Guest guest Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 My nephew is about 8 months old. I have two kids on the spectrum, and my sister-in-law (the baby's mom) has a sister with a child on the spectrum. We recently started the diet, and I've been talking some with her about the concept of them possibly taking gluten and casein out of the little guy's diet until he is older. He already is consuming it now, and they have an NT child who is 4 who consumes gluten and casein so it would be a big deal. My brother and s-i-l are very knowledgeable about autism and trying to be careful, but at the same time, not completely paranoid, about their baby. Here's my question. Is there any reason that they couldn't spend the $99 now and do the urine peptide test on the little guy to determine if he properly breaks down those proteins? Being GFCF is a big commitment, even for those of use with affected children, and it occured to me as we sent in our urine test last week that possibly they could do the same and find out if it is even a problem. Anyone have any knowledge about this? Would it tell them anything at that age? BTW, they are splitting out and spacing out all of this child's vaccines! Thanks for your comments. Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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