After hemming and hawing for nearly a year, and a false start... we have committed to trying to keep our son on a gluten free diet for a trial two month period... Liam was diagnosed with Autism almost a year ago and we started looking into everyone's theories... one step we weren't quite ready to commit to was going GFCF because grains and bread made up more than half of Liam's diet and was the easiest way to get protein into him.. fast forward to last week - he had a stomach ailment that sidelined him for a few days and we switched to an all liquid diet (which he loved - like father, like son) but it gave us some interesting feedback - despite being sick and yucky - he was talking and responding more...
So we took the plunge and started small ... buying a few cookies, breakfast bars and other treats to replace his favorite 'gluten' items... and we are going to try a few more new flavors - then Wednesday we are going to try baking our own bread, Liam and I... should be intresting - with a recipe from this other cool blog I found http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/
By the way - anyone looking for GF coupons - I found some at:
http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/
http://www.naturallysavvy.com/free-ecoupons
Off to put the finishing touches on my Couponning 101 seminar for tomorrow... TTYL
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I've been told from an early age I should be writing more - it started in first grade when my teacher took old wallpaper books apart to make covers for 'books' that we could write and illustrate and share with the class.. as I got older I was occasionally struck by inspiration to write different things with mixed results... everything from bad haiku to an almost novel in 7th grade. For a while it was moldy history essays and treatises about other people's work in college and lately it seems to be text messages, emails and Facebook updates, but I've been sharing my love of good bargains, interesting recipes and family 'drama' with my friends and family who have suggested I blog about it... and since I'm good at jumping on the bandwagon fairly late in most games, it seemed a good time to start a blog about what happens in my corner of the world...
I've been called a jack-of-all-trades by a few close friends...which means I am a master of none. I try to keep things in perspective and know that I am very fortunate to have great family, great friends and at least a hope of Acting Balanced... so I hope you get something from taking the time to read my blog and will share as much with me as I do with you...
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