We're a week and a half in after being told our dear little girl of 13 months has type 1. Obviously we're heartbroken and this forum has already given me strength knowing I'm not alone and not silly shedding tear after tear each day.
The last two days we've had a mixture of bm's but two hypos.Its the hypos that scare me as I expected to be able to see a change in her but ive missed the signs both times and its knocked my confidence. We're testing up to 4 times in the night and half the time I feel like we dont really know if we're doing right from wrong, is this normal at the beginning?!
I know that work should be the last thing on my mind but I wondered if any of you had any advice or opinions...I'd only been back for 3 weeks from maternity leave and they've been great giving me a month off to start with, but right now I cant ever imagine leaving her when she's so tiny and we cant imagine how long it will take before her bm's become more controlled as they're everywhere? We both feel it would be best for me to take some time out to be with her and look after her, I cant think of anything worse than leaving her at the moment, but I dont know if I'm being over protective and making diabetes out to be harder work than it actually is...to us right now it is the forefront of every day and its a very difficult disease to manage.
Leaving on a plus note...all the hard work is worth it when we see her happier than she has been in months!
The last two days we've had a mixture of bm's but two hypos.Its the hypos that scare me as I expected to be able to see a change in her but ive missed the signs both times and its knocked my confidence. We're testing up to 4 times in the night and half the time I feel like we dont really know if we're doing right from wrong, is this normal at the beginning?!
I know that work should be the last thing on my mind but I wondered if any of you had any advice or opinions...I'd only been back for 3 weeks from maternity leave and they've been great giving me a month off to start with, but right now I cant ever imagine leaving her when she's so tiny and we cant imagine how long it will take before her bm's become more controlled as they're everywhere? We both feel it would be best for me to take some time out to be with her and look after her, I cant think of anything worse than leaving her at the moment, but I dont know if I'm being over protective and making diabetes out to be harder work than it actually is...to us right now it is the forefront of every day and its a very difficult disease to manage.
Leaving on a plus note...all the hard work is worth it when we see her happier than she has been in months!