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<blockquote data-quote="hennypenny" data-source="post: 106641" data-attributes="member: 20329"><p>Hello i realise looking at the dates of this your son will have started school for the last week. my son started in this Sept just after his 4th birthday. he was diagnosed last Sept just as he started nursery. I really was just wanting to say don't worry if the levels are a bit all over the place. the impact on starting school on Ethan's diabetes was unbelievable and nothing could have prepared us for it. he is now absolutely fine but the first month was a nightmare. a very big shock to the system for his school as well. The other children are all very accepting of his condition and after quite a lot of initial interest none of them bat an eyelid at him having his "finger pricks" or injections or eating a biscuit when he needs to. that is just what he does. </p><p></p><p>His TA is the main care giver at school and if he feels himself going low (tummy hurting) he just interupts her and she will just check him regardless of what she is doing. they check his BG mid morning, lunch and mid afternoon and any other time needed, such as before PE or if he feels low or high. if they are concerned over anything they ring me. I am very fortunate as i am self employed so i juggle all my work around ethan and school so i can go back every lunch time and i am there for outings and such like. i have found that i volunteer in his class when the TA is away as 1 teacher to 27 4,5 and 6 years olds is a lot but that is probably me being over protective. After living at the school, for the first 3 weeks, things have changed beyond belief. i was ready to delay him starting school until next year but now realy glad i didn't, the school is coping well and ethan is just loving school so much. it is difficult to picture how it will be until you are doing it and living it and then you realise it is not as bad as you imagined.</p><p></p><p>Ethan's nurse went into the school to train them up but i have found that there is so much info to take in it takes a lot of reinforcing so i always make sure i'm in school early to go through things with them such as on PE days just confirm they will check him before PE and give him a biscuit and check him after as they do forget sometimes. I also ask that they write everything down no matter how small. he came home quite high one afternoon and then found out they had been doing taste tests and ethan had been trying various fruit juices. it's a steep learning curve for everyone, but now his teacher just tells me everything they will be doing so there are no problems.</p><p></p><p>I am sure a lot of the other mum's think i am neurotic or one of those awful pushy mothers as i am around the school so much but i know every child in my son's class and i have an insight into school life that i never had with my daughter. if someone brings a birthday cake they have it at lunch time instead of mid afternoon now. i do find i am constantly running around checking the lables on food all the time and do things like check party bags so i can replace the sweets with sugar free ones (buy them on line). i take him a few sugar free sweets or alternative prizes to parties so if he gets lots of sweets i can swop them. mind you half the time i want him to eat the sweets as he is running around so much he needs them.</p><p></p><p> We also found bribery helps enormously. we have an injection chart so if he calmly lets us inject with not a lot of fuss he can move a space. takes a couple of weeks to get to the bottom and then he gets a prize, something only £1 or £2 but it works really well. Hope you have a good 1st week at school, it does get better at school and generally in life. Good Luck with it all. Rosie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hennypenny, post: 106641, member: 20329"] Hello i realise looking at the dates of this your son will have started school for the last week. my son started in this Sept just after his 4th birthday. he was diagnosed last Sept just as he started nursery. I really was just wanting to say don't worry if the levels are a bit all over the place. the impact on starting school on Ethan's diabetes was unbelievable and nothing could have prepared us for it. he is now absolutely fine but the first month was a nightmare. a very big shock to the system for his school as well. The other children are all very accepting of his condition and after quite a lot of initial interest none of them bat an eyelid at him having his "finger pricks" or injections or eating a biscuit when he needs to. that is just what he does. His TA is the main care giver at school and if he feels himself going low (tummy hurting) he just interupts her and she will just check him regardless of what she is doing. they check his BG mid morning, lunch and mid afternoon and any other time needed, such as before PE or if he feels low or high. if they are concerned over anything they ring me. I am very fortunate as i am self employed so i juggle all my work around ethan and school so i can go back every lunch time and i am there for outings and such like. i have found that i volunteer in his class when the TA is away as 1 teacher to 27 4,5 and 6 years olds is a lot but that is probably me being over protective. After living at the school, for the first 3 weeks, things have changed beyond belief. i was ready to delay him starting school until next year but now realy glad i didn't, the school is coping well and ethan is just loving school so much. it is difficult to picture how it will be until you are doing it and living it and then you realise it is not as bad as you imagined. Ethan's nurse went into the school to train them up but i have found that there is so much info to take in it takes a lot of reinforcing so i always make sure i'm in school early to go through things with them such as on PE days just confirm they will check him before PE and give him a biscuit and check him after as they do forget sometimes. I also ask that they write everything down no matter how small. he came home quite high one afternoon and then found out they had been doing taste tests and ethan had been trying various fruit juices. it's a steep learning curve for everyone, but now his teacher just tells me everything they will be doing so there are no problems. I am sure a lot of the other mum's think i am neurotic or one of those awful pushy mothers as i am around the school so much but i know every child in my son's class and i have an insight into school life that i never had with my daughter. if someone brings a birthday cake they have it at lunch time instead of mid afternoon now. i do find i am constantly running around checking the lables on food all the time and do things like check party bags so i can replace the sweets with sugar free ones (buy them on line). i take him a few sugar free sweets or alternative prizes to parties so if he gets lots of sweets i can swop them. mind you half the time i want him to eat the sweets as he is running around so much he needs them. We also found bribery helps enormously. we have an injection chart so if he calmly lets us inject with not a lot of fuss he can move a space. takes a couple of weeks to get to the bottom and then he gets a prize, something only £1 or £2 but it works really well. Hope you have a good 1st week at school, it does get better at school and generally in life. Good Luck with it all. Rosie [/QUOTE]
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