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Grandma Glutened My Daughter!

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Today my daughter had breakfast with grandma, and she ate 2 bites and then grandma thought to look at the waffles again and realized she had gotten the wrong one, not the gluten free one, arggh! Van's or Lifestream, a brand that makes gluten-free and non-gluten-free.

My daughter has a bloated belly and had the worst meltdown this afternoon.

The last 2 times she got glutened she had the runs in her pants all the next day. My poor little girl.

I know it was a mistake, but I was so mad and upset. All I could say was at least it wasn't with eggs too so my egg allergic daughter isn't going to be vomiting all day. She felt bad (though not as bad as my daughter will) and I bit my tongue.

This is why I usually bring all of the food when my kids stay with anyone!

All she has to do is look for the words GLUTEN FREE, it's not so hard!

Betty

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Hang in there. Grandma tried, but accidents do happen. Best of luck to your daughter getting better.

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Today my daughter had breakfast with grandma, and she ate 2 bites and then grandma thought to look at the waffles again and realized she had gotten the wrong one, not the gluten free one, arggh! Van's or Lifestream, a brand that makes gluten-free and non-gluten-free.

My daughter has a bloated belly and had the worst meltdown this afternoon.

The last 2 times she got glutened she had the runs in her pants all the next day. My poor little girl.

I know it was a mistake, but I was so mad and upset. All I could say was at least it wasn't with eggs too so my egg allergic daughter isn't going to be vomiting all day. She felt bad (though not as bad as my daughter will) and I bit my tongue.

This is why I usually bring all of the food when my kids stay with anyone!

All she has to do is look for the words GLUTEN FREE, it's not so hard!

Betty

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I know it's hard, but remember that everyone makes mistakes.. In fact, i almost did the same thing when i last visited my parents- they keep their waffles and Vans for me and i grabbed the wrong one, opened the package and almost made them! I know people get into their heads that if a brand has gluten-free offerings, everything they make will be gluten-free- SO UNTRUE! At least she learned, and hopefully will be more careful next time!

Hope she is feeling better :)

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oh I'm so sorry, I'm sure grandma feels terrible... but it was an accident. I got really close to making a mistake of that caliber too and I am usually sooooo careful. I grabbed the Ian's Chicken nuggets and had them in the basket before I remembered, OH CRAP they make regular gluten containing ones too! Good thing I checked!

Anyway, hopefully she will feel better soon. I've found with my daughter when she has an accidental glutening, that 1/3 of a chewable pepto bismol tablet helps her... if she is still in pain and having the runs I give her the rest of it one piece at a time... and let her sip on water. Sometimes I even give her a little Childrens Benadryl as well...

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Lisa
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I am sorry for your daughter. It seems worse sometimes when you are dealing with your children. It is easier for an adult to deal with celiac disease factors.

I would suggest that you give grandma some suggested menus that would be suitable for your daughter. Give her a list of what is good ie. gluten free eggos, eggs, oscar myer bacon, gluten free biscuits, fresh fruit cut up.

Add a list of safe foods for lunch.

I am sure that she ment not harm. Offer some 3x5 index cards that have safe foods for her to reference.

I hope that will help.

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I am sorry for your daughter. It seems worse sometimes when you are dealing with your children. It is easier for an adult to deal with celiac disease factors.

I would suggest that you give grandma some suggested menus that would be suitable for your daughter. Give her a list of what is good ie. gluten free eggos, eggs, oscar myer bacon, gluten free biscuits, fresh fruit cut up.

Add a list of safe foods for lunch.

I am sure that she ment not harm. Offer some 3x5 index cards that have safe foods for her to reference.

I hope that will help.

Those are all excellent ideas. I found it also helps to keep certain cupboards or sections in the freezer for gluten-free items ONLY. I set that up at my mom's house and she has done much better at feeding dd safe foods. I also bag and freeze treats I make at home and add them to both my mom's and mil's freezers so that they always have something in a bind. And I write GLUTEN FREE with a Sharpie on the bags. lol!! But they still make mistakes, especially when shopping on their own and having to read the labels alone.

Aye carumba! It's hard to bite your tongue on this, but you have to understand that they don't do it on purpose and that they don't think about food the same way as we do. That means that their learning curve is at a very gentle slope compared to what ours had to be. HTH ;)

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Wierd new visions here on the new format...wow.

Keep on trying. Grandmothers have done so many things like they have always done. If they continue to buy goodies that are not appropriate, maybe you can use the "risk of cancer" and that may get there attention and maybe they will relay more on what you instruct them to do.

My kids have never known a grandmother. So cherish them and their well wishes. but you must teach them without alienating (sp) them. They mean well, just don't understand. So give them more of a cause to help their grand daughters health.

Hope this will help you.

Lisa B.

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