Gasp, yes i give sweet ever so oft.

[momof6]

I know I'm probably just being senitive, and she meant no harm, but her comment still made me feel incompetent.

I respect everyones diet plans and don't want this to turn into whose diet plan is better etc etc. Some parents of diabetics choose to go the organic route, some eliminate all sugars, some only do sugar free snacks and so on. I am not too strict or too liberal with his diet.

His snacks usually consist of; an apple, popcorn, graham carcker, peanut butter cookies, animal crackers etc. Peronally I feel much of the sugar free snacks contain more harmful ingredients than non-sugar free, so I tend to avoid those unless for some reason he's always high(which is hardly ever).

Anyway for his snacks that he gets around 10:30 consist of pb crackers or unsweetened applesauce. He has been running low the past two weeks so I got him regular applesauce, and the nurse approached me and said..umm 'is he 'supposed' to have sweetened applesauce b/c it has high sugar. I understand her concern, but I do not think having sweet applesauce is all that big of a deal(even if he wasn;t running low) as long as she gives him the proper coverage. It was just the 'way' she asked and how she said 'supposed' as if i need permission or something.

Oh well, like i said i know she wan't being intentional I just had to get that off my chest and ask if anyone else has ever been made to feel like your a bad mom bc you occasionally give your child sweets. I know one adult that I talked to last month who said she rebelled against her mom bc her mom NEVER let her have any sweets.

[hartpukas]

I hear where you are coming from. I think it is new territory when your child is still "developing" their taste buds. I know I am fooling myself when I think that I can "train" Zoe's taste buds into not liking/ craving sugar, etc... We mostly do organic, as well, however when we go to a bday party and she has cake she l-i-t-e-r-a-l-l-y licks her plate clean b/c she LOVES cake:eek:! Oops, she is a totally normal 3 year old, I guesse.

Two months after being dx, when she was just over 1 year old our endo suggested to me that it is alright to use cookies as snacks. Her advice was right on b/c up until that point I was so afraid to give her sugar since I had no idea what was going on with this diabetes thing. Two years later, I am much more flex about her diet and let her be the judge of what she wants. With that being said, we clearly always point out "junk food" and she is only permitted junk food every once in awhile.

[Isabelle's Mom]

There is no doubt that we eat healthier because of D, but, like you, we have sweets on occasion. And, like you, I'm not comfortable with a lot of artificial sweeteners. Isabelle's regular snacks consist of fruit, yobaby yogurt, applesauce, cheese and crackers, and the like. We eat organic occasionally.

Most importantly, she's a kid. We have special treats like ice cream, cookies, and cake occasionally, trying not to be excessive on the portion size. When eating out, the three of us usually split a dessert. Last night she had s'mores at a hayride. How could we possibly deny her that? She loved it!

I agree that kids have a greater chance of rebelling if they are never allowed to have sweets. Everything in moderation ...

[Nancy in VA]

I don't have different eating habits for my diabetic child than I do for my other kids - except they only ever drink sugar-free juice (unless they get it after a soccer game) and she gets it for lows.

But, we eat healthier. We give "reduced fat" peanut butter crackers instead of regular because they are better for you. We give applesauce that doesn't have added sugar because it has enough natural sugar that it doesn't need it added. We use sugar-free jelly sweeted with Splenda because there no reason to give her something so pure sugar that will shoot her up when we KNOW it does and the sugar-free alternative is fine.

But these are the same types of decisions I'd be making for my older kids.

I do try to stay away from refined sugar products because the insulin has a tough time with it. The insulin can't catch the sugar fast enough, so she spikes and then plummets, so we stay away from it except for special occasions.

But, I do think we are in a phase where people familiar with diabetes from "way back" aren't familiar or aware of the new ways of managing diabetes and they are "well meaning" and we are "Extra sensitive" because we deal with it every day - so I usually just give them a pass and try to use it as an opportunity to tell them about how much better the regimens have gotten in recent years.

[Lee]

We also hear that all the time. So, one of our main points, canned phrases, whatever is "She eats just like a regular kid, she just has to take insulin for whatever she puts in her mouth, sugar or no sugar.

[Kaylee's Mommy]

we never do sugar free.. its actually higher in carbs than the 'real' stuff.. I'd much rather her just eat that piece of candy/junk with the sugar than have that artifical sweetener.. my only limit there is soda.. she doesn't typically drink soda anyway.. but its diet when she does, unless she's low..

snacks here are typically, cottage cheese, yogurt, go-gurt, PB crackers, cheese crackers, string cheese, banana's or other fruit, chips, rarely cookies (Just because we actualyl don't keep them inthe house.. her dad and I are on low carb diets.. so there is rarely that kind of junk food in the house.. although, I MISS it ;) ) she regularly drinks fruit water, or crystal light, and light juice..

