Have you ever had that sinking feeling at about ten o’clock at night, as you turn the TV off and are about to head upstairs, and you suddenly remember that you didn’t bake and you’ve nothing in for his lunchbox tomomrrow? The old standby options (such as easy, wrapped chocolate biscuits) are no longer available, you [...] Read more »
Should the Whole Family go Gluten Free?
One of the biggest questions we had when Jamie was first diagnosed with celiacs disease was ‘Should the whole family go gluten free?’ And it is a question that must be asked in any family where one member is diagnosed with celiacs. Certainly there are advantages to this option: equally there are disadvantages. It is a [...] Read more »
The Tummy Ache Mystery is Solved!
Having blogged a few times about the mystery of Jamie’s ongoing tummy aches, despite my keeping of a thorough (I thought) food diary, and trying every remedy under the sun, I thought I should update you. It was the tomato ketchup! And yes, I have to take full responsibility and yes, I have been on the [...] Read more »
An Average Gluten Free Day for Jamie From His Mum’s Point of View
Having written about Jamie’s gluten free day last Wednesday, I did get to thinking about the impacthis celiac disease, and gluten free diet has on me!. So here is a day in the life of my celiac child from the point of view of the one who feeds him. Early morning: I’m packing up the [...] Read more »
Jamie’s Ongoing Tummy-aches
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 »
Tummyaches Again!
Jamie is getting tummyaches again. I’m sure he is not getting any gluten (and if he is occasionally getting cross contaminated, it can’t be this regularly). His last blood tests showed he wasn’t getting regular gluten. So why he tummyaches? They are short but very sharp, and he’s getting them three or four times a [...] 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 »
A Gluten Free Christmas: Staying Away from Home with Your Celiac Child
Going away from home at Christmas can be stressful enough at the best of time, but when you have a celiac child who needs a completely gluten free diet at christmas, the interest levels sky rocket! The main aim is to somehow work out the Christmas celebrations so that your celiac child does not feel [...] Read more »
A Gluten Free Christmas: Advent Calendars and Selection Boxes
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without advent calendars and selection boxes,- even a gluten free Christmas! Okay, so talking about gluten free advent calendars is a little late – we’ re nearly two weeks into them and the excitement is running high. I’m sure there are gluten free advent calendars in the shops, but I didn’t [...] Read more »
