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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1474353" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Carb counting works by figuring out what your insulin to carb ratio is. You work out, by trial and error, how many grams of carbohydrate 1 unit of insulin will cover and this will give you your insulin to carb ratio. if you knew 1 unit of insulin covered Xg of carbs and you didn't want to have to bolus for snacks, you'd want your snacks to be under Xg of carbs.</p><p></p><p>But the other thing to bear in mind is blood sugar level and activity at the time of the snacking, if he was 4.2 and mid toddling about like a whirlwind he might be perfectly fine with an unbolused for jammy dodger.</p><p></p><p>It's pretty easy to find out the carb content of the foods you've mentioned, there will be a per serving carb value on the label. There are lower carb snack foods to consider if you found uncovered snacks were pushing his blood sugar up too much, things like cheese sticks, baby bells, salami sticks, sugar free jelly pots.</p><p></p><p>The other thing to think about is pumping. I think they are fairly keen on getting little one son pumps quite soon after diagnosis. And then bolusing for a snack would just be pressing a button rather than giving an injection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1474353, member: 32394"] Carb counting works by figuring out what your insulin to carb ratio is. You work out, by trial and error, how many grams of carbohydrate 1 unit of insulin will cover and this will give you your insulin to carb ratio. if you knew 1 unit of insulin covered Xg of carbs and you didn't want to have to bolus for snacks, you'd want your snacks to be under Xg of carbs. But the other thing to bear in mind is blood sugar level and activity at the time of the snacking, if he was 4.2 and mid toddling about like a whirlwind he might be perfectly fine with an unbolused for jammy dodger. It's pretty easy to find out the carb content of the foods you've mentioned, there will be a per serving carb value on the label. There are lower carb snack foods to consider if you found uncovered snacks were pushing his blood sugar up too much, things like cheese sticks, baby bells, salami sticks, sugar free jelly pots. The other thing to think about is pumping. I think they are fairly keen on getting little one son pumps quite soon after diagnosis. And then bolusing for a snack would just be pressing a button rather than giving an injection. [/QUOTE]
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