Does this theory make any sense?

And has anyone else experienced anything similar? Jess started off with the pump with very good numbers. Every few weeks we seem to make tweaks to her settings to ward off a pattern of hypos that seem to be occuring. I can't really explain it because the settings work great but then after a week or so the amount of insulin needs adjusting so that she's taking less and less insulin. Her average total daily dose used to be around 25 units, now we're at about 19 units.

My theory is that when she was on injections the insulin didn't work as efficiently due to the way it was delivered. This made her more insulin resistent. Now that the pump delivers insulin efficiently she is becoming more sensitive to it and slowly is needing less and less insulin. Does that make any sense or is it simply that spring is coming and her insulin requirements are less as a result. Our DSN did say people often need less insulin once spring arrives but she said now seemed a little early for this to happen.

Would be interested to know if anyone else found they used less insulin a few months into pumping compared to when they first started pumping.

Incidentally, her average daily dose with injections was around 30 units.

I can understand why the pump uses a smaller amount of insulin compared to injections, and I expected that to change. But I'm trying to explain to myself why when we first started with the pump we had good numbers with our starting dose but every few weeks we seem to have to reduce the dose further and further. I think it's fantastic that Jess is using less insulin but I'm curious to determine if insulin sensitivity has anything to do with the adjustments we're having to make. I can't think of any other explanation for it.

That's great news Leggott! Is it the Omnipod you'll be getting? I remember the last few weeks of waiting for the pump, it couldn't come quick enough! But well worth the wait, it's change our lives so much for the better. I actually get a good nights sleep now (apart from when we're trialling new foods) and Jess never seems to get the spikes she used to when eating something that is considered a sweet treat. Today they had a cake sale at school for red nose day. She tested half an hour after eating and bolusing for the cake and her reading was 6, injection days she would have spiked to about 14 by that time.