school pack lunches

[Blondie153]

Hi chamki, I give my daughter 2 slices of whole meal bread with ham or cheese, a yoghurt and an apple for lunch and a packet of raisins or carrots for break. I send a notebook with her so she knows what she is carb counting each meal time. I brought in the carb counting book and worked with the cook in school to find out what each meal would be. She has a book with each meal and it's carb count. The school send a menu home and we then can work out carbs. They are usually very helpful if you ask. M


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[chamki]

Hi,
Carb counting isn't too difficult to learn. This sample booklet tells you how to do it.http://www.ndr-uk.org/Diabetes/Introduc ... ook-1.html It's probably meant to be used alongside a dietitian but it sets out how to do it.


( chamki ,
I don't know what sort of insulin your child is on .If they are on twice daily mixed insulin they will need to have similar amounts of carbs for each lunch.
Even if they are using a rapid insulin for meals you may not want to create problems by having varying carb content so for just learning to carb count skip to p4 and then ignore the second part from p22 about how to adjust bolus insulin . )

Many people also find the carbs and cals book or application very useful.

I found a couple of examples of packed lunches for children with T1 online. Unfortunately, both from the US so some of the things may not be available (and I think both have a few things that are a bit overprocessed) but they give some ideas.
Oh and I've reread them , Personally, as an adult, I would be wary about including neat orange juice myself as in the second example. They tend to be very fast acting.
http://spoonful.com/type1/a-week-of-per ... unch-boxes
http://www.battlediabetes.com/articles/ ... betic-kids

Thanks phoenix I will definately have a look at the booklet. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

 

[lexie32]

Hi my son was diagnosed nearly 4 years ago just after his 5th birthday and I remember asking the same question then, it all felt very complicated!
Now 4 years later I give him the same as all his friends get ie a bread roll with filling (we prefer rolls as his version of crusts are completely different to mine) a piece of fruit and a small treat like a pack of small Maryland cookies or 4 chocolate fingers he doesn't often have crisps as he says they take him too long to eat and use up playing time.
We have discussed school dinners but decided to stay with packed lunch as there are just too many factors to consider for someone who is not used to counting carbs and weighing portions ect we have a white board in the medical room where I write the days lunchtime carbs so he can use the info when doing his prelunch bloodtest and injection.
Now he is older I am very conscious that he wants to be just like his friends and try to find ways of making this as possible as I can without compromising his health.
I hope this helps

Alex