Re: taping diapers/gfcf tape? - Small amounts of Gluten

March 5, 2001

> Do you really think that the smallest amount of gluten on tape will

bother

> your daughter? I'm not being sarcastic, so please don't think

that. But

> does she put it in her mouth or something?

>

> Sal's mom

Hi -

I know you are not being sarcastic - that is an excellent question. I

used to think that it was extreme to worry about stuff like shampoo

and soap and tape, until we had an incident.

We were working with my son and his behaviorist and using commercial

Play Doh. I knew it had wheat flour in it, but I was watching him

very closely and made sure he didn't eat it and then we washed our

hands afterwards. Well, we noticed during the session that he was

pressing the Play Doh into his neck - almost like he was pressing it

into his glands. That night he was tantruming and non-verbal and he

had eczema all over his cheeks.

It took us three days to figure out what it was that was bothering

him. In fact, it was from this list that I got the clue. Somebody

asked the question about if anyone had seen a reaction from just

touching Play Doh and I had a light bulb moment. I realized that

indeed my son had absorbed the gluten through his skin. When you

think about it, it isn't so far fetched. Nicotine patches work

through the skin too.

Anyway - I know it sounds like over kill, but we have found that our

little guy is pretty sensitive. We used Huggies since they have

velcro closures - but he is able to pull them off himself, which can

be a problem.

Hope that helps.

Moira

mom to Vico (4 ASD) and Culzean (10 months)

March 5, 2001

I found that a pair of underwear over the diaper ( with a really cool

favorite character) did the trick for us. Thanks to tellie tubbies

and blues clues underwear the velcro was left alone. It seemed to

bring potty training around much quicker.

I hope this helps! _Donna

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