I feel like a MORON!!

[Caydens_Mommy]

Yesterday we were at baseball practice and Cayden was running around and doing everything I told him not to do.. Well I went and got him and he spit in my face like 3 times, and I got on to him for it.. Then I sat down and was holding him in my lap and would not let him down, well he was yelling, screaming, crying, kicking, hitting, just acting horrible, so I decided well maybe I should check his sugar.. Well I did and he was 33..:eek:That's the lowest he has ever been.. I had to fight him to get him to eat the sweettarts and then he was still getting mad at me.. After he at the whole pack of sweettarts, some nilla wafers, some spagetti o's and something else he was only 129... I felt like such a butt, because I was getting on to him and he was low!!!

[Seans Mom]

Don't feel bad. You still haven't learned all the signs of lows and highs yet. AND even if Sean is feeling bad from a high or low I expect him to try to control himself. He usually only gets angry when he's high, really hungry when he's low. I've told him while acting out before and taking his finger to test, "you'd better hope you're high" and then think what a thing to say to a 4 yr old. lol It'll become 2nd nature to test first when he's acting out of character. Give yourself a break.

[czardoust]

poor mom..... I have done this , punished kat when her behaviour sucked eggs. And find out a few minutes later that she is low, she usually starts to act like a butt when she is 40-50. By 30, she is a horses batoot :rolleyes: We all forget sometimes that the signs of a low are moody, iiritable, angry, fit throwing....

[jcanolson]

It happens. Right after Nat was dx. she threw her first temper tantrum. I put her in her room for a time-out until she could calm down like any good parent. As I'm walking back down the hall, I think "I wonder what her bg is." You guessed it 29. She passed out after eating the Sweettarts I forced into her. It really hit me that the rules of parenting have changed.

[ange_mom]

Don't beat yourself up. You are still pretty new at this. I still don't always think to check and I've been living with a husband with d for almost 10 years. I still take personally all the nasty things he says when he is low. And last night my boy was really high and temper tantrumming and it took me a few minutes to realize that he couldn't deal with bedtime because he couldn't deal with anything!
I'd try to have a juice box with me all the time. David will usually suck when he won't chew. The lower my husband gets, the more violent he can become. I've put him in headlocks to get juice in him... Haven't experience that too much with my son. He usually knows when he is low.
You are doing a great job. It is so hard to cope with everything that diabetes deals to you. The more you deal, the more you will quickly realize what is happening with BG's. Don't beat yourself up anymore. One more learning experience!

[twodoor2]

My daughter has been acting horrible when her numbers have been in range!! I wonder if this is a side effect of diabetes even if the numbers are still in range (anyone know?:confused:). This morning, she woke up at 117 (she was in the low 100's and upper 90's all night), and she was just a nightmare to deal with. I have been giving her more time-outs than ever. This morning, she tried to use a kid's craft scissors to cut her hair, and that of her brother, and her shirt. What the heck is going on??!!:confused: She was in range at the time. Don't get me wrong, when she's good, she's great, but when she's bad, :eek:!!

Don't beat yourself up over this. It takes a lot of patience to raise kids, especially when their blood sugar is adversely affecting them. Do you want to come to my house??!:p I hope he's feeling better now, you handled the situation fine. I would be really angry if my child spit in my face as well. I'm sure that will be the next thing they learn.

[momtojess]

I have been there before too.. I am really good now about catching myself before I get to the breaking point with her, and make her check her blood sugar so I know if I can punish her or not.

If her behavior is low, we treat it, and then explain to her after she has calmed down that it still acceptable. She doesnt get in trouble though, mainly because I dont really know if she can control it or not.

[Caydens_Mommy]

Don't beat yourself up. You are still pretty new at this. I still don't always think to check and I've been living with a husband with d for almost 10 years. I still take personally all the nasty things he says when he is low. And last night my boy was really high and temper tantrumming and it took me a few minutes to realize that he couldn't deal with bedtime because he couldn't deal with anything!
I'd try to have a juice box with me all the time. David will usually suck when he won't chew. The lower my husband gets, the more violent he can become. I've put him in headlocks to get juice in him... Haven't experience that too much with my son. He usually knows when he is low.
You are doing a great job. It is so hard to cope with everything that diabetes deals to you. The more you deal, the more you will quickly realize what is happening with BG's. Don't beat yourself up anymore. One more learning experience!

