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Hi! My son was diagnosed nearly 2 years ago aged2. He is now 4. Like you I felt horrible. It took me 6 months of feeling horrible to get a little back to our new 'normal'. I was very down for a while but now life is back to being good. I feel horrible when diabetes effects my son, be that highs...

Hi :wave: I just wanted to sympathise with you. My son was diagnosed 19months ago aged 2 with Type 1 and I found it very hard to deal with at first. I think I spent about 6 months feeling very down and unable to move on. It is so hard to watch your child suffer and be unable to make things...

Hi! My son was 2 when he was diagnosed 19months ago. The first few months are the worst, but they do get better (ish :crazy: ) one thought I had with your post was the issue of bed time and sleeping, and the worry of going low. Do you check bloods overnight? I know it's a personal thing and some...

Have you claimed Disability Living allowance for her? She will be entitled to it, and you also get carers allowance depending on your income. I had to cut my part time hours down due to caring for Jac and found the extra DLA and carers very helpful. You are in very early days and it's prob still...

Dear Lisa, First of all I'm very sorry to hear about having to find us, but I'm also sure you will get lots of support here! My son was just aged 2 when diagnosed last year and so we are a year down the road. Your daughter is a little younger than my son Jac and I know how hard it is. I hope you...

Hi all! I have a quick question if anyone knows the answer.... My 3 year old uses the combo pump and we are getting on great with it so far. My question is, when we set a TBR on it overnight (if he was a bit on the lower side I might for an hour just to get him coming up a bit again) is there a...

Hi. I'm so sorry to hear about your son. I was in the same boat. My son was diagnosed on the 24june 2011 nearly a year ago now! He was also just 2. I couldn't not reply to your post as I know how I felt for a lot of last year. I went through a very tough few months as you and your family may...

Permalink: http://type1welshboy.wordpress.com/2012 ... -hospital/ ‎Edit View Post Get Shortlink Hi all! I just started my blog yesterday about life as a family and living with type 1. My son is 3 and I was keen to write about what we go through to hopefully help anyone else who may be going...

Hi all! I was just wondering if I am allowed to post a link to my new blog on here? I have started writing one to tell our story as a family with a 3 year old with type 1, and also to hopefully provide support and raise awareness at the same time to other families going through the same thing...

My son has type 1 and he is aged 3. I think apart from all the past year has brought for us emotionally and physically, the hardest thing for us to cope with was injecting him at aged 2, when he would run away screaming from me (his beloved mummy!) and then lately after he has gone on a pump. He...

Hi! My son is 3 and had the accu chek expert before we went onto the pump. He now has the accu chek combo which is his remote control for the pump and his blood checker. It is basically the same machine as the expert. I found it to be very good, and still do as you can program it with all your...

Hi! Jac has now been on his pump for about 3 weeks. We are still doing a lot of adjusting. Overall I can see that it is a lot better for him, especially as he is a grazer with his food so much easier to give small amounts of insulin whenever he wants to eat. One thing I have found is that the...

Hi! My 2 year old was diagnosed last June and is now 3. I have also studied childcare and wish you luck! I think the only problem with the plan is that I have always tested blood before eating and injected after, as a 3 year old is pretty unpredictable with their eating habits. When Jac my son...

Hi all! I have a question which I'm hoping someone may help with. I have a 3 year old with type 1 and he was diagnosed last June. We also have a 7 year old ( non diabetic). The last 6 weeks or so the 7 year old has been having a lot of tummy ache and diarehea every other day or so, which I...

Hi again! Jac has been diagnosed since last June at aged 2. I just feel that now I would really like to help him get better levels and a little more stable. I'm thinking that the pump mimics a pancreas better than injections are able to in that it puts in insulin every 3 minutes in tiny amounts...