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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2149093" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi there, you don't say how old your daughter is but it sounds like she is very sensible to me. Many of us don't like having to take 'extra' insulin mid meals to cover a snack, it makes it all very complicated because you have to calculate how much insulin you already have on board from your last meal, etc (which you probably know because you do sound well informed) and then running the risk of going low. Don't rush to assume your daughter will feel 'miserable' or left out either, at the end of the day she has a condition that is very much managed by insulin and FOOD, you cannot blame her for being careful about the two. For the rest of her life (Christmas or not) she will always be having to think about her food choices, when to eat, what to eat and so on. That's the reality. I think you run the risk of making her feel different if you are the one obsessed with carbs and numbers and whether she is missing out. If she wants she could have a low carb snack (possibly without taking insulin dependent on her ratios) or as others have said maybe a low carb mince pie or whatever. Either way I would respect her wishes and if she is eating 'normally' and doesn't have any sort of eating disorder maybe you should let her get on with it. It's the same for us adults, to me there is nothing worse than someone trying to force a 'treat' on me that I don't want just because THEY think I am missing out or deprived in some way. Maybe you could tell us a bit more about how she actually feels about it all? x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2149093, member: 451727"] Hi there, you don't say how old your daughter is but it sounds like she is very sensible to me. Many of us don't like having to take 'extra' insulin mid meals to cover a snack, it makes it all very complicated because you have to calculate how much insulin you already have on board from your last meal, etc (which you probably know because you do sound well informed) and then running the risk of going low. Don't rush to assume your daughter will feel 'miserable' or left out either, at the end of the day she has a condition that is very much managed by insulin and FOOD, you cannot blame her for being careful about the two. For the rest of her life (Christmas or not) she will always be having to think about her food choices, when to eat, what to eat and so on. That's the reality. I think you run the risk of making her feel different if you are the one obsessed with carbs and numbers and whether she is missing out. If she wants she could have a low carb snack (possibly without taking insulin dependent on her ratios) or as others have said maybe a low carb mince pie or whatever. Either way I would respect her wishes and if she is eating 'normally' and doesn't have any sort of eating disorder maybe you should let her get on with it. It's the same for us adults, to me there is nothing worse than someone trying to force a 'treat' on me that I don't want just because THEY think I am missing out or deprived in some way. Maybe you could tell us a bit more about how she actually feels about it all? x [/QUOTE]
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