DS2 has been dairy free since he was four months old because of eczema - but never had an allergy test, so we have never been sure. We did the Sunderland test when he was 3.9 and it came back positive for gluten sensitivity but obviously negative for casein because he never has any.
Now he is 6 and has largely grown out of his eczema - or maybe it's just that we avoid everything that triggers it! We are pretty sure that he still has a gluten intolerance - he gets very hyper if he has it, although the effects aren't that dramatic and are very short-lived. But I'm questioning whether we still need to restrict casein - if indeed we ever have! He had some banana ice cream on Saturday and has had no reaction whatsoever. It was decent ice cream so chock full of dairy!
He is on a whole raft of supplements - fish oils, magnesium, probiotics etc - and I do wonder whether these help him cope with gluten and casein. Not on enzymes though.
Grrrr - I find the whole dietary issue so frustrating! Why can't someone just tell me what he can and can't eat!
His face as he ate this ice cream was a picture - it was as if he'd gone to heaven . That's a major factor in all this - I think he could enjoy food so much more if we didn't have so many restrictions. But I'm scared to stop, as his behaviour is so great in general and he doesn't have as many stims now...
Sorry for banging on...