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<blockquote data-quote="nicolaknight86" data-source="post: 170293" data-attributes="member: 17784"><p>my daughter is 3 and a half and has been t1 since she was 10 months old</p><p>I know she understands a lot, she knows she is diabetic and understands hypos and hypers.</p><p>I have been letting her test her own blood sugars because she wants to and as she is learning her numbers it seems to be helping her too.</p><p>my question is, should I be letting her do all this?</p><p>its bad enough that she is different, should I be encouraging her?</p><p>I want her to have an understanding from an early age and of course she knows the good foods and bad foods for her, she knows for example if she is hyper she can have sugar free jelly or cheese and if she is hypo she can have jelly babies! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>I think as she is in school I may have been telling her more, helping her understand because she was never any different until she started school and realised not all children have to have there bloods checked and injections <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicolaknight86, post: 170293, member: 17784"] my daughter is 3 and a half and has been t1 since she was 10 months old I know she understands a lot, she knows she is diabetic and understands hypos and hypers. I have been letting her test her own blood sugars because she wants to and as she is learning her numbers it seems to be helping her too. my question is, should I be letting her do all this? its bad enough that she is different, should I be encouraging her? I want her to have an understanding from an early age and of course she knows the good foods and bad foods for her, she knows for example if she is hyper she can have sugar free jelly or cheese and if she is hypo she can have jelly babies! :D I think as she is in school I may have been telling her more, helping her understand because she was never any different until she started school and realised not all children have to have there bloods checked and injections :( [/QUOTE]
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