Children under 3...

[Rcj176]

Does your child turn into a monster when blood sugars are high?
Elizabeth Anne is very hard to handle when her sugars are elevated.:eek:

[wellsfamily]

Yes, but only when it is in the morning, for some reason. His insulin doesn't kick in until about 2 hours after he has it in the a.m., so he almost always spikes. Very cranky and tired acting. Occasionally, in the evening.

[lisamomtotwins]

Hmmm, I havnt noticed, i will have to watch for that.

[mmc51264]

Mine gets really cranky if he gets a little low. Highs don't seem to bother him as much.

[EmmasMom]

Yes, Emma gets very grumpy and tired when her BG is high for very long. She turns into the temper tantrum queen!
I guess if you have to deal with the highs and lows of D when you're only 1 you deserve a good tatrum from time to time! :D

[zimbie45]

Ever heard of Dr. jeckle and MR. Hyde.. id almost believe that character was based of charlzie if I handnt known better..... With highs she is tempertantrums, screaming, and emotional ball of mush.. She is also this way with extream flucuations of bs... going low to high quick or vice versa... whcihs is really hard sometimes cause charlize's reaction to a quick sugar is extream... ( ie she will be at aroung 60 bs.. i will give 1/4 cup milk= abt 4 carbs.. this will sky rocket her to over 300 fast.. but only at night time... docs have not explaination for this one)...:eek:

lows she is very mellow.. and whiny :(

[Eoin'sMam]

Definitely, Eon is like a demon with high blood sugars...shows no signs at all of lows though...go figure!! He's been on a pump for 4 weeks now so he doesn't get half as many highs..it's brilliant..he's a completely different child..except for the normal terrible 2's but that's a 2 year old for you....to be honest...it's great fun seeing his character develop
Lou

[Jana]

Oh Yeah...Gabriel kicks, screams, throws himself on the floor and pushes his little sis around. It's not much fun :eek:.

[jvoyles]

I believe there is a very real relationship to a high blood sugar and extreme emotions.

The highs just really make it hard for my daughter to control herself. A lot of things annoy us throughout the day but when my daughter's blood sugar is high, she doesn't let those annoying things slide at all. I think it's like when you are sick and tired and someone asks you a stupid question. You just feel like blowing up. She's pretty good at controlling it for the most part, considering the teen hormones going on too. We test, correct if necessary, and I tell her to go be by herself if she can't control it. She's learned that listening to her music helps a lot to make her feel better.

But before diagnosis when she was 7, I almost had her in for a psychiatric evaluation because every little thing was making her cry or be angry. And she was having a really hard time getting to sleep. I know now that she was having high blood sugars then. As soon as we got a diagnosis and started on insulin and started to be able to control the highs, she became more steady and much less emotional. A high at bedtime is still bothersome because she just can't go to sleep when she is high. And a lack of sleep just compounds the problem. I agree, the pump has made things so much better.

Everything must be so much harder with little ones. I feel for you all. I would say that every behavior change is a reason to test their blood sugar and then deal with it. At least they are giving you a clue.

[Eric]

Gabriel also throws things, is more prone to biting, and will NOT go to sleep...He's had alot of highs lately while we've been adjusting his pump ratios, and the poor kid has the worst mood swings. :(

[Ben'sMommy]

Ben gets clingy and whiney when he's high. And very irritable. Everything bothers him.
He does throw the occasional wobbler but usually he just gets upset and sad.
When he's low he gets very tired, lethargic and miserable. He also makes this weird groaning sound when he is low and has done it since day 1. We know the second we hear that noise that he is hypo. It's odd but helps us out BIG time.
When he's low it's very obvious to look at him. He gets these HUGE dark circles under his eyes and he gets very pale. His skin also gets clammy and cold.

It was tougher when he was first dx'd (7 months).
It's getting easier these days as he gets older. He is starting to recognise the symptoms now and realises that we can fix it. Sometimes he'll bring us the BG monitor and hold out his finger or else he will bring us to the fridge and ask for juice. It's amazing that he has made this connection at 2 years old.

It's tough trying to figure out if his sugars are off or if he's just having a tantrum.:eek:
So anytime he's throws a fit, I check his BG first to avoid any guilt and if they're ok, he's headed for the naughty step!!!

Don't you just love 2 year olds..................:rolleyes:

[melissabeth]

we're just now starting to make those connections with Colby. He was diagnosed at 10 months and we could NEVER tell by the way he was acting what his sugar would be. He would seem spacey and lethargic and we'd say "uh oh, hypo, " then he'd test at 300+, but now that he's older (19 months) it's getting more obvious. If he's just upset and can't control himself, or starts running up and down the hall, then he could be high (of course a lot of times we test him and his bs is fine, he's just being a normal energetic toddler). The lows are easier to see now,though, since he has this kind of squeaky cry, like he would really cry full force, but he doesn't have the energy. Although sometimes he seems perfectly fine and we test him and he's at 50. Don't you love diabetes with a toddler?!?