<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> To all I am new to this list and would like to pose some questions if i may my son who by my signature line is 12 months old and has we know Hirschsprungs disease and GERD up until he was 12 months he struggled to gain weight and the whole nine yards reflux is a big problem with him but the high calorie diet did not seem to help him to gain except about 6 oz in three months, Meds did control his reflux but he still did not gain much weight, until 1 year when we had to make a dicision on his formula, our ped suggested Pedisure with fiber becasue hes lactose intollerant and failure to thrive it was amazing he gained 3 lbs in 3 weeks on the pedisure and a we were puzzled at this amazing thing since pedisure is the same calories and such as before it was a mom with a child with hirschsprungs disese that suggested we check for celiac we found that pedisrue is glutten free so our gi agreed to test him, she put him back on glutten and in the two weeks since hes again lost 1 1/2 lbs. My husband is mad as a hatter that we have to keep him on glutten for 3 more weeks and we know he will continure to lose weight, battle constipation (we before attributed his constipation to his hirschsprungs) and he wants me to take him off glutten and not bother with the test since terran was doing well off glutten my question is What is the difference if we dont test for Celiac and just keep him off glutten will that hurt him or should we continue to do as the gi suggests my Ped is on my husbands side i amon my sons side and only wnat to see this mess we have been dropped into cease Kimberly Robinstein President Guardian Socitey inc a society dedicated to Children with motility disorders mom to terran 12 months hd,gerd, cassy, tabatha, sasha, megan, cephas and gram to elexys http://wwp.mirabilis.com/1977859 to page me online Guardian web page http://wg.rnet.com/maniac/guardian.htm http://wg.rnet.com/maniac/maniacb.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1326 guardian listserver [log in to unmask] where there is no counsel the people will fall but in the multitude of counslors there is safety proverbs 11:14 May the love of your angel sweetly enfold you, gently uplift you, comfort, and hold you [log in to unmask]