Newbie here. mum of recently diagnosed 8 yr old with type 1

[Kei]

Hi Gemma!

My 6-year-old daughter was diagnosed in July with type 1 and is on Mixtard 30 twice a day too.

I'm surprised that you haven't been given more info on carb counting. While F was still in hospital (she was diagnosed because she had Ketoacidosis, so she spent 5 days in hospital at the start), we had a meeting with the dietician, and she even came out to the house when we got home, to go through the carb counting with us. She analyzed what F normally eats, worked out her usual carbs per meal, and gave us a plan, which we stick to as well as we possibly can. It works very well for F. She has occasional highs and very occasional hypos, but generally stays between 6 and 10.

This is F's plan:

Breakfast - 50g carbohydrates
7:50 - 20 minutes after insulin

Mid-Morning - 20g
10:00

Lunch - 60g - 70g
12:00

Mid-Afternoon - 20g
3:00

Evening Meal - 60g - 70g
5:30 - 20 minutes after insulin

Supper - 20g - 30g
7:00

I'm very strict about sticking to this, and I make sure the school stick to it too. They've been very good so far.

After a few weeks of this, the diabetes nurses had worked out what seemed to be a good insulin dosage for F. So far, so good. I'm just hoping it doesn't all go awry when we come out of the "honeymoon" period that I keep hearing about.

Kei
xx

 

[Gemma444]

Hi Gemma!

My 6-year-old daughter was diagnosed in July with type 1 and is on Mixtard 30 twice a day too.

I'm surprised that you haven't been given more info on carb counting. While F was still in hospital (she was diagnosed because she had Ketoacidosis, so she spent 5 days in hospital at the start), we had a meeting with the dietician, and she even came out to the house when we got home, to go through the carb counting with us. She analyzed what F normally eats, worked out her usual carbs per meal, and gave us a plan, which we stick to as well as we possibly can. It works very well for F. She has occasional highs and very occasional hypos, but generally stays between 6 and 10.

This is F's plan:

Breakfast - 50g carbohydrates
7:50 - 20 minutes after insulin

Mid-Morning - 20g
10:00

Lunch - 60g - 70g
12:00

Mid-Afternoon - 20g
3:00

Evening Meal - 60g - 70g
5:30 - 20 minutes after insulin

Supper - 20g - 30g
7:00

I'm very strict about sticking to this, and I make sure the school stick to it too. They've been very good so far.

After a few weeks of this, the diabetes nurses had worked out what seemed to be a good insulin dosage for F. So far, so good. I'm just hoping it doesn't all go awry when we come out of the "honeymoon" period that I keep hearing about.

Kei
xx

Hya Kei

We saw a dietician in the hospital for about half and hour but we were not told to carb count. We havent been told anything about carb counting at all. All we got told about carbs is 10-20g of carbs when he has his snacks and J to have carbs with evey meal. The school even asked me how many carbs he could have with one meal and I felt a bit silly as I didn't really know the answer. J's BG are terrible at the moment. They are all over the place. We are trying our best to keep them at a good level but are getting no where. J is no longer on the mixtard 30 he is on humalog mix 25 now as the mixard wasnt lasting until the teatime injection and J's BG was going really high in the afternoon. Think we need to learn about this carb counting and i think it would be helpful. Do you give correction doses yet?

Thanks for your message.

Gem xxxx