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My daughter t1 age 9 eats about 160g a day carb. Her levels are not brilliant - average bg about 7.6. Diagnosed last Sept she is still too thin. Is she eating too much carb? There's no way she could eat 60g a day ... nobody has ever told her to eat less, just to calculate the amount she eats...

Hi does it matter that my daughter (T1, age 9) does not have a low carb packed lunch? She has a roll (no butter or filling), two sausage rolls, grapes, cheese biscs ... total about 60g carbs ... is that too high? She hates pasta and rice and pizza sends her sky high. She doesn't like tuna...

I also can't help with puberty except I wonder if anyone thinks t1 diabetes diag age 8 can accelerate puberty? My daughter is just 9, very small and thin (typical of a recently diagnosed child I guess) but is being really stroppy, and her body is beginning to change. I am surprised as I didn't...

Hi, I see I'm replying a year after the last comment. My daughter was diagnosed Sept 2010 age 8. In March we got a pump. We had been controlling quite well with injections and now, three months with the pump, we don't seem to be controlling as well. But there's no doubt it is easier. No...

Hi, you mention having low carb breakfasts. My daughter is nine, diagnosed last sept, struggles to eat high carb at breakfast which we assumed she needs as she is low when she wakes (3-4) and low at lunch time (3-4). She refuses to eat a mid morning snack at school of any sort (too...

Hi, I've already typed in some different forums, I didn't know there was a site to introduce yourself. I have a type 1 daughter age 8 diagnosed three weeks ago. The main problem is carb counting for her levels, and feeding her - and my three other children - who are all very sad at the lack of...

Thanks for tips about looking in exercise forum. I'm still finding my way around. I imagine there are lots of web sites with chat rooms on diabetes? A friend says there's one on Facebook. Perhaps I should join ... Regarding my daughter's hunger after PE, should I let her have a biscuit when...

I seem to have written in several areas. My daughter is 8 diagnosed 3 weeks ago with type 1. I'd like some advice on food if anyone has any. Her levels were 4 at 7am, 8 at 11am, 7 at 1230pm, followed by PE - I thought exercise bought levels down? But hers were then 11.9 at 4pm and she was...

Thank you so much for your message, it really helps. Her levels haven't improved overnight; 4.6 before bed and 4.0 this morning before breakfast. Hypos scare me. We gave her three dextrose sweets this morning then breakfast. I am wondering if it is my fault for giving her a tiny milky bar...

I assumed these jellies were ok because by the time they're divided into say four portions, the carb content is minimal. I have an eight year old daughter diagnosed three weeks ago and three other non-diabetic children. Has anyone any idea for deserts to suit everyone? Nobody likes Hartleys...

Hi, I know I'm ignorant. I'm having to weigh out cups of rice and pasta and try and work out if a spoon of potato is egg sized to find out how much carbohyrdrate. I do wonder if my daughter is eating too much carb. She doesn't eat much protein and it was great to learn that NUTS are OK! What...

Hi, I have an eight year old daughter diagnosed three weeks ago. I am finding counting carbs a nightmare and wonder how you do it - we're weighing food and using calculators! Do you just know the carbs of a certain meal? I am worried about her levels, usually between 5 and 12 but occasionally...

Hi, I'm new to this all and it's been a horrid shock. Can anyone tell me what her bg levels should be and why they can rise suddenly from say 5 to 24 for no obvious reason?