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My 11 year old twins were 5.4 and 5.5 (36 and 37) last week. 6 years in for one and just 4 months for the other.

5.1% or 32 for my 10 year old this week. We’re delighted!

Hi, I’m so sorry your son is struggling. My daughter is 9, dx at 4, and went through a phase last year of massively resenting diabetes and saying on numerous occasions ‘what’s the point of life’ and so on. It was heart breaking. For her, the issues were feeling restricted in what and when she...

I know a few who people who go untethered with their kids on holiday. The benefit is they can stay stable when unclipping the pump on the beach/water parks etc for long periods. My own daughter really struggles with the lack of basal when removing her pump swimming, so I can see the thought...

If it’s red and painful keep a very close eye on it. I’d draw around the red area, and if it’s hot to touch or the redness spreads outside the line you’ve drawn get to the docs for antibiotics. My daughter had a cannula set infection over the summer, it spread rapidly and she ended up in...

An hba1c of 47 indicates that she’s been running much higher than normal blood sugars, and 18mmol post glucose tolerance test is extremely elevated. I’m not sure why they’re leaving it 2 weeks to be followed up, as untreated t1 (if that’s what it is) can deteriorate extremely rapidly. Did they...

My 8 year old daughters was 35/5.4% last week. Same as 3 months ago but with fewer lows and smaller standard deviation. So all good.

I’ve been looping with my 8 year old daughter for the past 6 months. She uses dexcom, Combo and Android APS. We love it. Clinic are very happy with what we’re doing. There are a few other local families doing the same and our team are pretty progressive and can appreciate the results.

Great news, dexcom is awesome.

If you’re aiming to get morning blood sugars of 5-6 mmol then you need to be going to bed between 5-6 mmol, presuming that your basal is set correctly to keep you stable. If you’re rising throughout the night and waking up higher than you wish then upping the tresiba is the answer. It depends...

Do you have CGM and if so which? I think which sensor you use will have an impact on your choice. Medtronic has its own sensor that enables low suspend, and dexcom can be linked with the combo pump via android APS, creating a diy closed loop.

I downloaded the config software from a link on the looped Facebook page. Was super easy, if you’re still after it.

She’s 8 and a half now...time flies! We’re not super low carb anymore, more medium carb but careful We diy closed loop with Android APS, which is amazing. X

35/5.4% for my daughter a few days ago.

Hi, my 8 year old daughter has been closed loop with Android APS for the past few months. We had clinic a couple of weeks ago and went with a different pump than issued and looping! They took it incredibly well and are very supportive.

Thanks for sharing, I’ve been waiting to find out more about control IQ as ive had Tandem in mind for my daughter to move to from Animas. Such a shame it’s target range is so high though, 6.2-8.8 is not ideal. I don’t think it’ll be for us.

Thanks for sharing, I’m in Pembrokeshire but hadn’t seen this story.

Wow your daughter is doing amazingly with just the expert meter and no cgm/libre, Mahola, awesome results. I don’t think we could manage my daughter without the dexcom, I can’t imagine doing diabetes without following the numbers all the time My 7 year old daughter was 34 hba1c last week thanks...

Well done, great result. We’ve got clinic next week with my 7 year old, dx 3 years now. Always a tense time!x

Hi, my 7 year old daughter always uses the back of her arm for her dexcom. She’s got the g6 now and it works great there. She’s also used the g4 and g5 successfully on the back of her arm.