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Pulling Cannulas Out

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It's beyond me, but I hope you can work it out soon! Just an out-of-the-box thought, what about boxing gloves? If his hands are naughty they have to stay in the gloves at night? Or is that cruel? I'm not well-known for my parenting skills! 😱
 
Ruthie said:
Hi! Just a quick update. We have three play specialist appointments at clinic for the summer hols and they seem fairly confident that they can make some progress.

He and I are at my Aunt's and a sharing a room. I walked in last night to find that he's pulled his pump out and then found the hypo treatments (I'm kicking myself for leaving them in the room but they were hidden in our clothes bag). He bit his way into a carton of Ribena and drank the lot and then ate a whole bag of Haribo. I feel it may be a long road....
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Just seen this, hope the play specialists can help.

Sneaking sweets etc. is normal behaviour unfortunately! But we successfully introduced treat days, where sweets could be had with a bolus. And he still has "sugary Saturday", where Coco Pops or similar are allowed for breakfast. A total ban wouldn't be a good idea 🙂
 
Just a quick update!

We had our first play session today. It was centred around a puppet called George who kept pulling his cannula out because it was itchy. It was a good session! We're also working on a social story that we can read to him about himself and his diabetes.
 
That sounds really positive, hope he enjoyed it! 🙂
 
Ruthie said:
Just a quick update!

We had our first play session today. It was centred around a puppet called George who kept pulling his cannula out because it was itchy. It was a good session! We're also working on a social story that we can read to him about himself and his diabetes.
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Hi Ruthie, things are sounding positive, hope things stay that way 🙂
 
We've only had one cannula out in 2 weeks. George is on the Christmas card list! AND he woke us up to tell us his pump was beeping at him (battery warning). I could have wept with joy!
 
Ruthie said:
We've only had one cannula out in 2 weeks. George is on the Christmas card list! AND he woke us up to tell us his pump was beeping at him (battery warning). I could have wept with joy!
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Terrific news! Well done George! 🙂 And well done all round!
 
Ruthie said:
We've only had one cannula out in 2 weeks. George is on the Christmas card list! AND he woke us up to tell us his pump was beeping at him (battery warning). I could have wept with joy!
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Wow, that's fantastic news Ruthie, so pleased things are improving 🙂
 
That's great news 🙂
 
Oh Phew! - I'm really pleased, hopefully he'll get to a stage where he doesn't remember he did it.
 
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