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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    i completely understand what ur all saying about the apologising but to the 9yr old boy dylan hit he didnt get why dylan hit him and to him he would of deserved an apology its very hard to balance whats right for dylan in this situation and whats right for a childs behaviour in a normal...
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    hi ihs thanks for the reply i appreciate getting him to appologise doesnt necessarily help dylan but he has hit another child and if someone hit dylan i would expect something, the other mother was understanding as was the coach and i felt in getting him to appologise sends the right message...
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    i never feel judged i knew when i wrote this thread no one would say anything bad and that i would get support sometimes its hard to get other people to understand what ur trying to explain but on here someone has experienced the problem ur facing and understands the difficulties u go through.
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    usually i dont lower basal for training he seems to cope fine but does have a small snack after so he doesnt drop too much later but last night i dont know what made the difference, he is a puzzle but i love him dearly and wouldnt change him for the world. thanku all for ur help and advice it...
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    he knows what symptoms to look for as he has recognised the signs before but he doesnt always and this is when the trouble starts i guess it depends how fast he is dropping too to how quick u feel the signs, dylan doesnt know how to explain how he feels but he does know he doesnt feel right and...
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    hi and thanku all for ur replies the incident happened midway through training i had checked him before he started and he was 13.3 but had insulin to cover it still working as it wasnt long before he ate his tea 45 mins later he was 3.2 and this was just after the incident. i find it extremely...
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    son getting aggresive what to do???

    so dylan has been getting very aggresive when hypo and im not sure what to do about it we have had football training tonight dylan has punched another boy in the face because they were arguing ive tested him after a dressing down and he was 3.2. anyway my question how can i stop this besides...
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    thanks for ur support ebony it really is appreciated
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    yeah it was 9.2 so it still came down just not as much as i had hoped for but any reduction is a reduction i suppose, yes any change makes a huge difference to dylan for example he was 2.0 yesterday and i made a reduction in his insulin just one small change and today he was 12 feel like we just...
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    the 9.0 is the latest hba1c ebony was hoping for in the 8s this time but wasnt to be still we will keep plugging at it, dylan had a sensor fitted for 3 days so we r going in tomorrow to review the results and see where we can make some changes he came out of school hypo again yesterday so...
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    im finding it very interesting reading all ur stories and theories on dylan my nurse has always said hes a challenge but i do think all diabetic children are hard to get control with like jopar says with hormones and growth spurts and the unpredictability of their lives its a hard job and all we...
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    i think the weather is def the factor the last few days but the trouble is its so unpredictable its hard to know what to do for the best weather wise but i think ur right that that is the prob with dylan anyway
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    they were ok till this week sugar when he has some real lows first time for a while, i wasnt worried about it was just interested to know what amounts others used as for me what dylan uses is the norm so i was surprised when the nurse said how little it was just got me thinking really :D
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    He is very slim and very active lol but the nurse seemed so surprised by his amounts i was just interested it doesnt matter on age really just being nosey to see how he compares. may have to reduce things furthur tho we have had 2 days with results in 2s so soon will be less again be more like...
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    how many total basal units are u on a day??

    so we went for a checkup last thursday and the DSN was surprised by how little insulin dylan is on she said she would expect someone on so little to be making their own insulin but we have done the c peptide test and he isnt making any himself. anyway just made me curious about how much other...
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    Which infusion set?

    hi my son is very skinny and also very active with swimming and taekwondo once a week and football at least twice a week sometimes more and also a running club too, we have only ever used the quickset so cant comment on the other sets but hes had no trouble at all we have not had one bent...
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    Do you meet your targets?

    hi we dont hit dylans targets all the time and i do believe its almost impossible to have perfect results everytime but that doesnt stop us trying to get those perfect numbers. if we gave up trying what would that say about us as parents my nurse did tell me its harder to get balanced numbers...
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    who knew it was so hard to get cough medicine

    thanks sue i spoke to a pharmacist when getting the medicine and they asked all the questions about what type of cough it was before i bought the one i got cough completely gone now so something worked all fit and healthy ready for the football tournament the weekend now :D
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    One for the ladies (slightly embarrassing)

    haha jen i was thinking the same thing
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    Should I just go? Sparkles.

    hiya we dont low carb at all dylan being only 9 and i have never felt unwelcome because we dont do things a certain way i have found helpful advice from fellow members regardless of whether they follow the same path as us in treating the diabetes and have picked up some very useful tips. i hope...
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