# Parenting a D-Child **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-parenting-d-child/23.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Parenting a D-Child category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-parenting-a-d-child-category/70)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/about-the-parenting-a-d-child-category/70 "2017-03-20T04:00:10Z")
Challenges of managing the diabetes of a child --- ## [Hello everyone](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hello-everyone/16386)
**Author:** [@diabdevtracker](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/diabdevtracker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hello-everyone/16386 "2026-09-26T14:46:42Z")
Hi everyone, I am new in the forum. I hope I used the correct category. Our 9year old son was diagnosed with T1 around a year ago. It has been quite a year and we are now getting used to this. I found this site now so … --- ## [Ketone testing in school](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ketone-testing-in-school/16333)
**Author:** [@Nreid77](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nreid77)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ketone-testing-in-school/16333 "2026-09-01T08:46:05Z")
For those that have children in elementary school, does your school nurse test for ketones in urine at school for numbers over 300 ? We don’t usually check for them at home that much. When we are high we give extra insul… --- ## [Somehow Liam's NS was deleted](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/somehow-liams-ns-was-deleted/16169)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/somehow-liams-ns-was-deleted/16169 "2026-07-05T03:17:25Z")
An hour or so ago, I noticed NS stopped working…I thought maybe it was just a server side issue but when I started digging, I didn’t see any messages online about any disruption in service. @Liam-M’s NS / Heroku account… --- ## [Another year down, so far so good!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-year-down-so-far-so-good/16164)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-year-down-so-far-so-good/16164 "2026-06-27T09:13:36Z")
down .1% from last year. Still maintaining 1% low/severe lows but puberty is definitely something we are experiencing lately. Time to get more insulin!! --- ## [So thankful for my parents](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/so-thankful-for-my-parents/16095)
**Author:** [@Freckles](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Freckles)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/so-thankful-for-my-parents/16095 "2026-06-10T22:51:30Z")
I am a senior now but was diagnosed when I was 4. I am really thankful that we are able to check our blood at home now but the thing I’m most thankful for are my great parents. Everything was just an everyday part of l… --- ## [Sometimes, I guess I just need a reminder…](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sometimes-i-guess-i-just-need-a-reminder/16064)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sometimes-i-guess-i-just-need-a-reminder/16064 "2026-05-27T12:06:47Z")
Liam played on the trampoline in the rain today with his brothers…I asked him to turn on his zero temp basal. He had a lot of fun…came inside and for the past 1.5 hours, someone forgot to ask him to turn basal back on… … --- ## [New Normal - Higher TDD = Shorter CGM Sensor Lifespan?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-normal-higher-tdd-shorter-cgm-sensor-lifespan/6629)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-normal-higher-tdd-shorter-cgm-sensor-lifespan/6629 "2026-02-17T23:38:33Z")
For the past month or two, Liam’s TDD has gone up from between 5 - 7 to between 10 - 14 TDD. I’m also noticing that, coincidentally perhaps?, we are not getting as long of a lifespan from each of his sensors. Now, logi… --- ## [Haven’t seen this in about 4 years](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/haven-t-seen-this-in-about-4-years/14723)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/haven-t-seen-this-in-about-4-years/14723 "2025-12-12T18:21:51Z")
@Liam-M had 3 donuts earlier and once he started going up he kept bolusing but it didn’t stop going up. Come to find out, his playing in the water yesterday made the tape very loose around it and although i added more t… --- ## [Martin's Law (like Murphy's law, but worse)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/martins-law-like-murphys-law-but-worse/15638)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/martins-law-like-murphys-law-but-worse/15638 "2025-12-06T06:30:08Z")
Liam’s Fred (POD) expired early this morning and we changed it around 6am…then he went back to sleep until around 7am. At the time of changeout, his BGs were around 90. I didn’t notice after the changeout that his BGs … --- ## [Keeping track of Liam's School meals](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-track-of-liams-school-meals/15582)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-track-of-liams-school-meals/15582 "2025-11-15T01:46:38Z")