We went to the circus the other night and got them each a snow cone.. the thing was huge (and should be, stupid things were $9 a piece:eek: ) we let her have 1/2, and didn't let her 'drink' the syrup as we just didn't have a clue about the carbs.. she was GLUED to the thing.. DH said she was obsessed, paying more attention to the snow cone than what was going on.. I pointed out that she's never had one.. hardly ever gets that kind of treat.. it was just so funny to see her eat it.. she loved it, obviously:) she ate 1/2 and dumped the rest out, got to keep the stupid clown cup.. did I mention the stupid snow cone, ice and sugar, was $9 A PIECE! LOL.. good grief!

I could have killed my DH the other day.. I came home, Jaylin was eating a cookie, and Kaylee was crying, said daddy wouldn't let her have one.. I asked why, he said because she was high.. I was FURIOUS with him:mad:, I said that is totally unfair, give her the cookie.. if she should ahve it then Jaylin should have to wait too.. tell them that its not a good time to have it.. NOT that Kaylee is high.. then he said that she lied to him (kaylee) he sent her in the bathroom to wash her hands, she went in, stood there and walked out, saying that she had washed her hands, and THATs what she didn't get the cookie.. I said well then tell her thats why, because she lied, NOT that she is high.. she ended up with the cookie.. I told her she was lucky that she ended up with that cookie because she lied and thats why she wasn't getting it.. I don't know why my DH said that she couldn't have it because she was high.. but I really wanted to beat him.. we don't use that excuse.. even if that is a reason, we find something else.. normally he would have just sent her back into the bathroom to actually wash her ahdns and then get the cookie.. so its very well that he used that lying as an excuse to not give her the cookie, but slipped when I got home.. its crazy when I get home from work.. putting the kids to bed, showers, lunches... and we never finished discussing it..

sorry to get off track.. my point is we don't withhold anything from the girls, but we do give it in moderation, they do have far less junk now that they use to (which IS a good thing) but we definitely haven't just gotton rid of it..

[Nancy in VA]

Kim: I have the same problem with my husband. Not that he gives one kid food in front of Emma (Because I would KILL him for that), but that he says "she's had enough" when really she's had ONE SERVING and he keeps thinking "stop at one". I use the same "rationing" logic for her as I do for the others - plenty of the healthy stuff and manage the unhealthy stuff. But, if she wants a 2nd helping its ok - but I have to keep REMINDING him that she can have a 2nd helping if she wants and we say its ok - not because of her diabetes but because she's a child and she needs us to teach her to eat healthy, just like our other kids

[Ellen]

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Anyway for his snacks that he gets around 10:30 consist of pb crackers or unsweetened applesauce. He has been running low the past two weeks so I got him regular applesauce, and the nurse approached me and said..umm 'is he 'supposed' to have sweetened applesauce b/c it has high sugar.

How would it feel to respond to the nurse by saying "I'm glad you asked. His blood sugar has been running low lately so he clearly needs more carbohydrates at this time. This applesauce may in fact help avoid those lows." ?:cwds:

[czardoust]

We give sweets here too. Actually if anyone has a sugarfree cake and frosting recipe, bring it on. Cookies N Cream ice cream is not that naughty either. (any of the all natural brands). We stay away from sugared sodas, koolaid, all juices, sweetened teas, flavored milk. Obvious stuff. Crystal Light, my DD loves that. Sunchips made from veggies other than potatoes is good. Sweet potatoes and yams are much better on the body than white potatoes. brown rice is better than white rice (tastes better too,lol). Its simple stuff that helps, nothing drastic in our house. Our hard times are Halloween, Valentines Day, Easter, Christmas and birthdays.:rolleyes:

[sam1nat2]

you are the mom and you get to make the rules for your kid;)
There is nothing wrong with sweets, we have a much harder time with french fries than any candy.
Most people don't realize that with d a carb is a carb, whether it be an apple or a bunch of skittles.
When we were diagnosed we were told no regular syrup, no juice or sugar sodas, unless low.
Ice cream, the full sugar/full fat type is a great snack before bed when he is running low!! Just the other night he had a big bowl, he even said to me, its not like I'm going to get diabetes from eating this :D

[momof6]

You guys are the reason i love this board. My kids also love yogurt, pretzels, and sunchips as well. Unfortunately only two of my kids are big veggie eaters, and of course my D son isn't one of them. She loves to remind me how he doesn't like or eat his veggies too. Only veggie he'll eat is corn, and brocoli, but it has to be brocoli with cheese on it.