My daughter was diagnosed type 1 exactly 7 days ago.
I caught it very early - no keytones in her urine, but a high glucose reading - then a BM of 28.6!
In hospital she did quite well with eating and amazingly well with BM's - injections are a working progress!
She was discharged on Tuesday and picked up a bug, so was sick most of the night - then off food Wednesday.
Appetite was back on Thursday, but she hypo'd before lunch.
Friday her appetite was gone again - really struggled to get her to eat. This ended up in a hypo at 4am!
Today, she point blank refused to eat her supper. She went to bed on a BM of 6.1.
I'll be checking her in a few hours to make sure it's not dropping too low.
My main question is....
How do you get a 2 year old to eat when they don't want to?
We're not making a big deal out of it - but she's not getting biscuits or sweets as a substitute to her cooked food.
I've found nothing online geared towards toddlers - everything is from age 7.
We're new to diabetes - although my younger brother was type one diagnosed when I was 10, and my father type 2 in his 40's (rapidly changed to type1) I have some knowledge - but its very out of date.
Charlotte is currently on a sliding scale, and we're due to see the consultant on Monday.
Any help and advise from parent of toddlers would be great - or anyone with advise.
I caught it very early - no keytones in her urine, but a high glucose reading - then a BM of 28.6!
In hospital she did quite well with eating and amazingly well with BM's - injections are a working progress!
She was discharged on Tuesday and picked up a bug, so was sick most of the night - then off food Wednesday.
Appetite was back on Thursday, but she hypo'd before lunch.
Friday her appetite was gone again - really struggled to get her to eat. This ended up in a hypo at 4am!
Today, she point blank refused to eat her supper. She went to bed on a BM of 6.1.
I'll be checking her in a few hours to make sure it's not dropping too low.
My main question is....
How do you get a 2 year old to eat when they don't want to?
We're not making a big deal out of it - but she's not getting biscuits or sweets as a substitute to her cooked food.
I've found nothing online geared towards toddlers - everything is from age 7.
We're new to diabetes - although my younger brother was type one diagnosed when I was 10, and my father type 2 in his 40's (rapidly changed to type1) I have some knowledge - but its very out of date.
Charlotte is currently on a sliding scale, and we're due to see the consultant on Monday.
Any help and advise from parent of toddlers would be great - or anyone with advise.