So, @Liam-M and I have had a good system that works for helping manage his meals at school and I have never shared, so figured it’s a good time to do so since we’ve been using it for three years or so with success. Our … --- ## [Liam will be in Middle School Next year! Please check my Accommodations list below](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-will-be-in-middle-school-next-year-please-check-my-accommodations-list-below/15297)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-will-be-in-middle-school-next-year-please-check-my-accommodations-list-below/15297 "2025-07-16T23:05:29Z")
Here’s the list (rather lengthy) of accommodations I’ve provided to the school. We have our 504 meeting this Friday for the 2025-26 school year where Liam will be entering the SIXTH GRADE! So hard to believe time has p… --- ## [Siblings with type 1 diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/siblings-with-type-1-diabetes/15340)
**Author:** [@Nreid77](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nreid77)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/siblings-with-type-1-diabetes/15340 "2025-06-28T10:45:03Z")
My 4 year old just got diagnosed with type 1 a few days ago while on vacation. Blood sugar was over 600. His sister also has type 1. she is 12 now but was diagnosed at 1 in DKA. Would love to talk to more people with si… --- ## [Starting the Omnipod 5](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/starting-the-omnipod-5/15205)
**Author:** [@Nreid77](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nreid77)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/starting-the-omnipod-5/15205 "2025-04-01T01:57:48Z")
My daughter who is in 5th grade is going to start the omnipod 5 on sunday. She has been doing mdi for 10 years. The question I have for those whose school.age kids are on the omnipod, is do you leave extra pods at school… --- ## [Dexcom G7 Direct To Watch Updates to Followers Over Cellular?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g7-direct-to-watch-updates-to-followers-over-cellular/15188)
**Author:** [@westec2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/westec2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g7-direct-to-watch-updates-to-followers-over-cellular/15188 "2025-03-23T15:29:23Z")
I’d like to get glucose updates from my daughter while she’s at school, church, friend’s houses, etc, without her also having to carry a cellphone. She’s using the Dexcom G7. According to the Dexcom site, Direct to Wat… --- ## [Liam’s Annual In-Person Endo visit](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-s-annual-in-person-endo-visit/14797)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-s-annual-in-person-endo-visit/14797 "2024-07-23T15:56:09Z")
Today has been really great so far! We are still at the Endo office waiting for Liam to get labs done but all good news. Every year, we have to travel 4.5 hours to get here but since it’s only once per year we are OK … --- ## [Over half his life](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/over-half-his-life/3951)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/over-half-his-life/3951 "2024-05-08T23:06:03Z")
So I was reflecting on the “contribution” years post and saw when we posted that we could only contribute 1-year last year and thinking about another year already being behind us and moving onto year 3 and the thought en… --- ## [How long do spikes due to puberty last?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-long-do-spikes-due-to-puberty-last/14544)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-long-do-spikes-due-to-puberty-last/14544 "2024-04-02T01:42:26Z")
My son is almost 10, and last we checked he didn’t have even the beginning signs of puberty yet. But the last few days he’s had a really, really stubborn high. He’s been HIGH on Dexcom and getting between double and trip… --- ## [Half Unit Options?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/half-unit-options/14464)
**Author:** [@panda](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/panda)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/half-unit-options/14464 "2024-03-17T15:29:43Z")
hi gang: this isn’t actually for a kid, it’s for me, but i heard this was the place to come for information on half-unit pen options. i currently take lantus and novolog, but i find that full units aren’t always the inc… --- ## [Rolling into the new year the right way](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rolling-into-the-new-year-the-right-way/14326)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rolling-into-the-new-year-the-right-way/14326 "2023-12-29T17:01:35Z")
--- ## [Braces for Liam, and what it means for his T1D care](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/braces-for-liam-and-what-it-means-for-his-t1d-care/14289)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/braces-for-liam-and-what-it-means-for-his-t1d-care/14289 "2023-12-12T14:58:29Z")
