Life update

[emma_in_dream]

Fingers crossed that Ruby is now OK.


What I think happened – accidental gluten exposure on 13 December, followed by classic diarrhoea symptoms that lasted until 30 December.


Then gastro.


She had blood tests and her vitamin D, vitamin B and iron levels are OK. Also her gluten antigen levels are fine. This is good because I was unable to find another source of gluten in her diet when I thought she was being re-exposed. I was at the point of considering whether she had a dairy allergy as well, which would be a real pain.


For instance, at the moment, when we got to Karrinyup shops we can eat 1, undressed salad or 2, ice cream in a cup. Removing dairy would leave not much in the way of treats (gluten free sorbet in a cup).


I am pleased that her iron etc are OK, though it would have been easier if there had been something I could do there. She gets tired very easily and I cannot imagine how she is going to handle kindy. For instance, she did one and a half hours of practice kindy last year, followed by two hours of lying on a couch resting.

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[fred_mouse]

we've just had the conversation with kids about 'getting tired easily' (which I suspect is in no way the same degree), and looked up recommended kilojoule intake, and absolutely horrified the younger two. We reframed in terms of number of cans of standard household baked beans this was equivalent to - youngest boggled about needing the equivalent of ~10 cans per day of energy, when zie typically eats a third of one for breakfast (and yes, we did talk about protein being needed; and fat as a slow burn energy source, and lots of other details beside).

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[emma_in_dream]

I am trying to increase protein intake for both of them as Pearl is super picky and Ruby lacks the strength to chew like beef as steak and instead eats it as sausage etc.