Posted by
Jen on Jul 24, 2010 in
GF Kids,
GF Living |
2 comments
I am used to having to worry about food when my daughter goes over to friends to play, but toys?
And then I heard about play dough. My daughter wanted me to buy her some.
“Oh no!,”a voice inside my head screamed.
Where has she seen play dough? Has she played with it, gotten it on her hands,...
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Celiac disease may be the cause of ADD and ADHD behavior issues.
ADD and ADHD are two different names for the same basic problem-Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Both are conditions found mostly in children who have poor attention spans, are easily distracted and...
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Posted by
Julie on Sep 9, 2009 in
GF Beginning,
GF Kids |
2 comments
As a mother of children with multiple food allergies I understand the need for a “school plan.” A “school plan” is what we formulate so that we can be assured that our allergic children will be safe in school. It usually involves meeting with the principal, teachers, and other...
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Posted by
Julie on Sep 3, 2009 in
GF Kids |
4 comments
School orientation is always a bit awkward, even more so when you know that at some point you will have to have THE conversation.
There never is a right time to discuss your child’s food sensitivity. On the one hand you want to give the teacher the chance to get to know your child without any...
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Posted by
Julie on Jul 26, 2009 in
GF Kids |
2 comments
For many, summertime simply means fun-in-the-sun. For mothers of kids on a celiac diet it means much more. All those sessions you had in the fall with your child’s teacher, principal, and school nurse are worthless to you in the summer. Now you have to deal with something entirely different...
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Posted by
Julie on Jul 12, 2009 in
GF Kids,
GF Reviews |
10 comments
As a young child I brought my own lunches to school. While most of my friends were slurping down their spaghetti and tomato sauce from the school’s hot lunch program, I was happily (but eventually unhappily) munching my way through the cream cheese and jelly sandwiches my mother prepared for me. I...
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