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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1251012" data-attributes="member: 32394">[USER=329602]@shivles[/USER] here is som information on basal testin - <a href="https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/" target="_blank">https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/</a> but, I have no idea whether that would be appropriate for a child. So, instead of launching into a full basal test, have a read of the info in the link and then consider whether your daughters blood sugar stays fairly flat overnight, without corrections or carbs - that should give you an indication of whether basal is set correctly to do its job.Have you seen any pumps or any kids with pumps? I ask because the idea that you would be making a change to your daughters body seems misconceived to me. A pump is entirely temporary and removable and unobtrusive - if your daughter decides when she's 7 or 8 she doesn't like it, there would be nothing to stop her going back to injections. Was at a JDRF event at the weekend and there were dozens of kids happily wearing pumps - it might be worth seeing if there are some type one family events near you so you could see a pump in action on a child, just to see what it is like in real life. I don't know much about low carb diets in growing children, but please don't make a decision on such a drastic change in your daughters diet unless you are content that you do know an awful lot about it.I don't have a child with type 1, but if I did and the choice was pump or low carb, I'd go with pump because I would prefer that they could go to birthday parties and bolus for the cake as a treat and not be excluded by a special diet or be worried that there might be some low carb risk to growth and development (entirely speculative- I don't know anything about low carb diets for kids).</blockquote>

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