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Kids Events

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Duk have got there list of events for weekend, week events out again. If only i was a kid again :D They look good to me 😉
 
I loved these as a kid, they were a real positive of having diabetes
 
Thanks for the link to your blog post on this Alison - they do sound great 🙂
 
These DUK holidays are a great idea and I've heard from people whose kids have really enjoyed them. However, what puts me off is I've also heard that some children on pumps have not been well cared for because there are few staff/volunteers who are au fait with pumps. Luckily my son's been to a couple of Friends For Life conferences where he's mixed with other cwd and had a great time, but I would like him to try a DUK weekend if I could have confidence that there would be pump experts there.
 
I have been a volunteer at an event & thats what they are for KIDS & parents. The kids & parents will learn somthing 😎
 
There was At leased 4 volunteers on pumps & different types. There was talks from 2 pump manufacturers. & that was just a weekend event. Couldn't fault any of the things that were going on. A young lad that was put in my group started to go hypo & I could tell he wanted the support of his mother who was in a different area. He got excellent support & learnt how to sort. Better he learnt there 😎 HAPPY ending
 
Hi Alison
Did you do the family weekends with siblings too? Are parents and children mostly separated or do they do activities together? We have 4 boys and think it would be a fun break for us all as it has been quite tough starting with T1 in the family.I am keen to go on a weekend but my hubbie is very worried that our newly diagnosed son( age 9) will get too many negative messages. Any advice gratefully received
 
Hi Alison
Did you do the family weekends with siblings too? Are parents and children mostly separated or do they do activities together? We have 4 boys and think it would be a fun break for us all as it has been quite tough starting with T1 in the family.I am keen to go on a weekend but my hubbie is very worried that our newly diagnosed son( age 9) will get too many negative messages. Any advice gratefully received

Hi Annie739,

I just wanted to say welcome to the forum although sorry you have to be here. I do understand your husbands views and felt much the same when my son was diagnosed. However - what we didnt realise was how important it was for him (he was 10 when diagnosed) to meet up with other children with Type 1. I remember Alex saying that he felt 'normal' for the first time in months when he was with a group of children with Type 1 - all testing their blood and carb counting - he wasnt in the minority for a changeHe still has those friends and think they will be life-long friends and rather than making a big issue of diabetes it took away the mystery and the feeling of being 'different' - and he has been on more breaks with other groups of Type 1 children and is now nearly 16 and often mentions those breaks and how much he enjoyed them. Yes diabetes should fit into your lives with as little interruption as possible - thats absolutely the right approach. It is early days for your son and the whole family and it will have an affect (not wishing to sound doom and gloom!) and the more you embrace it the more you will be in charge of it. I also found meeting up with other parents was hugely beneficial to chat about issues I didnt feel comfortable talking to other friends about as they wouldnt have understood. Diabetes takes a back seat in Alex's life and he does everything his friends do which is how it should be and will be for your son I am sure.Bev
 
Hi Annie. They do family weekends which are for the whole family - the parents go to more educational type stuff and the kids (diabetic and non diabetic) do all kinds of fun activities. I've lead a few of the parents sessions, and people learn so much from sharing experiences and realising that there are other people going through the same thing.

id be surprised if your son got any negative messages. All the kids I've seen come away with the message that diabetes shouldn't stop you, other people have it too so they're not alone with it and also quite often the motivation to step up and do their own injections /blood tests/whatever is the appropriate next step because they've seen others their age doing it.

The week long kids holidays are just for diabetic kids. It sounds like a family weekend might be the thing for you.
 
Hi Annie, I was put in charge of a few in a group. The first lunch time the 14yr olds got there meters out & most self injected. One girl had never self injected. There where nurses (nhs volunteers) who could have done it. But with the other T1 kids she did it by herself ! 1st time & she was chuffed with herself. Her parents were very pleased after trying for a long time 😎. Her parents & other kids where in a different area learning litte things about the big "D" Really worth a visit 😉
 
I would have loved to do the event at Southampton as a kid ! Sailing ect 😎 "Wild" horses would not stop me :D
 
When I read about them it makes me fed up I wasn't diagnosed as a child - what fun!

Also when DUK did the first Big Day Out thing a couple of years back at Warwick Uni when the day ended the kids came back and all of them - the non=D and the D ones - were all whinging cos it was over and demanded to stay, didn't want to accept it was finished now and wanted to know when they could come again!

As a grandma I was blooming glad I wasn't a parent of a D child - kids moan enough as it is, without DUK making em have so much fun and making them moan more ! LOL
 
You will have to be on the ball to get the place you want 🙂
 
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