View Full Version : You know you're a parent of a child with diabetes, when...
Carrie
06-01-2007, 12:47 AM
you go to pour yourself a cup of milk and you measure out a 1/2 cup!!!:D I need some zzzz's!
Any other new ones like this out there?!?
Momof4gr8kids
06-01-2007, 01:31 AM
When the last day of school means not only cleaning out your child's desk, but their cabinet for diabetes supplies, too.
That's what I did today!
Mama2H
06-01-2007, 01:34 AM
....at the end of a softball game you do a high five for a game without going low when the others are celebrating winning LOL
sam1nat2
06-01-2007, 02:10 AM
when you have a list of restaurants you can go to when they are somewhere else,
When people look at you like you have three heads when you are asking about carbs for a kid:D
....when you are carrying on about being high in public, and people are just looking at you!:rolleyes:
wendyc
06-01-2007, 08:49 AM
You use measuring cups instead of those nice serving spoons you got for your wedding:D
MamaChrissa
06-01-2007, 09:34 AM
When your purse is littered with test strips, alcohol pads a glucagon pen and little "cheat sheets" of carb counts.
When you move you have two good sized boxes, labeled in red marker, of D supplies...and you carry enough on your person to last 3 days.
When you can randomly spit our carb counts of obscure things like gummy worms and Yoo Hoos!
;)
MaggieM
06-01-2007, 09:50 AM
parents of other kids ask you to check their kids to see if they're low or high to explain their nasty attitude!
Mrs. Russman
06-01-2007, 09:59 AM
....you dream about diabetes care.
I dreamed last night I was writing numbers in the log book and noticed he was only changing 15 pts at night. I was happy we had his lantus dose right.
Now for reality.
Carrie
06-01-2007, 10:16 AM
Maura...that is a funny one! My two year old (non-D) was acting so terrible in Walmart the other day (screaming...taking swats at her sister, etc.) that I actually said out loud to my older two, "I'm about ready to check her blood!!":D
AlisonKS
06-01-2007, 01:56 PM
your toddler gets a finger prick everytime he throws a tantrum to see if it's just a tantrum or a low.
Momof4gr8kids
06-01-2007, 02:07 PM
When you speak to the school nurse more then the teacher.
When you have a section of the house dedicated to sharp objects that would make any visitor wonder about your bad habits.
When your child knows what hundreds look like before 20's-70's.
When your child has more expensive gadgets then you do.
When the new models of pumps and meters are exciting, and a priority.
LantusFiend
06-01-2007, 02:11 PM
you know you're a kid with diabetes when your dad sees you looking tired,
and shouts,
"Are you HIGH?"
Mama Belle
06-01-2007, 05:31 PM
... you have more test strips in your vacuum cleaner bag than you do cat hair (and you have two cats).
... buy a pricier end of the year gift for the school nurse than you do for your child's teacher.
... scope out the closest bathrooms and vending machines every time you visit a new public place.
Momof4gr8kids
06-01-2007, 05:42 PM
... you have more test strips in your vacuum cleaner bag than you do cat hair (and you have two cats).
When I brought the first load of boxes to our new house I found two used strips in the driveway. All I can think is that they were somehow stuck to, or fell out of a box from Julia's room, lol.
Mama Belle
06-01-2007, 06:04 PM
When I brought the first load of boxes to our new house I found two used strips in the driveway. All I can think is that they were somehow stuck to, or fell out of a box from Julia's room, lol.
I actually was walking through the parking lot of my daughter's school about a week ago and saw a very beat up looking One Touch test strip on the ground. We use freestyle strips ever since going on the pump about a month ago, so I knew this one had been there a while (my daughter is the only D student in the school). I know I should have picked it up, but I left it there. It is like a non-permanent statement of "Samantha was here!" :D
sam1nat2
06-01-2007, 06:05 PM
yes, the dreams.....I've had dreams he's a negative number as well as 900, neither which would show up on a meter.
How about the non-d kids?? My dd loves to play restaurant, she will tell you how many carbs are in her pretend food. Also sometimes she gets candy and will say brother can't have this, too many carbs.
Mama Belle
06-01-2007, 06:06 PM
How about the non-d kids?? My dd loves to play restaurant, she will tell you how many carbs are in her pretend food. Also sometimes she gets candy and will say brother can't have this, too many carbs.
Oh my goodness! How cute is that!!!!
ScottB
06-01-2007, 06:45 PM
When someone spots your kids insulin pump and they say "Hey, does that play MP3's too?"
mischloss
06-02-2007, 10:33 PM
When someone spots your kids insulin pump and they say "Hey, does that play MP3's too?"
ROTFL!!!
:D
The new Animas 2020 is very space age and I bet people wonder why his ear buds are coming out of his tummy! LOL!!!!
Treysmom
06-02-2007, 11:03 PM
ROTFL!!!
:D
The new Animas 2020 is very space age and I bet people wonder why his ear buds are coming out of his tummy! LOL!!!!
:D:D:D very funny
Caynuns mom
06-03-2007, 12:53 AM
When your 3yr old looks at the back of a food package and shouts "whoo hoo only three carbs!!"
when your child looks at you and says "me have cookies but no shot?"
When your 3yr old his own drawer of free foods in the fridge.
When you wake up in the morning with a test strip stuck to the side of your face because you did a check in the middle of the night and fell back to sleep with the stuff in your hands:D my husband laughed hysterically over that.
Mama2H
06-03-2007, 12:56 AM
When your non-D 2 year old has to have an alcohol pad and a site (aka bandaid) for herself on the D daughter's site change night.
your 7 year old son opts for plaid shorts instead of the solid color Nike ones you picked out because if his tubing is hanging out you don't notice it as much with the plaid shorts as you do with the solid color ones!
