The worst holiday I ever had was a week in Tenerife about 10 years ago. We'd booked an apartment by the beach, and taken our 14-month-old daughter. Sounds good, yes? No. She woke up early, she wouldn't go to sleep, she woke up screaming in the night. She'd always been colicky and a bad sleeper, and we just thought it was more of the same … [Read more...]
Invisible risks of living gluten free for children
I don't mean to worry you - and I'm not going to worry about this myself - but I think it is better to know these things in advance. People diagnosed with celiac disease as children are more likely to die younger. A long-term study by doctors at the University of Nottingham (read it at Medscape - I found it at celiac-disease.org) indicates … [Read more...]
Gluten Free at Centerparcs
I've now reclaimed my three very tired children from their weekend away with my parents - they've been to Centerparcs in the Lake District, and are quite worn out with excitement and activities. I've never been to Centerparcs, though have heard good things of it, and so am relying on the feedback from my mother and my daughter ... Centerparcs … [Read more...]
