https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:04:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2057849 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:15:27 +0000 MaryM 2057849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I would update you all since you were so helpful.</p> <p>My niece had a follow up appointment today and my SIL will be meeting with a nutritionist and considering taking the whole family GF. She and my brother are considering being tested along with two of their other kids. </p> <p>One of the kids had lymphoma several years ago, and the tumor was in his colon (he's fine now, TG), and the doctor said there could be a genetic link between the two. </p> <p>I could tell by the email that it all must be just so overwhelming for SIL, so if you're one to pray, I'm sure she wouldn't mind a few extra </p> <p>Once things settle down a bit for her I'll compile the previous advice posts and pass them along. Thanks again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2057245 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:30:47 +0000 MaryM 2057245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just to follow up since y'all were so helpful...there's a deal on groupon today for gluten-free mixes (cookies, cornbread, pizza crust and flour) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055985 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:32:08 +0000 LovelyPlum 2055985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is gluten intolerant, so while I haven't been doing GF for long, I have found<br /> <a href="http://blog.meaningfuleats.com" rel="nofollow">http://blog.meaningfuleats.com</a> to be helpful!</p> <p>Also, this thread is super helpful. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055958 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:20:42 +0000 Mrs. J 2055958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is gluten intolerant (found out almost 20 years ago), and it's all come SUCH a long way since then when everyone just assumed she was on the Atkins diet or something.</p> <p>I agree with @BadgerMom:<br /> - Glutino GF pretzels--great!<br /> - America's Test Kitchen (Cooks Illustrated) -- Bob's Red Mill is a great flour, so is cup 4 cup.<br /> - my mom loves Udi<br /> - GF bread is NOT good untoasted, no matter what the package says.--YES<br /> - most gluten free pastas are good (my mom likes quinoa pasta) </p> <p>I am not gluten free, and I think most of the stuff my mom has tastes just fine. I've baked for her using Cup 4 Cup and Bob's red mill with no issues. Most grocery stores now have gluten free sections, so you don't even have to go to specialty stores anymore. I most recently found her gluten free Chex oatmeal. So many options now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055862 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:41:28 +0000 drjolene 2055862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: Suggest Pamela's Bread Mix to them. I love it! If they use a bread maker, they'll need one that is "clean", as in never had wheat bread made in it. And check to make sure yeast is GF - Red Star brand is, but otherwise check the label. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055627 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:02:48 +0000 MaryM 2055627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@drjolene: awesome list!</p> <p>they already bake their own bread for the most part, so hopefully since they're at least used to that, they'll be able to make their own GF bread products. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055607 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:50:56 +0000 drjolene 2055607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll reiterate and add in some things I've learned as a celiac...</p> <p>1) Cross contamination will be the single biggest issue in their house. They need separate toaster, switch from teflon pans to stainless steel or ceramic coated pans, think about crumbs that fall in the utensil holders, etc. Separate counter space, new jars of peanut butter and condiments... Remember that celiac is NOT dose-dependent...ANY gluten is too much, even the smallest bit.</p> <p>2) Corn pasta over rice pasta any day. Rice pasta gets mushy.</p> <p>3) Speaking of pasta...Mac &amp; cheese--Aldi has a GF mac &amp; cheese that's a life saver with kids. Tastes just like Kraft! Additional, Aldi has an AWESOME and low cost GF line.</p> <p>4) Learn to bake GF bread, pizza crust, etc. So much cheaper. Check out gfjules.com for some awesome recipes and my favorite GF flour of all time.</p> <p>5) Costco!! Great GF labeling and products. GF pizzas, bread, flour, mixes. Good prices!</p> <p>6) She should really consider getting tested, as should her husband and other children. Someone else will be a celiac, I'd bet good money on it. Celiac can be a silent disease!</p> <p>7) Once she gets the hang of things, really consider going to a GF household, I promise it CAN be done on a budget and will make her life so much easier.</p> <p>ETA: 8) Oatmeal--I was told to avoid it for the first 2 years (even the GF stuff) while my gut healed, because oat gluten is very similar to wheat gluten. Must, must, must be GF oats if you use them. Regular oats are frequently processed with wheat. I've been GF for 4+ years now, and still can only eat GF oats in small amounts or I will react. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055568 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:39:38 +0000 LibbyLou 2055568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: Agree about the pasta! It took trial and error and now our unsuspecting guests don't even know they are eating GF.