Gluten free and a miracle...

She was born April 18th 2006.

7lbs and 19 1/2 inches, 

she was my smallest and last bundle of joy.

 She was perfect.
She was beautiful.
And I melted.

Later, I noticed,
her  skin was cracked.
Around her little ankles, and little wrists.

Her  hands,

feet and legs were peeling.

Her face had, a rash over it.

(I loved my little alligator.)

We thought in time, it would go away....

It didn't, in fact it got worse.

We spent years trying to help her severe eczema.
Her Dr. would give us all kinds of 
medicine and lotions and potions.
( At times, I felt I had a pharmacy right in my kitchen.)
None which seemed to work.
Finally, she sent us off to a specialist.

We waited months to see a pediatric dermatologist.
( It was pure torture for me to wait.)

With tears in our  my eyes we left with more

steroids and lotions.
And no answers.

We tried every different

detergent, soap, lotion,

cleaning products.
Down to changing the air fresheners.

(Yes! I freaked out and changed every air freshener)

Nothing seemed to help.

Two years ago,

we went to diet route.
In my quest...
I  had read  that dairy 
can flare up eczema.
We went all out.

No- dairy.

(Do you know that certain kinds of hot-dogs have dairy? I mean really, is it necessary?)

It helped her skin but it never took it away.
She would still itch.
She still had flare ups.
Bad ones.

I started researching again. 

Researched, talked and asked advice.

Because that is what desperate mama's do when their

babies are itchy,
and they rub their legs on the carpet.

 I thought why not

see if it gluten .

Maybe gluten is causing flare ups.

It is not going to hurt to try.

One week later...

I noticed how she doesn't itch.

She's a little happier.

 Lo and behold.

Her skin.....

Is completely clear.

It's a miracle.

A miracle!

So of course I got all crazy....

I went and got some  okay A LOT of gluten free cookbooks.

(that gluten free stuff in the stores

is REALLY pricey.)

And some fun pans to 

make gluten free bakeries look fun.
I mean, who doesn't want to eat a gluten free
donut that is fancy?

 I found some 

 awesome websites that
I just have to share with you....

Elana's Pantry look here

Satisfying Eats look here

Gluten free Girl look here

and Pinterest.

I also found a great app for your phone

called:

Gluten Free Registry. Learn more here
This little app has been a life saver.
It shows you the restaurants in the area that
offer a gluten free menu.

Some of the books I read are:
Wheat Belly by William Davis M.D.
G Free Diet by Elizabeth Hasslebaeck

I just had to share with you 
why we went gluten free.
And how happy this desperate mama is:)