Today he wanted me to stay, but was ok when I left. With Annie going back to school in a week and a half I'll have an hour every Tuesday and Thursday when Megan is napping and Ryan is at preschool when I can do whatever I want without kids around. I'm kind of looking forward to that! :)
In kind of related news, we started Ryan on a gluten challenge at the beginning of summer. Ryan has been gluten free for 2 years now, but we never got a definitive diagnosis since he had already been GF for too long by the time we got in to see a doctor that any tests wouldn't have shown anything anyway. When we talked with Ryan's GI about doing a gluten challenge he would always say we should wait until he had a bit more of a cushion on his weight before we did it in case he started losing weight when he went back on gluten. Finally in May he agreed that we could do a gluten challenge so we would know for sure if we had to be super careful while Ryan is at school or if he could eat treats and snacks others bring.
We were supposed to have him eat the equivalent of 2 pieces of gluten bread every day for 8 weeks then do his blood test. If he got symptoms before 8 weeks, like diarrhea, we could test earlier. He had no symptoms, but we wanted to get the test in before school started, so after 6 weeks we did the blood test. It was surprisingly difficult to get the boy to eat much gluten. When he eats a sandwich he eats a quarter of a sandwich, so 1/2 a piece of bread. Nutrigrain bars, cupcakes, and other such treats helped a little, but I'm sure he didn't get the equivalent of 2 pieces of bread every day. Who knows how accurate the test was...
Anyway, it came back negative, so he is allowed to eat gluten now. It makes it easier for everyone at preschool as we take turns providing snacks. It also makes it easier for me to not have to worry about when some one is going to bring in cupcakes of some other treat and I would have to try and create a gluten-free version for Ryan. I'm sure we'll have more follow ups to make sure he really is ok eating gluten. But at home we're happy to be back to mostly gluten-free. It is SUCH a pain to try to keep most of the surfaces clear of gluten so I can make dinner that is safe for Jacob to eat while trying to get Ryan to eat as much gluten as he would eat. Now the only gluten we have in the house is for lunches/snacks that are eaten out of the house. It is much easier.
In kind of related news, we started Ryan on a gluten challenge at the beginning of summer. Ryan has been gluten free for 2 years now, but we never got a definitive diagnosis since he had already been GF for too long by the time we got in to see a doctor that any tests wouldn't have shown anything anyway. When we talked with Ryan's GI about doing a gluten challenge he would always say we should wait until he had a bit more of a cushion on his weight before we did it in case he started losing weight when he went back on gluten. Finally in May he agreed that we could do a gluten challenge so we would know for sure if we had to be super careful while Ryan is at school or if he could eat treats and snacks others bring.
We were supposed to have him eat the equivalent of 2 pieces of gluten bread every day for 8 weeks then do his blood test. If he got symptoms before 8 weeks, like diarrhea, we could test earlier. He had no symptoms, but we wanted to get the test in before school started, so after 6 weeks we did the blood test. It was surprisingly difficult to get the boy to eat much gluten. When he eats a sandwich he eats a quarter of a sandwich, so 1/2 a piece of bread. Nutrigrain bars, cupcakes, and other such treats helped a little, but I'm sure he didn't get the equivalent of 2 pieces of bread every day. Who knows how accurate the test was...
Anyway, it came back negative, so he is allowed to eat gluten now. It makes it easier for everyone at preschool as we take turns providing snacks. It also makes it easier for me to not have to worry about when some one is going to bring in cupcakes of some other treat and I would have to try and create a gluten-free version for Ryan. I'm sure we'll have more follow ups to make sure he really is ok eating gluten. But at home we're happy to be back to mostly gluten-free. It is SUCH a pain to try to keep most of the surfaces clear of gluten so I can make dinner that is safe for Jacob to eat while trying to get Ryan to eat as much gluten as he would eat. Now the only gluten we have in the house is for lunches/snacks that are eaten out of the house. It is much easier.
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