Dealing with daughters needs

[bettym]

My daughter is 2 years old and has Coeliac Disease, food allergy and behavioural problems and we also have 5 months baby boy. Our life is very hard for us all. Her diet is very limited and she lives on about 4 hours sleep a night and has done from day one. Amelia is also your text book 2 year old!

What I'm finding difficult is "why us" and I've already been here and brought the tshirt - I have sister with special needs and also a brother with ADHD and food allergy and knowing still today 40 and 35 years later their both still find every day as hard as yesterday...

It's already started dreading collecting her from playschool as there has already been incidents with other children - my daughter pushing the other children as she us unable to talk. I feel isolated by the world and can't deal with going out for the day or an hour without my daughter going into one.

I just would like to talk to a mum who life isn't perfect!

Poor You! Not very helpful, but my son has coeliacs, now 5 but diagnosed at 2. I found the gluten free diet difficult to begin with but now know what to get where and so it has become easy. But I'm sure your daughters other allergies must make it even more difficult. My ds is now really good about his diet & always asks if someone else gives him something to eat if it's gf or not. I think for us an early diagnosis has helped him get used to it from an early stage so keep my fingers crossed that this will help you too. Mind you when he was ill life was hell.

I know it will sound trite, but 2 yr olds do push & snatch etc whilst trying to find out boundaries / how to behave etc. Sharing is hard for any 2 yr old! Well, my ds is also 2 and she'll push etc. When i despair my husband reminds me that my ds did to and he's turned out ok so far!!

Best of luck - life must be hard work with a 2 yr old & a 5 month old baby at the best of times, without food worries & no sleep as well.