after no wheat for 24 hrs he did a solid poo!

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can it have an affect so quickly? or coincidence?
my LO is nearly a year old. briefly had terrible mucusy, smelly poos. virtually never solid and flatulance.badly.
suffers from ezema and oftern red around mouth particularly after eating.
decided to try cutting out wheat and 24 hours later he did a solid poo and not noticed the farts either that he usually has!
but as its happened so quickly wondering if coincidence?
also should i go wheat free or gluton free free?
i cant go to my doc of HVat moment as im 200 miles away from home helping look after my sick dad and grandma.

well it obviously hasn't done any harm! You prob need to carry on for a bit to make sure though. Are you still bfing? Not sure if gluten passes through the milk or not.

no i stopped BF at 6 mths.
im gonna keep doing it for a week. but it can be just wheat not just gluton cant it? (hes been having weetabix until now) tried him with gluton free porridge and he hated it. so might try oatabix....in case its just the wheat....
gave him gluton free bread toasted and he liked that!

second day and 2 more solid poo's.....maybe its a coincidence but hope not. hope we have found whats causing his terrible nappies.
his bottom has never so been so peachy and lovely!

watch out with the oatibix, as I'm pretty sure they have wheat in them as well, as I can tolerate oat gluten as in porridge and oatcakes, but I definately can't have oatibix.

Sainsbury's do a cereal called Mesa Sunrise Flakes that it totally gluten free and is quite nice. It's maize based I think.

I'm also pretty sure that after my coeliac diagnosis it took about a week for my poo to be normal, but as your DS is only little his gut will recover more quickly as there won'r be any long term damamge like I had.

you really need to get a referral to a paed gastro specialist though to get a proper diagnosis of whether it is a wheat allergy or full scale gluten intolerance. You can register at a local practice as a temporary resident if you don't know how long you are going to be away.

cornflakes and rice crispies should be OK as well. They have barley malt in them but if it's just wheat that's the issue he will be fine with them.

you can also get puffed rice

Omg that is fantastic we had exactly the same response from DS a year ago, we were all standing around the loo inspecting his solid poo

DS is only allergic to wheat has no issues with gluten at all.

His coeliac tests were neg (although I know they can sometimes be false neg) and we introduced rye and other gluten containing products into his diet which confirmed it was just wheat. (Local health food shop sells various things that don't have wheat but do have rye etc)

Definitely can have an effect that quickly so really good that his horrid nappies have stopped.

Some Oatibix have wheat in, the mini ones. You'll have to get used to reading the labels and then trying to not to shout out load "for god's sake, WHY has that got wheat in?" (or is that just me?)

I'd be tempted to go wheat-free first, to see if it's that, then if oats/barley/rye cause problems exclude them too.

Dh is only wheat-intolerant, so is fine with oats. Ds alas can't hack them either. Makes life a complete pain when we're out but you get used to it.

Tribpot it's not just you, I do it too - spend most of my time looking at the ingredients and saying " Oh look something else DD can't have"

You can get Cheerios which are oat only - DD2 (aged 23 ) has recently tried going gluten-free, after years of erratic digestion, and is thrilled at the difference; so I bought those when I spotted them (in an enormous Tesco) but apparently she doesnt't eat cereal so I will have to instead

Sainsburys have quite a wide range of gluten-free foods, even in our small local branch.

Bugger - have just checked the oat Cheerios ingredients and they have "wheat starch" in - in god's name, why???

FFS

However the big Oatibix biscuits don't (there is a bit of barley though, is that OK?)

Rice krispies multi grain people, fish and tree shapes are good wheat free breakfasts. GF ?WF pitta bread are nice too.

my dd who is wheat intolerant, is affected within about a day if she accidentally has some, and gets runny, foul poos. She can eat oatibix so I guess there must be very little wheat starch in them?

DS loves the Doves gluten/wheat free chocolate stars - they are his favourite

thanks for all messages. hes doing really well so far on oatabix. seen doc who didnt really offer up much advice except keep doing what im doing and see if he puts weight back on (goes back up the percentiles) so seeing HV next week for another weigh in.
incidentally eczema around his mouth and face is much better too....not red at all.
but he now is on antibiotics for chest infection so i expect that will take its toll a little on the nappies...

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You do need to be careful with oat products - they are normally grown and processed alongside wheat, and can therefore be quite heavily contaminated with wheat.

Its possible to buy special oats that are grown/processed separatly and which are tested to ensure that they are gf.

The EnviroKidz cereals are nice.

Millet Flakes are nice - i buy them for dh but the dds like them too
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