Knock on Wood

I've had a lot of questions over the past few weeks about the GF diet and how it's going. And the answer? Fantastic. Connor is super conscious about not eating foods with gluten in them. The truth is, I was worried about him feeling like the weird kid, but in fact it's the opposite. It makes him feel like the special kid. He's proud of his diet and doesn't seem to feel deprived at all.
One of the Moms at the preschool asked him last week if he he wanted some chips to which he responded, "Only if they don't have gluten in them." I can't believe that this is the thing that he's chosen to listen to us about. He doesn't listen to much he has to say, but he hasn't rebelled at all with the new diet. I am beyond surprised. I wonder if maybe he feels better without it.
We are starting to see changes. It might actually be WORKING! It seems to be happening slowly, but it's happening. He hasn't gotten a yellow card in school in 3 and a half weeks and that's never happened before. I couldn't be more proud. The circles under his eyes seem to be lighter also.
Making lunches and dinners are starting to be less of a challenge for me and we are probably eating better that we ever have, consistantly. We always have eaten fairly well, but without the gluten we can't just order pizza one night. Which sort of sucks. But is better for everyone.
He hasn't been sick as much either. And his moluscum is finally going away. I can attribute that to the vinegar baths and tea tree oil that we've been trying. It's so much easier than the Dr's approach to it, which was to burn it off. That might have worked for me if he'd only had 3 spots of it, but since he had 20 there was no way I was going to torment him like that. Especally since I kept feeling like with the eczema and the moluscum that something was going on with his immune system. Didn't it make sense that these were symptoms of a bigger problem? Why did I stop using holistic medicine in the first place? That probably deserves it's own entry though. For now I'm just glad that finally we are able to utilize the tools that will best help Connor be the best Connor he can be.