My Gluten Free Boy Craves Food

When I wake up to some noises in my kitchen in the middle of the night, I never fear that it is a burglar. I never get nervous and wake my husband to get the baseball bat and go see what is out there. I just roll my eyes and go out to my kitchen. Every single time it is my Adrian.
He's on a strict gluten free diet because of his Celiac Disease. We had tried at one time to make the entire house gluten free, but that didn't work well. So I'm pretty anal about having gluten and gluten free food in the house and making sure Adrian has very similar meals and snacks to us that are gluten free. I make him hot pockets. I make him cookies. I make him breads. I buy him crackers. I buy him granola bars. I buy him rice krispie treats. All of these things I do or buy for him are gluten free so that he can get something very similar to what we eat. I'm not sure if the things he eats get digested quicker and make him hungry quicker or if he is just craving gluten foods.
He wakes up in the middle of the night and starts scrounging through the cupboards. I've come out before and found him eating blueberry muffins, flour tortillas and dry bread. All of these are NOT gluten free. Then we deal with rashes, stomach issues and major whinies the next day.
Last night I went out and found him in the cupboard. He had a can of vanilla frosting (gluten free, thankfully), strawberry syrup (gluten free) and was dipping whole strawberries into it while he munched on a flour tortilla in the other hand. *sigh* It wouldn't have been so bad if it was just the frosting, syrup and strawberries, but the flour tortilla was the big bad one. :(
And, to make it even more frustrating he had poured the syrup all over the table. This, of course, wasn't as bad as the one time he got the maple syrup out and decided to share it with the dog and poured maple syrup all over the dog's kennel and my livingroom carpet.

Not only is this frustrating ... but it is also very dangerous for him. I'm not sure exactly what to do. Should I put locks on all my cupboards? Should I put an alarm on his door? (He shares a bedroom with his brother, though, that does get up in the night to go potty).

I've stressed to him the dangers of eating this food. I've punished him for doing it. I honestly think that he is half asleep as he does this.

I dream design ...

Or at least I can't stop thinking about different design things ... and it gives me insomnia! I have so many things I want to do, but never enough time to do them all. I lay in bed and think about color combos, what I'd love to paint, a great idea for a stuffed doll, a really cool crocheted hat, a nice design to sew up, something I've been wanting to try with graphic design, and a great idea to work up with polymer clay. And yet ... I never get any of it done! I just need more time.

Why don't you comment?

Hey you! Yes, YOU! I know you come to my blog. I know you read my posts here. Why don't you comment on them? I see you ... and you ... and you (yes, I'm pointing at YOU right now) keep coming back reading my posts, getting my free patterns, seeing what is going on in my life, but you don't ever comment anymore. Why so? I thought maybe you were offended by the cooter post with my crocheted cooter, but I took the pics down so that can't be it anymore. Tell me what I can do to get all of you wonderful people to start commenting again! :)

Thanks! :)
Cat

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Pork with Roasted Peppers and Potatoes Recipe from Allrecipes.com

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Asparagus, Potato, and Onion Frittata Recipe from Allrecipes.com

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Resorts Plus Surplice swimdress

WomanWithin

with front overlay and ruffled edging.

• Foam cups, high back
• Tummy-control panel, attached brief
• Hand washable polyester/ nylon/spandex or polyester/spandex
• USA or imported

Sizes:
14W-34W

Resorts Plus® Surplice swimdress

Beautiful, but a large bust

Catrinau Mayville, NY 6/16/2009

4 5

Waist: Feels true to size

Cup Fit: Feels too big

Pros: Flattering, Attractive Design, High Quality, Good Fit, Slimming, Comfortable

Cons: Bust Is Too Large

Best Uses: Swimming, Beach

Describe Yourself: Comfort-oriented

This swimsuit is beautiful. I feel comfortable wearing this at a public pool or beach.

The fit of the bust, however, left much to be desired. I have a large C cup/small D cup size. The bust for this seems more suited for F or G cups. I've had to take it in on the sides and close up the large cleavage area in the front to better fit my smaller bust size.