<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 4 years ago at the age of 3 ½. Six weeks later she was diagnosed with Celiac also. Like your son, Jessica showed almost no signs of Celiac prior to diagnosis - she had the odd gastro bout with vomiting and diarrhea, but what kid doesn't? Since going Gluten free she is now extremely sensitive to any gluten whatsoever which I guess is to be expected - any thing that you're sensitive to will have a much greater impact if you haven't had it for a while, rather than having a constant level of resistance to it. Now, if Jessica has the slightest amount of gluten (and we are very vigilent) she will be vomitting within the hour - severe stomach cramps in about 30 minutes. We probably have one bout like this every two months, usually we can not pin point the cause of the attack - most likely cross contamination. We've also had two bouts of gastro in the past 4 years which have resulted in Jessica having to go to hospital as she couldn't keep anything down. For a 'normal' kid, they'd just weather it and be back to normal next day - it's hard to explain to family and friends that yes, Jessica was in hospital yesterday but today she's running around with the other kids! As a result of the strictness of the diet and also the impact of getting it wrong, we've found that Jessica is an extremely fussy eater who is not very willing to try new foods or tastes - in many ways this limits her diet, but again, I try to remember that most 7 year olds don't have a very broad food range anyway. We rarely eat out, and when we do, we take along a meal for Jessica to be served - certainly the combination of diseases has meant that there is no impromtu or spur of the moment activities in our family - we can't just decide to stay out later, or to drop by a friends house and stay for dinner, or eat take away in the park - things that most families take for granted...but we also know that other families have it worse. Jessica says that the worst thing about her diseases is the celiac - she could live with the needles and blood tests, but it's not being able to eat any of the food at birthday parties that she hates! We consider that it's our job as Jessica's parents to show her how she can live in this society with Celiac Disease - teach her how to order in restaurants, and how to take her own food with her, and be prepared - at 7 though it's still a tough journey. Best of luck Leanne -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt * Send administrative questions to [log in to unmask] *