So, Liam has had a lot of teeth issues early on because, quite honestly, he just wasn’t brushing as thoroughly as he should have…and that’s my fault for not monitoring his brushing to ensure he’s doing it thoroughly, flo… --- ## [\[FIRSTS\] Liam changed out his POD including extracting insulin (11/22/23)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-liam-changed-out-his-pod-including-extracting-insulin-11-22-23/14253)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-liam-changed-out-his-pod-including-extracting-insulin-11-22-23/14253 "2023-11-30T03:05:18Z")
We usually race…him taking off the old POD, cleaning the site and putting the Neosporin & bandaid on while i prime the new POD and get it ready. Over the past month he started expressing interest in learning how to do i… --- ## [Liam’s first in-person Endo visit since covid started](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-s-first-in-person-endo-visit-since-covid-started/13897)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/liam-s-first-in-person-endo-visit-since-covid-started/13897 "2023-06-15T13:31:33Z")
5 1/2 hour drive each way but since it’s only required to go in person once per year we are ok with it. Great Endos are hard to come by and are worth the drive. Looks like he’s going to be on the shorter (but badder) s… --- ## [\[FIRSTS\] - Tonight, Liam is officially using Omnipod DASH w/ Loop (3/30/2023)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-tonight-liam-is-officially-using-omnipod-dash-w-loop-3-30-2023/13727)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-tonight-liam-is-officially-using-omnipod-dash-w-loop-3-30-2023/13727 "2023-04-01T16:52:03Z")
His prescription was finally filled today and although I had originally planned to not change him over until the weekend, my OCD wouldn’t let me wait. He’s been talking about how excited he is for the switch, and losing… --- ## [Hard to believe Liam is 9 today!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hard-to-believe-liam-is-9-today/13454)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hard-to-believe-liam-is-9-today/13454 "2023-01-04T13:33:42Z")
Where does the time go…. Seems like just yesterday I was lamenting his diagnosis, at 2 years old, and now here we are, going on 7 years later, and although everything changed, it’s our “normal” now, and I don’t even reme… --- ## [Things your D-Child say that make your soul hurt](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/things-your-d-child-say-that-make-your-soul-hurt/13384)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/things-your-d-child-say-that-make-your-soul-hurt/13384 "2022-12-13T01:36:29Z")
Last night, Liam’s CGM (only on day 7) was having a lot of issues and he was having to deal with the inherent issues that come with that…finger sticks to keep loop working, going up and down more so needing sugar pills, … --- ## [When tech fails…](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-tech-fails/13331)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-tech-fails/13331 "2022-11-18T17:26:02Z")
Going on an hour and the CGM reads low and he hasn’t been low a minute of it. Ranging from 90 to 70 (perfect imo)….but Endos and “diabetes educators” love to give advice on this faulty data about all the things you shou… --- ## [Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) and Muay Thai vs other martal arts for kids](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-bjj-and-muay-thai-vs-other-martal-arts-for-kids/6595)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-bjj-and-muay-thai-vs-other-martal-arts-for-kids/6595 "2022-08-29T19:50:23Z")
You can honestly never start them early enough imo. I’ve started all mine out just as soon as the gym would accept them. Every gym is different. But it gives them a new network of friends and every gym I’ve been a par… --- ## [\[FIRSTS\] - There is a “too old” age for Insulin for Liam?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-there-is-a-too-old-age-for-insulin-for-liam/13066)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/firsts-there-is-a-too-old-age-for-insulin-for-liam/13066 "2022-08-26T04:45:27Z")
So, we’ve never worried about the insulin expiration dates before and have never had issues with using it. So, perhaps last night was just a fluke that is actually unrelated to the insulin at all…but I’m thinking it was… --- ## [What ISN'T Liam allergic too? :D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-isnt-liam-allergic-too-d/12929)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-isnt-liam-allergic-too-d/12929 "2022-07-22T20:18:12Z")
So, after about 4 months of ongong “eye issues”…see my previous posts here on FUD and exhausting all other specialist types, Erin took him to an allergist today. Turns out he’s allergic to a bunch of stuff. Specificall… [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-parenting-d-child/23.md?page=1)