Don’t you just want to lay down and make the world go away for a few days? Me too! But with Type 1, there’s NO way! Especially with a teenager!
Lily is so busy with friends on the weekends that it’s challenging to have a consistent schedule. This can definitely be frustrating when her blood sugars are higher. What do you all do to keep your kids on track when they aren’t with you? How do you help them make healthier choices and remember to check their blood sugars, etc? Part of me says I need to let go of the reigns, and part of me wants to hold on tightly til the day I die!! Just wondering how you all handle these situations….sleepovers, vacations, etc.
All suggestions are welcome!!
Jayne
Oh my gosh. With my son being diagnosed 2 months ago he gas been annoyed, frustrated, angry and did I mention he is 13
I constantly feel like a nag but he seems to b beginning to understand everything around him and is pretty good but I feel I’m always saying did you test ur blood yet, what is the reading. Don’t eat anything bad. We struggle with keeping regular schedules on the weekends to avoid it becoming a pain. Easier said than done of course. Of course adding the fact that our diets are now even stricter as a family than before
Think it is time to let go. Not sure how old she is but when I was a kid I personnaly wanted nothing to do with my mom in this sense. I also worked with a lot of young kids with Type 1 over the years. I think the best thing you can do is to make sure she knows as much as possible what to do and how to take care of herself. Ultimately, she will need to get to that point sooner or later. It is her life and her responsibility to learn how to live with this. I know it is hard to step back. Maybe talking with her about could help too….
Hi Dean, Thank you for your response. I guess every kid is different. She always calls me and tells me what’s going on. She’s doing well, I just worry about her being gone and other people not knowing what to do if she’s not thinking clearly. She eats well (she’s a vegetarian and does not eat gluten and avoids most dairy, which helps). She had an experience where she went on vacation with a friend. I dropped her off and gave the friend’s mom the rundown on all her medical situations (including type 1…she has other issues as well). The lady looked at me like she was bored and a bit irritated, which didn’t make me feel very warm and fuzzy. The lady then proceded to ask her to leave the dinner table one night to take a shot in a dirty bathroom. These are the things that really get under my skin. My daughter refused to take her shot in the bathroom OR at the table. She still takes shots…does not want a pump. She knows what to do, and I’m trying to let go for sure…but I still know that she has her moments where she’s so involved with her friends that she forgets…and maybe it’s just me, but I would hate to let go of the reigns too soon and risk having a child in the hospital in a coma because she ‘forgot’. I’ve heard the horror stories of kids taking care of themselves…I really don’t think she’s completely ready…but little by little, we’ll get there.
That’s a good rule of thumb I think…keeping her home when her BG’s haven’t been good for a day or so. I’ll have to talk to her about that. Not as punishment, but just to be able to get it under control. Thanks for the suggestion. Funny how I have a hard time thinking of simple things sometimes!!! That’s why I love the support of other moms who know what we’re going through!!
Hi Jayne,
My daughter is 11 now and loves going on sleepovers. I always talk to the mother and let her know signs to look out for for lows or highs, and tell her she can call me anytime(and specify that 3am is included,lol)if Jackie isn’t acting right. One of the Moms always nags her for me to check her blood sugar before bed, her I love! their mental health is equally if not more important than their physical health, though it’s ok to say no to a sleepover or an outing if they aren’t doing well. You wouldn’t let a healthy child go out with a raging flu. So once in a while I say no if her blood sugar has been out of control for 24 hours.
Janie
lots of prayer. Train them up in the way they should go and when there old they will not depart.
It is a hard battle but we are more than Able …
eat healthy teach all you can and then at the end of the day when you feel you have done all you can that is when you leave the rest To your higher power.
I hold God to his word without him and with 5 kids two being diagnosed type 1
I could never have any peace
You have to do your best and Leave the rest to God . He walked on water and he can handle it All
We would drown and it would crush us if we do not learn to cast our cares . Do all you can Show by example kids watch