<br /> OP- for pasta just follow instructions to a T. I've made every pasta dish and every brand.<br /> Good luck to them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055533 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:24:07 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2055533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite resource was Gluten Free on a Shoestring (blog). She also writes books that are good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055497 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:12:56 +0000 MaryM 2055497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all so much for the links and other advice! I'll be sure to pass it along to her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055119 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:48:29 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2055119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they like Asian food, my advice for a quick meal is rice noodles + gluten free soy sauce + meat of choice + lots of vegetables.</p> <p>The basic recipe would be to boil the noodles in water, while in a separate (large) pan, saute chopped onions, then minced garlic. Once the onions are clear, add your protein, season and stir until cooked. If you like a thicker sauce, add your sauce (soy, oyster sauce) while cooking your meat. Empty the pan and set aside. Quickly fry up the veggies. Add the noodles, mix. Add the cooked bowl of meat, onions and sauce. Mix, season, and serve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2055100 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:07:18 +0000 PurplePeony 2055100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to say the same as @regberadaisy: Also, I *think* the family of the woman behind <a href="http://www.crockpot365.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.crockpot365.com</a> is GF (not totally sure but I know they have significant dietary restrictions and all of the recipes I've ever tried from there are GF). It's a great resource for easy set-it-and-forget-it recipes, I imagine that would be a must for big families! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054810 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:45:22 +0000 regberadaisy 2054810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://glutenfreegirl.com/" rel="nofollow">http://glutenfreegirl.com/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054801 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:40:06 +0000 Silva 2054801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have celiac disease, and found meeting with a nutritionist to be quite helpful. She may want to consider that. I was recently diagnosed, and my doctor didn't know much. The nutritionist is a great resource and worth the hassle of another appointment,</p> <p>Bobs red mill makes great GF flour mixes, we buy one for pizza dough and one for pancakes.<br /> She will need to be cautious, especially while her daughter is healing, about cross contamination. Many things, like oats, have high rates of contamination. Trader joes has a cheap bag of certified gluten free oats. She should have a cutting board and wooden spoons that are for non-gluten only. And be careful about Condiments that you dip a knife into, like peanut butter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054774 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:29:18 +0000 simplyfelicity 2054774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nephew has celiac disease and my sister buys a ton of stuff at grocery outlet...dirt cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054666 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:17:18 +0000 78h2o 2054666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: yes, I remember PF Changs having one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054610 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:40:31 +0000 lilyofthewest 2054610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of good advice. If she hasn't already, it is worth having the other kids tested. If they've been eating gluten regularly, it is just a simple blood test. There's a significant genetic component to celiac , so, it would actually be pretty surprising for only 1/8 to be affected. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054600 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:31:22 +0000 Pumuckl 2054600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: one more thing that came to mind, when going out to eat at a restaurant ask the person that's getting you the menu whether they have a gf one available. Lots of restaurants do nowadays. </p> <p>@BadgerMom: My favorite pretzels/pretzel sticks are the gf Snyder's of Hanover ones. Whenever we're in the States we have to find a store that carries them. They're great snacks for when you're on the road or outdoors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054566 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:12:56 +0000 hellobeeboston 2054566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: ooh good to know about Freschetta. I've seen it but haven't tried it. And I love Udis!</p> <p>@MaryM: I have celiac, my son doesn't (yet).... And I'm sure in a large house it will be an adjustment. They may want to have a separate toaster if they use it a lot. Lots of cross contamination.... Bisquik makes Gf pancake/biscuit mix and its so good. You would never know. Really, there are so many good GF products out there now, she might just want her own little area with GF snacks.