How do I go wheat free?

[Spod]

My cranial osteopath has suggested that I avoid wheat in mine, and my dd's diet to see if it reduces her wind problems, she's 10.5months. Does this mean avoid wheat and gluten? What sort of products is this in? It seems to crop up in products that I wouldnt think have wheat in them... tia.

I think that this means avoiding bread and biscuits for a while. My mum buys wheat and yeast free bread from waitrose. Also there is this bread called soda bread that is ok.

i guess at least that will help with my diet!

for sure!! My mum is allergic to wheat, yeast and eggs. So before she eats anything she has to check it. Wheat flour is the one to watch. It is the oddest things - even precooked, flavoured chicken!

there are some baby yoghurts which are glutten free, avoid muesly baby cereals, and try to use only rice or oats cereals (either baby cereals or plain cheerios or rice crispies).

soy sauce, lots of gummy type sweets are a couple that surprise me when I was briefly wheat free. Not sure how much would pass into your breastmilk though, you said she was fine when she was breastfed only on another thread. I'd just take it out of her diet. I didn't give it to ds until 12 months, but I certainly ate lots myself.

spod, what on earth qualifies a cranial osteopath to suggest such a thing? i'm researching into coeliac disease at the moment (people who are intolerant to the gluten found in wheat & other cereals), and coeliac uk say no one should go on a gluten-free diet without medical advice.

The cranial osteopath wasnt offering a medical opinion as such, more a suggestion of something to try. She said that in her opinion, the bloatedness she can feel in dd's belly along with other drainage problems she has been treating could possibly be alleviated by temporarily avoiding wheat in both our diets (since I am breastfeeding). Actually she isnt the only person to suggest this... several mumsnetters have told me that they have not introduced wheat until after their children are a year old. Having spent months holding my dd while she scream in pain every night, I think it is worth a go. What harm can it do either of us? (thats a serious question, not sarcasm .)

thats true actually toddlerbob... didnt think of it like that... I'll see how she goes after a week or so... then see what happens if i start eating it again. thanks

spod, the trouble with these people (sorry) is they just clutch at straws, knowing you will try anything because you're desperate. spoke to gastroenterologist yesterday about trend for normal people (ie not coeliac) giving up wheat and he strongly advised against it. if there is a history of gluten intolerance in family then you are advised to avoid giving babies wheat for a year (advice is 4 mths for normal babies). the g/a's opinion is based on evidence, I'd love to know what the cranial person's is based on.

I still dont understand... on what grounds does he stongly advise against it? At the end of the day people who are intolerant/allergic avoif wheat and manage okay.
I really don't see what a cranial osteopath has to gain by suggesting that we could avoid wheat to see if it makes a difference... I didnt pay her for that advice! Whether I'm desperate or not is irrelevant to her as I shall continue to have her treat my dd as it is the only thing that helps anyway. I am not taking this as a first option btw. I have been trying various products and experimenting with what food i feed her for around 3.5 months and NOTHING is working. She is in terrible pain... I've run out of other things to try. I actually rate my C.O very highly. She helps dd enormously and I guess her suggestion is based on experience and evidence also... she treats hundreds of babies a year who have similar problems. Friends who have been also rate her work. Part of what c.o's do is to detect intestinal difficulties... Its not all to do with the cranium. You dont seem to appreciate these people, perhaps you have never consulted one, but they are not all wackos.