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Hi all. I am new here and one of the reasons for joining is because I am interested in how other parents manage overnight.
My son is now 9 and has been T1 now for nearly 6 years. He is on a Medtronic pump. Every night our pattern is roughly the same. We check him about 10pm and adjust if necessary. Then at 12:30am one of us will get up and check him and again if necessary adjust and then again at about 2:30 repeat the process.
Frankly, we are exhausted but he is our little boy so we do it, but I am wondering is there a better way, one that gives us more sleep?
One thing that does regularly crop up is how little difference his blood sugars are between the 12:30 and 2:30 checks and any insulin administered at 12:30 doesn't really make any difference, but because we re-check at 2:30 we rarely get the early morning rise that you often hear T1 people get.
The local Diabetes NHS team suggest minor changes but to be honest, nothing really changes.
So, how do other parents do it?
Steve
My son is now 9 and has been T1 now for nearly 6 years. He is on a Medtronic pump. Every night our pattern is roughly the same. We check him about 10pm and adjust if necessary. Then at 12:30am one of us will get up and check him and again if necessary adjust and then again at about 2:30 repeat the process.
Frankly, we are exhausted but he is our little boy so we do it, but I am wondering is there a better way, one that gives us more sleep?
One thing that does regularly crop up is how little difference his blood sugars are between the 12:30 and 2:30 checks and any insulin administered at 12:30 doesn't really make any difference, but because we re-check at 2:30 we rarely get the early morning rise that you often hear T1 people get.
The local Diabetes NHS team suggest minor changes but to be honest, nothing really changes.
So, how do other parents do it?
Steve