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    SEN

    My Daughter Lottie, who is six. Has a statement for her T1 and selective mutism. She had finding for 1:1 care in Pre-School while not statemented and then the statement was finalised during her first term. It does depend on your LEA. All children with T1 should have an IEP, however many schools...
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    how high and how low have you been?

    My daughter who's six and on a pump, has been so high the meter said HI, which is above 34 (pump malfunction). Her lowest reading was 2.1 in the middle of the night :o Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
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    15.... And in trouble...

    Hi Vicki, I read your Mum's post on the parents forum. I have a diabetic daughter aged 6. I know diabetes is a pain in the ass, believe me. It's a nightmare but I am determined not to let it control my daughters life. I'm not preaching, please don't think I am but the only person who can...
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    Insulin Pump Holders

    Hi, My daughter is on a pump and I bought her a tummietote belt from Tallygear. It's an American company but the belts are superb. They're made of swimsuit type material so they are really comfortable and keep her pump hidden under her clothes, which is great for school. She sleeps in the belt...
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    very sad mummy

    Hi very sad mummy, I know this has all come as a huge shock for you and your daughter. My daughter Lottie was diagnosed at 3 1/2. It is normal to go through a form of grief when dealing with such a life changing diagnosis. I certainly did. Your little girl will get used to this new part of her...
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    Daughter starting full time school

    Hi, I understand your concerns. My daughter started school this year and is pumping. I don't think there are any regulations about diabetes in school but the school have a duty of care towards your child and that means keeping her safe and able to learn. She cannot do this if her diabetes is...
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    DLA for your child

    Hi, my daughter Lottie is 5 and was diagnosed T1 almost 2 years ago. We get the middle rate of the care element of DLA and have done from 3 months after Lottie's diagnosis. I filled in the forms myself and had no problems with the claim. I did include a care diary for a weeks worth of care. It...
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    The school employs them. The government pays their wages in the firm of funding that my daughter qualified for and they are trained by her consultant to provide care for her.
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    1:1 care is where my daughter has one person who is responsible for her only her care at all times. If she did not have this I would have to be with her at school. Lottie's diabetes is so variable that she needs constant supervision. I have to ba available to support the school if anything goes...
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    Hi cearapeter, Yes Lottie is statemented for her Diabetes and Selective Mutism. She has been give 32.5 hrs funding per week. I have spoken with the headmistress, who was very rude and hurtful, saying that Lottie's issues had marred the Christmas week for her and her staff. She told me to keep...
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    My 5 year old daughter is T1 and has been pumping since April. She also has selective mutism so has been given 32.5 hours a week funding for a 1:1 carer at school. Since September I have helped access training and supported her TA's with learning to use the pump. By half term it became clear...
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    Starting School

    So, Lottie is now 4 and a half and has been pumping since mid april. After a lot of effort getting things sorted for her at Pre-School we've now come to the next bridge, starting school. Lottie has 1:1 support at Pre-School because she also has selective mutism which means that she does not tell...
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    Babysitting

    Thanks for your replies. I was thinking about daytime and evening babysitting. We have had my mother in law babysit for us before and left her specific written instructions, which she failed to follow. I also always leave her a full hypo kit which she should know how to use as she has Type 1 too...
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    Babysitting

    What do you guys do about getting a babysitter. Lottie started pumping a month ago. Before the pump my husband's Mum babysat, although she's type 1 too she has messed up treating Lottie's hypos twice and I'm worried about her ability to use the pump as she can't even use a mobile phone. Am I...
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    Who's Pumping and Which Pump

    Well, we had Lotts CGMS fitted today and we are leaving it on for 6 days. We've just done a week of testing her at 2am and we're exhausted. She is consitently high at night even though we've upped her levemir by a unit. Her Consultant has suggested switching to pump if the CGMS data shows what...
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    I'm new and in denial!

    Hi, My daughter was diagnosed last April when she was three and a half and I'm still coming to terms with it really. Lottie quite regularly announce that she doesn't want dietbettys anymore. The advantage of being diagnosed young is soon they won't remember any different. To us that seems mean...
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    Continuous Gucose Monitoring

    Thanks Ladies, I'm a bit nervous of anything new and I don't want to project that onto Lottie. To be honest though, anything that can give us an insight into what's going wrong is welcome. We've got hardly any control at all at the moment and we're all suffering because of it, Lotts must feel...
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    Continuous Gucose Monitoring

    Hi Everyone, I haven't been on here for ages but I don't seem to have any spare time anymore. I was wondering if any of you had any experience with CGM. Lottie's BGls are all over the place ad she's been really suffering because of this. After trying everything, we are going to do 2am testing...
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    Pre-school issues - Help

    My 3yr old T1 daughter, Lottie, has been attending pre-school since before she was diagnosed. She never really settled well and became vey shy and introverted. I think this was partly due to the fact that she was becoming ill with the diabetes. I attended with her in an attempt to settle her...
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    Hot Weather

    I'm not the best person to advise you as we've only been doing this for 3 months. However, I would be reluctant to introduce extra insulin until you've seen what effect the heat has on your daughter because you could end up making her hypo if the heat dropsher blood sugars. Could you talk to...