Read more »
Gluten Free Baking: Xanthan gum
What is xanthan gum and how does it help in gluten free baking? I had never heard of it before Jamie started his gluten free diet: now it is a must-have in my kitchen cupboards. What does it do? Xanthan gum is a completely natural vegetarian starch which is fantastic in gluten free baking because [...] Read more »
Four Month Celiac Review
Jamie saw the paediatrician for his four month review today. He had a blood test two weeks ago (which was much better than the first one because they did put the numbing cream on, although he still got very stressed.) Today was to be weighed and measured, get the results of the blood test and [...] Read more »
Reactions to Celiac Disease Diagnosis
When Jamie got his celiac disease diagnosis it was hardly a surprise, and most people close to us knew he was already on a gluten free diet already. But a few people’s reactions took us a bit by surprise! People who thought we were being ‘over the top’ or ‘fussy’ parents. I guess if people [...] Read more »
Celiac Disease Diagnosis III
After the trauma of his biopsy, Jamie started straight away on a gluten free diet. His tummy aches had been so bad that it was a relief to stop feeding him food that was effectively poisoning him and we didn’t need to wait for an official celiac disease diagnosis. It was then that the implications [...] Read more »
