Gluten Shmuten

Nick is on a Gluten-free diet. When the doctor suggested we eliminate Gluten I thought she was nuts. "Gluten? No one in our family has a history of Gluten intolerance. Are you sure?" I said to her. She told me to try it and let her know if his disposition improves. So on the way home from the Dr. we loaded up at the grocery store with $150 worth of gluten free products. My know-it-all self kept chanting in my head that I was wasting my money. Well. . .

Removing gluten has helped immensely with his irritability. Crap. Gluten intolerance is a life-long situation. It's not like lactose intolerance which may go away at some point. But I am sooo not complaining. He is like a whole new baby. He is happy and sociable again. He goes to sleep and stays asleep fairly well. Things are looking up. I just have to figure out this whole gluten free stuff. It is confusing. SO many things have gluten besides the normal breads and pastas. Soups, pasta sauces, soy sauce, pie crusts, bullion cubes - you name it and it has gluten. It is taking me a while to find things that we eat without gluten. Oh - and the pizza crust thing is going to kill us. We love pizza. I am going to have to make a special gluten free crust.