Momof4gr8kids
06-03-2007, 10:17 PM
I actually was walking through the parking lot of my daughter's school about a week ago and saw a very beat up looking One Touch test strip on the ground. We use freestyle strips ever since going on the pump about a month ago, so I knew this one had been there a while (my daughter is the only D student in the school). I know I should have picked it up, but I left it there. It is like a non-permanent statement of "Samantha was here!" :D
Lol, Those strips get everywhere, don't they?
OSUMom
06-03-2007, 10:36 PM
You get in your teenager's car, and there are used test strips all over the passenger's side floor carpet.
miss_behave
06-04-2007, 06:52 AM
I find test strips at my non-d friends' houses :rolleyes::p
OSUMom
06-04-2007, 08:09 AM
I have no doubt they're at my son's friends' homes too. Their moms at first probably wondered what in the world are these?! :o
hold48398
06-04-2007, 09:39 AM
...all the stuffed animals in your house wear used infusion sets- their "insulin pumps".:rolleyes:
Jeanne
06-06-2007, 06:10 PM
jumping up to read the labels on and/or measure every ingredient the poor consultant puts into her demonstration, just so your child can have some when it's done.
Also when your child asks anywhere and everywhere, "How long till I can have a meal?" (We get the strangest looks!!)
OSUMom
06-06-2007, 06:32 PM
Jeanne, we were new to strange looks last summer on our first vacation after our new diagnosis. Before dinner I'd ask my 18 year old son, "Are you high AGAIN??!!" He had such a problem being high on that vacation - new to the pump and diabetes. It was my friend we were with who said to me - "umm, is there a way you could rephrase that?" :eek:
My son and I were in unchartered territory with all this new lingo. :cwds:
Ellen
06-06-2007, 07:15 PM
When your child shows you the pocket in a relatively new pair of pants which is now fused/caked with orange gluocse tabs that have gone through the washer and dryer....your other child exclaims "just cut the pocket out" and you breathe a sigh of relief the color didn't stain the pants as you wash the pocket in your bathroom sink trying to pick away and rehydrate and melt the glucose in order to salvage the pants. :-) "Honey, do you think you could try to empty your pockets before putting them in the wash next time?"
Mik's Mom
06-07-2007, 02:03 PM
when your daughter says, "i'm hungry, you never let me eat" and you quickly explain to anyone who heard... that she has juvenile diabetes and she just had a snack an hour ago and will be having her meal in 30 mins, soooo she needs to wait to eat, so you can figure out the carb ration - correction factor and give her insulin....
Momof4gr8kids
06-08-2007, 05:33 PM
Your kids all dare to poke their fingers to look at their blood under a micro scope.
Mama Belle
06-08-2007, 05:44 PM
You hear beeping in the other room, when you dash into the room to find out why the pump is beeping so much, you discover that the TV is tuned to an action movie with a bomb ready to detonate.
Ellen
06-08-2007, 06:13 PM
Your kids all dare to poke their fingers to look at their blood under a micro scope.
That's way cool!~:cool:
Q's mama
06-09-2007, 12:02 AM
your 3 year old runs through the grocery store picking up random things "how many carbs in this mom?"
ScottB
06-09-2007, 01:21 AM
Finding the plungers of a few syringes clear at the end of our driveway and a couple stuck in the insulation in the ceiling of our garage.
The reason? Found out the boys were snipping off the needles of old syringes, then sticking an air compressor hose on what was left of the syringe with about 100 psi in the hose and then blow the hose. Oh yeah, I put a quick stop to that when I found out but it was hard to act mad when I thought it was the coolest stunt they've pulled. Raising teenage boys can be entertaining.
Boys are amazing-my first two are boys. I have thanked God every day since their births that I had a husband at home to help me understand the boy brain.Ali
yeswe'rebothD
06-09-2007, 01:04 PM
when you and your 6yo daughter leave folks at nearby tables in restaurants a little wide-eyed by 'racing' each other when doing pre-meal blood sugar checks. Somehow my slow-poke Grace wins every time!
I can SO relate to the "high"-speak in public... LOL
And Scott, your boys are hilarious!
hold48398
06-09-2007, 03:20 PM
Finding the plungers of a few syringes clear at the end of our driveway and a couple stuck in the insulation in the ceiling of our garage.
The reason? Found out the boys were snipping off the needles of old syringes, then sticking an air compressor hose on what was left of the syringe with about 100 psi in the hose and then blow the hose. Oh yeah, I put a quick stop to that when I found out but it was hard to act mad when I thought it was the coolest stunt they've pulled. Raising teenage boys can be entertaining.
Hahaha! THat cracked me up!!!
Caynuns mom
06-09-2007, 05:08 PM
Finding the plungers of a few syringes clear at the end of our driveway and a couple stuck in the insulation in the ceiling of our garage.
The reason? Found out the boys were snipping off the needles of old syringes, then sticking an air compressor hose on what was left of the syringe with about 100 psi in the hose and then blow the hose. Oh yeah, I put a quick stop to that when I found out but it was hard to act mad when I thought it was the coolest stunt they've pulled. Raising teenage boys can be entertaining.
Scott my brothers and I used to use my Dads old syringes as squirt guns!!!:D
ScottB
06-09-2007, 07:52 PM
I heard a couple of tiny "kuh-chink" sounds coming from our neighbors lawn mower across the street earlier today. Don't know for sure if it was what I thought it was because I just kept on walking.
Lizzy731
06-10-2007, 12:13 AM
When your 2 1/2 year old daughter takes her play syringe and starts giving everybody their insulin shots.
and another one:
After she pees in the potty, she asks if I need to test for ketones before dumping it in the toilet.