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<blockquote data-quote="hennypenny" data-source="post: 117628" data-attributes="member: 20329"><p>Hi, i haven't checked any forums weeks due to my 4 year old starting the pump. It has been absolutely exhausting made worse by the fact that the run up to christmas with all the extra activities going on does not help, but 2 months later and we are just about there. He started school last Sept and this caused his diabetes to go haywire so we were unexpectedly offered the pump. </p><p></p><p>In the midst of getting up every 2 hours for BG checks, which were so tiring as my husband also got a lot of late and night shifts at the same time so i was doing a lot of it on my own, i really thought i was crazy and just had to keep telling myself it will be worth it, and it is. He has got used to having the cannula changed, his class mates could not care less about it, i have not gone into school for over a week now, as before i was there every day for insulin injections. the freedom for ethan to eat what he likes when he likes is fantastic. </p><p></p><p>He is so much better with his behaviour, a lot of the mood swings have stopped and it must be making him feel so much better. He got hand, foot and mouth over the hols and his BG so well controlled through it all, which was previously unheard of in our house. He is very energetic, and we have had a couple of times pulling the tubing out of the pump, but we always make sure we have spares with us. If we go to a play centre or his martial arts i just dissconnect him for a bit, it's no problem. </p><p></p><p>We have had to be a bit creative sometimes as to how to wear the pump. i have sewn socks on the inside of his PJ top which i put it in at night but usually it is in a holder he wears across the shoulder so it sits under his arm, more out the way. At the end of the day, if you don't get on with it you can go back to MDI but if you don't give it a go you will never know. Rosie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hennypenny, post: 117628, member: 20329"] Hi, i haven't checked any forums weeks due to my 4 year old starting the pump. It has been absolutely exhausting made worse by the fact that the run up to christmas with all the extra activities going on does not help, but 2 months later and we are just about there. He started school last Sept and this caused his diabetes to go haywire so we were unexpectedly offered the pump. In the midst of getting up every 2 hours for BG checks, which were so tiring as my husband also got a lot of late and night shifts at the same time so i was doing a lot of it on my own, i really thought i was crazy and just had to keep telling myself it will be worth it, and it is. He has got used to having the cannula changed, his class mates could not care less about it, i have not gone into school for over a week now, as before i was there every day for insulin injections. the freedom for ethan to eat what he likes when he likes is fantastic. He is so much better with his behaviour, a lot of the mood swings have stopped and it must be making him feel so much better. He got hand, foot and mouth over the hols and his BG so well controlled through it all, which was previously unheard of in our house. He is very energetic, and we have had a couple of times pulling the tubing out of the pump, but we always make sure we have spares with us. If we go to a play centre or his martial arts i just dissconnect him for a bit, it's no problem. We have had to be a bit creative sometimes as to how to wear the pump. i have sewn socks on the inside of his PJ top which i put it in at night but usually it is in a holder he wears across the shoulder so it sits under his arm, more out the way. At the end of the day, if you don't get on with it you can go back to MDI but if you don't give it a go you will never know. Rosie [/QUOTE]
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