We use distraction. We're on a pump, but during site changes we let him play on the ipad. When we call him for a site change he actually jumps up...
Hi. My little Type 1 is 4 years old now - he was diagnosed when he was 13 months old. I'm so sorry you had to join this club, but please know...
Pizza and flour tortillas were notorious for us for delayed spikes, specially when our little guy was younger. I could just imagine this little...
We also like low-carb pancakes made with my all purpose baking mix which is mainly almond flour, a little coconut flour and a little oat flour....
One of our goals in trying to keep a lower A1C is to preserve beta cells, not just prevent complications.
First of all, it's good that you are watching her, especially with those symptoms. But please don't panic yet. Our littlest one was showing some...
Same here - we homeschool and my husband travels, although we're blessed to have him home a lot more lately. Anyway, we joined the YMCA a few...
She's using a ping, and a -80% basal means that you're only getting 20% of the set basal (it subtracts 80% from the basal).
Thanks for sharing! Did you find it locally or did you have to buy it online? We've used almond milk, but haven't tried flax milk.
We usually just add up the carbs and 1/3 of the protein, but give the protein in an extended/combo bolus. The amount of fat just helps us...
I would consider it "lower" carb. We did do strict low carb for a while and then got a handle on how his body handled protein and such, and then...
This is great advice. One thing that we learned early on is that the 15carb/15 minute rule didn't apply to our little guy. Depending on when...
We have to bolus for protein, we usually bolus about 1/3 the grams of protein (so we would bolus an additional 5 for the protein in the shake),...
My little guy was dx'd at 13 months of age, by the time he was 16 months we had him on a continuous glucose monitor. These little ones are so...
We had our G4 go out of range (while he was wearing it), for about 1 1/2 hours. They sent us a new system also. We've only had it for about a...
I believe this is due to the xylitol. Tooth decay has been explained to me like this: It's not the sugar that causes decay, it's a certain...
We've been using our little guys arms exclusively for cgm sites and use upper buttock and thighs for pump sites. You're going to love the Dex4!
I *think* that even at 55 it will give 4 short vibrates first. If you're fast, within a few seconds you can acknowledge the alarm before it starts...
I came across a great article a few years ago called, "teaseproof your kids", it has suggestions along the lines of what Heather was saying. It's...
I don't have any suggestions, but just a huge amount of sympathy. Your Mom sounds like my Mom. She was a very difficult person to get along with...
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