and do what you have to as a parent. For us, that means sucking it up and going wheat-free for Colleen. I've had to listen, with no way to help, as my little girl sat on the toilet and screamed and sobbed trying to go to the bathroom. Every time she eats, she gets a belly ache. Yes, it's hard to tell her no when she wants food she used to be able to have. Yes it's hard to go anywhere to eat and find something safe for her. But, we have to do this. She needs it.
So how do are we going about it? Well, some of it is easy since we were still doing it from the last time we tried to get rid of wheat. We still don't have any cereal with wheat in the house for instance. Also, she is used to the rye crackers. Other stuff with be harder. I still don't have a good idea of what to do when she wants a sunbutter sandwich. I don't want to buy gluten-free bread. (or make it. yet anyway) We have found a gluten-free chocolate cake mix that is fantastic. We also have a few different noodles that we like for different things. Some are rice noodles and some are corn based. For some stuff, like sloppy joes, we just eat it over rice. Some stuff, like tacos, don't have to change at all! :)
So, we start the wheat-free journey again. This time knowing that we simply have to stay on it.
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