I’m in the unenviable position of being coeliac… and having two young daughters who are in the same club.
But the way my two mini coeliacs are getting their heads around it is wildly different.
My four-year-old, Megan, is fantastic with her food. She is well aware of what she can and can’t eat and always checks with people if she’s unsure. My toddler, Amalie, who is only 18 months old, probably doesn’t even realise she is on a gluten-free diet yet.
This is because the diet restriction has happened in a completely different way.
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Megan was diagnosed at two and she can still remember being really ill before going gluten free. Because of this, the change was a doddle and she took it in her stride. I had only been diagnosed with coeliac disease for a short amount of time, too, so all the drastic changes we had to make at home, with shopping and cooking and cross-contamination issues, Megan experienced and took in. We also talked about it a lot to get her used to it.
Amalie is a different kettle of fish. We first gave her gluten when she was six months old. We were already pretty gluten free at home so have made no changes that she will be aware of. So, at home, she probably won’t realise she is eating differently to others. At nursery, she has always had slightly different things so I’m not sure what she thinks about that. A nursery nurse said that the other kids were eating a caterpillar cake whilst Amalie sat with a gluten-free biscuit in her hand and a confused look on her face.
But will it be easier for Amalie, who won’t remember real bread and hasn’t even tried a normal Yorkshire pudding? Or will she take it less seriously because she hasn’t got the bad association? Will it be harder for her to get her head around it? Who knows. I suspect it could well be harder. I find my diet pretty easy to stick to because I don’t want to feel ill and the symptoms are very fresh in my mind.
Maybe we need to start talking about it a bit more with Amalie and helping her to understand from the beginning. She’s definitely in the right house for that.
By Karen Woodford – Coeliac Mum of 2 mini-coeliacs