Hi new parent here.

[Bethysplodge]

Hi, my daughter is 9 and was diagnosed with type 1 last month.
She also has autism and ARFID.
We are all doing OK, just a bit tired and learning to be more organised!

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Hello Beth and welcome to the forum.

 

[Lucyr]

Hi and welcome. Sorry to hear about your daughters diagnosis and hope she is coping with the change okay. I’m also autistic and understand the food issues it can cause.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Bethysplodge

Sorry to hear about your daughter’s diagnosis with T1.

I had to look ARFID up, but hopefully that fairly consistent style of eating will mean you will be able to experiment and develop effective dosing strategies for the meals she does like.

Is there something on her list of acceptable foods that might work as a hypo treatment? That would be one circumstance where difficulties around food might be very stressful, as time is often of the essence in those situations.

I’m going to tag-in some of our regular parent members who have experience of supporting children with diabetes through various ages @Bronco Billy @Thebearcametoo @Sally71 @stephknits

It’s a steep learning curve for sure. But I’m sure you will both do brilliantly. 🙂

 

[SB2015]

Welcome to the forum @Bethysplodge

I am glad that you have found the forum. There is plenty of experience to tap into on here.
having T1 certainly requires us to be more organised, but it does just become part of a new normal After a while. You may find that your daughter‘s restrictive diet makes it easier to sort out insulin doses.

A book that you might find useful is Type 1 Diabetes in Children adolescants and Young Adults by Ragnar Hanas. It is regularly updated so Worth seeking out the latest edition. The explanations are clear and it is well referenced.

Do come back with any questions that you have.