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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 64982" data-attributes="member: 11712">Hi HelenWelcome to the forum  (I’m going to copy your post into the pump forum as well, so that other mums will see it and offer help)It does get easier, starting off is difficult and time consuming as we change and adapt to the new way of thinking, and having not only to learn about what a carb is, what foods contain carbs and in what amounts then working out this into a insulin dose yesterday, can be confusing and frighten to say the least, but you may not believe it, but it does get a lot easier as you go along, you get to know the foods and there carb content that you use often…  You won’t have to weigh every single item with time, you well learn to guestimate the carb content and only return to weighing everything on a regular bases to keep your eye in..As your daughter is newly diagnosed she will still be in the honeymoon period, where the pancreas is still able to make some insulin all be it not enough and intermittently which isn’t helpful with blood glucose control and it’s can be a bit of a guess to when this period finishes, common consensus amongst Health Care Professional now stand this could last for anything up to around a year or even longer in rare causes! I know that wth a toddler you must have a lot on your plate, but keeping a good dairy of what she ate, the carb content and types of carbs, along side whether she’s been active, feeling under the weather, teething (suspect a growing spurt) what dose of insulin or adjustments to basal rates (via the temporary basal rate +/-)  even when she excited about a pending treat/advent will not only build a picture on how things are working for your diabetic team, but you will have a good record of what you did or didn’t do in a situation, and whether you might improve the out-come by changing what you did slightly…I realise that it’s very hard work and time consuming, that thinking about how to achieve this might send you into the corner to weep, but I like to assure you that the effort is well rewarded and does make life a lot easier later on and also with getting the most out of your diabetic team…Ask the question you want to know the answers to and someone will be along to either help or point you in the right directions..</blockquote>

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