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<blockquote data-quote="lovinglife" data-source="post: 2263046" data-attributes="member: 22428"><p>I have a son with autism but not T1 - I think [USER=41885]@lucylocket61[/USER] gave great advice, the bigger you make a “thing” the bigger it becomes - try stopping all bribes, cajoling, rewards etc and just be very matter of fact. Have everything you need to hand and try taking any emotions out of it and “just do it” easy to say but the quicker you do it the quicker it’s over. Don’t use food as the reward e.g) if you want to eat .... then you have to inject, could start a whole lot of new problems.</p><p></p><p>The teddy is a nice idea, I would do role play with teddy but not at the same time as his injections, give him stuff to play with like meters etc on his own terms let him do anything he wants with them in his imaginative play.</p><p></p><p>it’s very easy to for anyone to say to you just do it when you feel you are hurting your baby but your not, think of it like this - if he was going to run in front of a lorry you’d pull him back no matter how much he protested and it hurt to save his life. This is the same the injections are saving his life - no negotiations</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovinglife, post: 2263046, member: 22428"] I have a son with autism but not T1 - I think [USER=41885]@lucylocket61[/USER] gave great advice, the bigger you make a “thing” the bigger it becomes - try stopping all bribes, cajoling, rewards etc and just be very matter of fact. Have everything you need to hand and try taking any emotions out of it and “just do it” easy to say but the quicker you do it the quicker it’s over. Don’t use food as the reward e.g) if you want to eat .... then you have to inject, could start a whole lot of new problems. The teddy is a nice idea, I would do role play with teddy but not at the same time as his injections, give him stuff to play with like meters etc on his own terms let him do anything he wants with them in his imaginative play. it’s very easy to for anyone to say to you just do it when you feel you are hurting your baby but your not, think of it like this - if he was going to run in front of a lorry you’d pull him back no matter how much he protested and it hurt to save his life. This is the same the injections are saving his life - no negotiations [/QUOTE]
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