My dh also has diabetes.. He gets violent as well, and that's kinda what i am seeing with my son as well.. Daniel (DH) thrown a can at me once when low, and then grabbed my arm and trying to break it and I was still sooo mad at him even though I know it was because he was low.. And the way Cayden was acting lastnight, I'm afraid he is going to be like his Daddy when low.. I will be getting juice boxes to keep with us.. Thanks for the suggestion..

[zeb'smom]

Try not to be too hard on yourself and simply use this experience as one you learned from. There have been many times when I have had to stop and wonder if Zeb's behavior is just him being bad or could it be a high or low (Zeb tends to get grumpy and mean when high but sleepy when low). Sometimes I check him and it is indeed a D related issue, but more often it's not. I know there have been a few time recently where I was sure he was just being pain in the butt and didn't check only to find a big high (300+) and then I feel like a jerk for whatever punishment he may have gotten. It's hard because you don't want to always blame D or they might learn to do the same, but it is a valid concern. My rule of thumb is if Zeb is being 'worse' than usual or can't be talked to then I will check. If he is in range he is then punished, if he is high or low we treat that and move on.

Take care
Robyn

[Caydens_Mommy]

Something else that was soo strange is he was just down running around playing and the only reason I had went and got him was because he kept going where I told him not to go, I just keep thinking what if I let him go there and never went and picked him up.. Scary.. He is usually a terror anyways, so I didn't think anything about it.. But now, I know when he gets extremely uncontroable and unreasonable that I need to check him.. When he was acting like that my grandfather was like you are paying for your raising with that one..

[realsweety]

you will learn to know when they are acting out of character.my daughter allison never mouths back or even argues with me .last month she started mouthing off to me and SWEARING :eek: we never swear.she was saying things to me that I couldnt beleive would come from a 4 yr old.checked her bs and was 50.gave her juice and 15 min.later no more swearing.now I know that when the swearing shows up I better check.I have no idea where she learned the swearing :mad:

[clb1968]

It will get easier to remember to test. It just takes time.

I went low last night, I got really disoriented and I knew I had to test , it still took a few minutes for me to figure out how to do it, and I have been testing for almost 18 yrs.
I was 55 and falling, had taken dinner insulin but not ate yet.When I tested I still had 8 units of insulin on board. I inhaled a 4 piece package of regular size Reese's Peanut Butter cups and half a regular Dr Pepper , then ate dinner . Took forever for the low feelings to go away. My mouth felt numb for another hour after blood sugar came up.
After all that I was only at 162 and I woke up at 200 this morning . I have a rebound sugar headache from h#ll today, but my numbers are back in range.

[Caydens_Mommy]

It will get easier to remember to test. It just takes time.

I went low last night, I got really disoriented and I knew I had to test , it still took a few minutes for me to figure out how to do it, and I have been testing for almost 18 yrs.
I was 55 and falling, had taken dinner insulin but not ate yet.When I tested I still had 8 units of insulin on board. I inhaled a 4 piece package of regular size Reese's Peanut Butter cups and half a regular Dr Pepper , then ate dinner . Took forever for the low feelings to go away. My mouth felt numb for another hour after blood sugar came up.
After all that I was only at 162 and I woke up at 200 this morning . I have a rebound sugar headache from h#ll today, but my numbers are back in range.


I checked him this morning at 6 and he was 242.. :eek: Not a good way to start the day.. Good thing is at home with Daddy today!! :)

[RosemaryCinNJ]

I agree not to beat yourself up over this, I have done this too thinking my daughter was having a terrible two temper tantrum and she was actually low and I sat her in the "naughty chair" for a quick time out..and too find out she was really low...now when she acts out and off the wall..I test her and see is it a low, or a temper tantrum. You are doing a great job..and the next time..you will know..this was your little "test" :)

[MysticSisters]

Could a child act out when "in range" if they are used to running in the 200-350 range? that would explain...ummm...EVERYTHING

[sugarmonkey]

My mum has hypoglycemia. When she starts yelling at Dad and telling him to get out, dad knows she's low and gets her to eat. Phillip can get a bit unco operative when he's waiting for a low. He acts out more with highs. He can get a bit violent to his sister if his numbers are up.

[shekov]

I've tested my dd a gazillion times thinking that her rotten behavior MUST be D related....Nope. Just a nasty little girl :D All of my kids hit their terrible twos after 3. Lucky me

[clb1968]

Could a child act out when "in range" if they are used to running in the 200-350 range? that would explain...ummm...EVERYTHING


Yes that can happen. They are used to the high numbers being normal, so when they drop down to normal range, they can feel low symptoms , till they get adjusted to the new range.