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Grain products spike her the most, rice a little less and potatoes a little less again but all of them to drastically to control. Basically I need an insulin for her that will drop her from 14 to a normal level in about 20 minutes but not send her hypo lol

You're misunderstanding my point, carbs are the issue because they produce a high fast spike which I can't control, whereas the rise from protein is slower, more predictable and much easier to control. I was told Novorapid was one of the fastest if there is another that's faster I will...

I don't think grains are an appropriate food for anyone, never mind a diabetic Why put a plaster over the issue (carbs) when I can just remove the issue?

Oh yes I'm aware she will still need the insulin although without all the bread, pasta etc obviously she will be much healthier and won't spike after meals the way she does now. I'm not on Facebook these days which is why I ask here :) I know low carb with kids seems scary to most, it's just...

I would rather try and control her blood sugar with diet before trying the pump as an option, I wanted to hear from people doing this not advice on if it's okay, as I say I'm working with her team as this is the plan for now

Because type 1 is essentially carb intolerance I'm left wonder what everyone has against low carb when her DSN has said herself she will do better with less carbs

This is what I mean, at the end of the day she is 'carb intolerant' it makes more sense to have less carbs than fight the effects with medication if we can. Obviously this gets more difficult as she gets older but as her parent it's my job to educate her

Because making sure she eats a healthy diet isn't the same as putting her on a pump. If better diet choices help until she's old enough to give her input which will be around the time she may rebel the diet it makes more sense to do that imo

We want to avoid a pump until she's old enough to have a say in the matter unless there's no other choice

But in the instance of going from 3.5 to 14 there's only one thing that would help and it's eating something different, I can't give it any earlier if it's already sending her hypo from waiting?

I pre bolus for her, she will still go from 3.5 to 14 :eek:

Yes because the dose does cover the carbs in the end but before it does she spikes above 15mmol

Her doses are correct, I've spoke to the DSN who has told me obviously she needs to be eating less carbs and to make appointment with the dietitian to discuss changes

I already follow a LCHF diet, my elder daughter also does to some extent by choice although she has sweets occasionally too, she's well practiced in eating them out of sight of her little sister ;) I'm just waiting for OH to give the go ahead on the bernstien boom order, for now I'm watching...

Yes that's what I'm thinking, it's going to be hard enough being diabetic never mind being the kid with the crazy mum who won't let them eat any sugar lol My hope is that after a few goes she will realise the sugar makes her feel bad and choose to pass on it but it probably won't happen

Before anyone says, I am meeting with daughters dietitian to discuss but I already know it's not at all harmful for kids to follow LCHF :) Daughter is 16 months so obviously right now it would be fairly easy to control her food, I'm interested to hear how certain situations get handled as they...

What are you eating?

I didn't find that to be the case, my ketones went much lower but there was still trace levels, by morning I'd always be back to usual levels. Generally spirits are the best option as they're zero carb

Does a pump stop the spikes? How?

Thanks for the replies