Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 O.K. I know this is not mito related, sorry, but I do remember some of you having children with gluten sensitivities. I'm having a very hard time finding info on the internet about children and babies with it, so I came to the experts. We think we finally figured out what has been bothering our little guy, (5 months). Since birth he has always been a fussy baby. He has always been breastfeed so I tried eliminating all the usual things like milk, caffeine, greasy foods and sweets, with no success. We started him on the normal baby foods at 4 months and nothing really changed. I always start my babies with rice cereal and he had no problems. Well, he started getting really constipated from the rice so we then changed him to oatmeal, and the same time started him on mixed dinners (containing pasta.) Wow, we went from a fussy baby to a screeming little guy. I then eliminated everything but plain fruit and breastmilk. It took about a week or so, but finally we went back to just a fussy baby. Now I am noticing that everytime I eat anything with glutens in them he is right back to screeming, with extreme gas. Obviously now I am trying to maintain a gluten free diet, but how do I know that we found the problem? I know there is bloodwork for adults to show celiac disease (I actually tested positive on bloodwork, but the biopsy was normal), but is it the same for babies? His pediatrician knows about his gas problems, but we have not seen her since we discovered the possibility of gluten problems. If there is nothing they can do about it, I would rather wait until his next well child visit in about three weeks to bring it up. I guess my question is how did you know your child had a gluten sensitivity? Is there some sort of testing, without eventually needing to do the endoscope? Can they outgrow this? Thanks in advance. Sorry this is long. MSN Premium helps protect against viruses, hackers, junk e-mail pop-ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 , My Molly has food sensitivities to wheat, peanut milk and egg. Which is different than celiac or allergies. She has gi manifestations (diarrhea and gas, bloating, rash) is she ingests these foods. She is fine with these foods completely removed. We had a simple round of blood tests done. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 , Oh, but I do think it is mito related. My son is very sensitive to gluten. Years ago, he was part of a research study that looked at inflammatory markers after gluten exposure. Evan's were sky high. He has been gluten free for 9 1/2 years. I think that the bloodwork is the same for babies, but if there is no gluten in his diet he would test negative. You could always wait til he is a year and try gluten containing food again and then test. According to most allergy docs, babies should not eat gluten so early. My youngest didn't eat any solid food til he was 6 months old and he is my healthiest child. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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