</p> <p>Sneaky gluten can be found in soy sauce (meat marinades!) soups and stocks, certain candy (twizzlers boo) and others. </p> <p>Findmeglutenfree is a good site to find GF restaurants near you, so many now serve GF pizza along with regular so that would be good. And even Pizza Hut just announced it has GF pizza in many locations!</p> <p>Once she/they get used to the diet it will feel much more normal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054459 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:01:29 +0000 jhd 2054459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's a blog. This woman has at least one child with special dietary needs and they eat gluten free on a budget.<br /> <a href="http://thepeacefulmom.com" rel="nofollow">http://thepeacefulmom.com</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054458 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:00:25 +0000 BadgerMom 2054458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom and DH are celiac and gluten intolerant respectively. We don't know about LO yet, but there's definitely a chance. Anyway, just from my own experience with trial and error, I can tell you...</p> <p>- Freschetta GF frozen pizzas are the best! (and we've tried a lot of them...)<br /> - I like Glutino GF pretzels even better than regular pretzels.<br /> - America's Test Kitchen (Cooks Illustrated) just tested a ton of gluten free flours, and came up with their favorite mix, which I've heard wonderful things about!<br /> - I think Udi bread makes the best grilled cheese (some breads soak up the cheese and turn into a soggy grainy grossness).<br /> - GF bread is NOT good untoasted, no matter what the package says.<br /> - We like almost all of the GF pastas. They key is cooking them right, if the texture is off it's not so much the pasta, it's over/under cooked - this takes trial and error to figure out just when to take it off the stove as the time on the package is usually not accurate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054450 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:54:08 +0000 blackbird 2054450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They sell all kinds of gluten free foods and bread and everything, so hopefully the transition is not that hard. I ditto all the Paleo recipes, which will be gluten free. The kids will all eventually adjust, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054431 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:41:57 +0000 Anagram 2054431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend with three kids (a set of twins and a younger child) and one of the twins has celiac disease.</p> <p>The entire house is celiac friendly. They don't have special foods just for their daughter, their whole house is gluten (and the other problem grains) free so their daughter knows everything in their house is safe to eat.</p> <p>I know cheese is a favorite snack and rice chez cereal is their favorite cereal-- tons of products are available now--cookies, ice cream, everything. They will just have to go through a period of educating themselves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054350 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:56:11 +0000 rachiecakes 2054350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend @Audge10 has some amazing recipes and ideas - maybe she'll chime in :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054345 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:53:25 +0000 MaryM 2054345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great advice! I'm hoping she can find things that all the kids will like so my niece won't feel like she is totally different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2054321 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:39:52 +0000 Pumuckl 2054321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently don't have a child with celiac but am a celiac myself. There's quite a few blogs with lots of glutenfree recipes (paleo is usually a really good source too). Pizza and sandwich lunches can still happen your niece will just have to use a different crust/bread.<br /> The one piece of advice I'd give is to not make too big of a deal of it - that way the child will not feel left out and not as something super special either (I've seen parents do both). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-for-my-sil-celiac-disease-and-children#post-2053658 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:26:01 +0000 MaryM 2053658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, my 7 year old niece has started texting me from her mom's phone (cutest thing ever! I love getting random "hi" messages from her). She texted me last night and when my SIL saw me text back, she told me my niece was diagnosed with Celiac disease. Poor thing.</p> <p>Anyway, my SIL has 8 kids, so she doesn't really have time for online forums! lol. But with that many kids, I can only imagine how big of a lifestyle change it will be to accommodate a special diet for one of them (no more easy sandwich/pizza lunches!)</p> <p>I thought I might post here to ask other mom's of gluten free kids, if you could give one piece of advice to someone newly dealing with it, what would it be? Or can you suggest a good blog that offers easy recipe/meal ideas that all of her children might enjoy?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>