My son was diagnosed at age 10. I have not had to deal with a toddler, but my son is very physically active. They said that I would have to give him snacks throughout his soccer and basketball games. Well, I did that and he kept spiking during games and afterwards. When I stopped feeding him the snack he was better. Now he wears the pump when he plays sports and he is better but he is still high. He can play an hour of soccer and I mean play hard and running the entire time, and he never goes low. He spikes high and then drops later. At first, I was so not happy that he went high, but the fact is, he loves sports and can play hard throughout the entire time, and not drop - which can be so dangerous. He needs to check during the game to monitor himself - which he really doesn’t like to do, but he does. I can tell when he is too high because he doesn’t play as well. He doesn’t like playing and wearing the pump but it helps him. My endo told us that 10% of diabetics go higher during athletics!! My son is one of them. Good luck!!! It is rather overwhelming. Nancy
While I’m at it here…has anyone had the experience of their child below 100 at first mid-night check and then higher later? Daughter was high at bed so gave correction but was worried about her going low b/c she seems to be a bit sensitive to insulin. She was 91 at 11:00 and 119 at 2:00. I usually don’t do 2 checks and wouldn’t have if she was above 100 but she wasn’t. So I did. LOL
I suppose it could be accounted for by the 20% variability in the meter that someone else had mentioned earlier in the thread but wondered if anyone else had that experience/knew what may cause it. I’m realizing I know so little these days…
It seems like I always “know to little” Yes her #'s can and will go up at night due to growth hormones…it’s common, so they say…my daughter goes high after 4am, which is also a dawn effect, meaning your body is getting ready to get up and the liver kicks in,(to make it simple) and there are times she will up high before that and sometimes very low…that’s where a CGM would come in handy. It will also depend on how active she was during the day. Don’t forget the emotions will also trigger # changes and hot weather and…the list goes on. That’s why I just go day to day it’s simpler that way. You will learn what works for you as you go. I also found that the site, childern with diabeties is good to go on in the middle of the night when you need help asap, that’s been a life safer for me in the begining. it’s a live chat room
Well, I have had that many times. He’ll go to bed and be 90 at 11:00 and then when I check him at 2:00
he’ll be like 250 or so. His basal rates have been fine when I do the delay. It sometimes can be from what they eat as well - whether there is a delayed reaction to the fat or whatever. The last visit, the endo told him to do dual wave
boluses and I think that will help his later spikes especially when he has pizza or something higher in fat. He has yet to do it despite my nagging but there are so many factors effecting their numbers. As long as the rise in not greater than 30 points, I think that the basal rate is fine ( i believe that is accurate). Good luck and enjoy the ride. Nancy
Thanks for the tip about children with diabetes chat room in the middle of the night! I’m sure I’ll be there at some point…LOL
And thanks for the insight about all the things that may cause a rise. It seems like just about everything affects their blood sugar.
we had a pump 9 months of being dxd…i find it easier to “fix” her #'s with a pump then with shots…it all depends the the child and parent…