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<blockquote data-quote="Vikki2" data-source="post: 191662" data-attributes="member: 25049"><p>Do you mean babysitting during the day or for a night out?</p><p>If it's for a night out, then this is what we do:</p><p>Kids are fed and in bed by the time the babysitter comes round (which is what we always did even pre-diabetes). We check our daughter (5 yrs old, on pump) before leaving. We leave the babysitter with the old fingerpricker i.e.NOT the one connected to the pump because if they did something wrong then she could get an extra shot of insulin. We leave instructions on how to use the fingerpricker and have also demonstrated this. We say that if our daughter was to wake up and say she felt low or was to wake up all confused then to fingerprick her. We leave instructions on treating a low but not on how to treat a high. In any case we ask the babysitter to call us. If she is hypo then this needs to be treated immediately but if she is high then we would make a decision as to either come home immediately or to stay out a bit longer - it would really depend how high she was. None of this has ever happened though. We once asked a babysitter to fingerprick her at a specific time & give us a call because we weren't 100% certain about how her levels would be and we once cancelled a night out because her evening levels were dreadful. Otherwise we have been out plenty of times and it's been fine. I am usually quite stressed when first leave the house but then relax into the evening. </p><p>My daughter now has a CGM and this has really changed things. It's so relaxing knowing that if she drops into hypo or creeps too high that the alarm will go off but still we only get the babysitter to treat a low not a high.</p><p>If it's babysitting during the day then full training would be needed in how to use the pump. This is difficult if your m-in-law is only going to use it occasionally. It's always difficult to remember how to use something when you're not using it every day. At my daughter's school I spent a lot of time training them and then shadowed them every day for 2 full weeks until we all felt confident that they could 'fly solo'.</p><p>Hope this helps</p><p>Good luck</p><p>X</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vikki2, post: 191662, member: 25049"] Do you mean babysitting during the day or for a night out? If it's for a night out, then this is what we do: Kids are fed and in bed by the time the babysitter comes round (which is what we always did even pre-diabetes). We check our daughter (5 yrs old, on pump) before leaving. We leave the babysitter with the old fingerpricker i.e.NOT the one connected to the pump because if they did something wrong then she could get an extra shot of insulin. We leave instructions on how to use the fingerpricker and have also demonstrated this. We say that if our daughter was to wake up and say she felt low or was to wake up all confused then to fingerprick her. We leave instructions on treating a low but not on how to treat a high. In any case we ask the babysitter to call us. If she is hypo then this needs to be treated immediately but if she is high then we would make a decision as to either come home immediately or to stay out a bit longer - it would really depend how high she was. None of this has ever happened though. We once asked a babysitter to fingerprick her at a specific time & give us a call because we weren't 100% certain about how her levels would be and we once cancelled a night out because her evening levels were dreadful. Otherwise we have been out plenty of times and it's been fine. I am usually quite stressed when first leave the house but then relax into the evening. My daughter now has a CGM and this has really changed things. It's so relaxing knowing that if she drops into hypo or creeps too high that the alarm will go off but still we only get the babysitter to treat a low not a high. If it's babysitting during the day then full training would be needed in how to use the pump. This is difficult if your m-in-law is only going to use it occasionally. It's always difficult to remember how to use something when you're not using it every day. At my daughter's school I spent a lot of time training them and then shadowed them every day for 2 full weeks until we all felt confident that they could 'fly solo'. Hope this helps Good luck X [/QUOTE]
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