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Hi, does anybody have any young children at school with type 1? My son is 5 and I'm starting to get really fed up with his hypos and how they're treating him. Does anybodies children have extra snacks inbetween school?
Yeah we have a care plan in place, but it's starting to annoy me because it's like as if they don't want to listen to any of my suggestions as his parent because it goes against the nurses guidelines. I'm trying to tell them what works for him and we have no problems at home, it's always school where there's issues. For example, if he is low on his lunch time check which is nearly all the time, they will just give him his dextros to bring his levels up, check him again, put his carbs into the meter, give him the insulin the machine says then 2 hours later he's having a hypo again...why.... because the dextros are temporary sugar and not long lasting and he now has no extra carbs laying around because they've just given him all the units he needs to cover the carbs in his meal. I've said to them so many times he needs extra snacks in between but I get the whole "it's not fair on him to always get taken out of class because he misses out".... "it's not fair on the other kids in the class if he eats his snacks in front of them".... As of today they have allowed him to have his own flask of milk which he can have in class whenever he wants. His lunch and 1 break time snack just isn't enough for him for the whole day at schoolHi, I've got a 5 year old daughter with type 1. She has sugar free jelly as her mid morning snack at school, so they don't need to bolus for it, and has a packed lunch that's carb counted by me. What's going wrong with hypo treatment at school with you? Have you got a care plan in place?
We have just recently changed the ratio, he was originally 1 unit to every 25g then they changed it to 1 unit every 35g and breakfast 1unit to 30g but his levels are still the same in school. What I don't understand is how can everything be fine at home with us but things are so different in school, I know they do more activities etc but this has been taken into account. In general his appetite has always been big, even before he was diagnosed, so the extra snacking isn't something I'm trying to avoid. Maybe because he has such a high appetite this plays a part in it as well... I just don't know! Extremely fed up of it... been like this for the last 5 months.If he's hypo nearly all the time at lunch and nearly all the time after lunch, maybe his ratios need looking at - it could be a breakfast ratio issue, or maybe too much basal? If he needs to be constantly eating, that might be too much basal.
Does your bolus wizard do negative corrections? So, if you are bolusing but starting off below target will it "round down" the suggested dose?
I think you should discuss with DSN about having another meeting with the school to get the care plan updated. If school are only following the care plan, and not listening to your less formal input, then can you make sure these points are covered off in an updated care plan?
And about the negative bolus, do you mean if hes low will the meter detect this and automatically decrease his unit intake?If he's hypo nearly all the time at lunch and nearly all the time after lunch, maybe his ratios need looking at - it could be a breakfast ratio issue, or maybe too much basal? If he needs to be constantly eating, that might be too much basal.
Does your bolus wizard do negative corrections? So, if you are bolusing but starting off below target will it "round down" the suggested dose?
I think you should discuss with DSN about having another meeting with the school to get the care plan updated. If school are only following the care plan, and not listening to your less formal input, then can you make sure these points are covered off in an updated care plan?
And about the negative bolus, do you mean if hes low will the meter detect this and automatically decrease his unit intake?
Our 6 year old was only diagnosed earlier on this year (aged5) and school have been fantastic, Maisy has breakfast around 8am and then mid morning snack around 10.30am she now has half a peice of fruit and one rich tea as we were having same problem she was getting towards lunch time and having hypos But since we've introduced the fruit with a starchy snack this seems to have worked for us and the teacher also checks he mid afternoon and if she tends to be dropping low she has the same snack. Your diabetic nurse should draw a care plan up for school..Hi, does anybody have any young children at school with type 1? My son is 5 and I'm starting to get really fed up with his hypos and how they're treating him. Does anybodies children have extra snacks inbetween school?
Hi, we do have a care plan, but they are not listening to me about adding in an extra snack somewhere. All she wants to do is adjust the insulin all the time.Our 6 year old was only diagnosed earlier on this year (aged5) and school have been fantastic, Maisy has breakfast around 8am and then mid morning snack around 10.30am she now has half a peice of fruit and one rich tea as we were having same problem she was getting towards lunch time and having hypos But since we've introduced the fruit with a starchy snack this seems to have worked for us and the teacher also checks he mid afternoon and if she tends to be dropping low she has the same snack. Your diabetic nurse should draw a care plan up for school..