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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gemma.Emily" data-source="post: 1420679" data-attributes="member: 389312">Hi. I myself was diagnosed as a child and I myself work as a teaching assistant/learning support assistant. I found this very frustrating as a child so my advice would be to buy the 'little' pieces of chocolate such as chocolate coins and give the child one of those. Their blood sugar shouldn't rise a great amount and I can't imagine the child has these treats on a regular basis so his routine wouldn't be affected often. Trial and error is always good as long as parents are happy. It's best to 'test the waters' in the early stage as I was restricted from a lot of treats which I later realised I was fine to eat. Children are also active and will burn the sugar off at a much quicker pace. Of course always check with parents first and don't let them restrict their child from a treat every now and again, he is a child still after all. Hope this helps <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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