# Toddler **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-parenting-d-child/toddlers-preschoolers/59.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Unbelievable Week - Happy Papa](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unbelievable-week-happy-papa/1332)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/unbelievable-week-happy-papa/1332 "2017-06-28T01:17:23Z")
I know these weeks will pass, so I'm chronicling the unbelievable weeks here on FUD so that I can look back on these moments when I'm having an unbelievably bad week to remember that, with the bad comes the good. We've … --- ## [The longest night](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-longest-night/1314)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-longest-night/1314 "2017-06-23T19:01:17Z")
I had a book club and Mitch took the kids out for Indian and ice cream. He was on BG duty for the night but he fell asleep before he could give a bolus for the secondary spike we see with high fat foods like ice cream an… --- ## [Changes have made the difference](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changes-have-made-the-difference/1301)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/changes-have-made-the-difference/1301 "2017-06-22T17:23:56Z")
We have recently started a new regimen (testing, testing, testing!) and we’ve found some success in our new regimen. We are now doing an extended bolus over 1 hour. We do 0 up front and 100% of the meal bolus over the … --- ## [Finally back down under 7](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finally-back-down-under-7/1235)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/finally-back-down-under-7/1235 "2017-06-14T17:30:12Z")
After being under 7 once with Liam, as you may recall, we switched Endo teams. My hectic regimen was recommended to be scrapped for a simpler regimen. Being the open-minded person I am, I said OK...I'd give it a shot. … --- ## [Parents, ever do this?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/parents-ever-do-this/1193)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/parents-ever-do-this/1193 "2017-06-09T16:30:43Z")
It was time to calibrate Samson's Dexcom and we are staying at my parents house. Anyways, my husband goes into the room -- Samson's Dex reads 173. The kids are both huddled under their blankets with just a little bit of … --- ## [Another valuable lesson: check infusion site cannula](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-valuable-lesson-check-infusion-site-cannula/1063)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-valuable-lesson-check-infusion-site-cannula/1063 "2017-05-28T01:41:39Z")
If your child eats a typical meal, you bolus (and micro-bolus if it's part of your regimen), and you don't see any decline in BG after some time; instead the BG's continue to rise and rise inexplicably...don't sit around… --- ## [A very bad night. :(](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-very-bad-night/1049)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-very-bad-night/1049 "2017-05-25T20:58:11Z")
It started out great...line was relatively level, only going down by 2 to 5 BG per 5 min. I fed him (in his sleep, because he eats in his sleep) 5 carbs worth of cheese crackers at around 10PM because we were all tired … --- ## [Has anyone else ever seen a 100+ jump in a matter of 5 to 10 minutes?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/has-anyone-else-ever-seen-a-100-jump-in-a-matter-of-5-to-10-minutes/739)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/has-anyone-else-ever-seen-a-100-jump-in-a-matter-of-5-to-10-minutes/739 "2017-05-09T21:40:04Z")
For the past couple weeks, we've noticed our son jumping from some number, say 100, all the way to 200 (or higher) in just 1 or 2 ticks (5 to 10 minutes). Also, the same thing has been happening, moving downward...say 2… --- ## [High peaks and inexplicable lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-peaks-and-inexplicable-lows/757)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/high-peaks-and-inexplicable-lows/757 "2017-05-09T03:46:27Z")
We've been having a rough time for the past 1.5 weeks. :frowning: LOTS of inexplicable lows...I'm talking a lot of them. Trying to figure out what's been going on, but it's been a frustrating last week or week and a h… --- ## [Dexcom and site changes: tricks for toddlers?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-and-site-changes-tricks-for-toddlers/718)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-and-site-changes-tricks-for-toddlers/718 "2017-05-06T06:48:52Z")
It's been over a year since diagnosis (over 1/2 year since on Pump/CGM) and we're still trying to get Liam to "stop screaming bloody murder" every time we do a CGM or Pump change out. :frowning: I see videos of toddler… --- ## [Right for three weeks....Wrong this week](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/right-for-three-weeks-wrong-this-week/650)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/right-for-three-weeks-wrong-this-week/650 "2017-04-28T15:13:25Z")
This week has been frustrating. What has been working amazingly for the past three weeks...I'm talking only 1 low in 3 weeks and BG between 80 and 150 for most of the time during the past 3 weeks...has crashed a burned … --- ## [Received something interesting in the mail today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/received-something-interesting-in-the-mail-today/626)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/received-something-interesting-in-the-mail-today/626 "2017-04-27T20:21:22Z")
We received an invitation to something called the "Type One Training (TOTs) Project", an NIH funded research program to help support parents of young children with Type 1 diabetes. Anyone familiar with this project? I… --- ## [When is a low....BAD?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-is-a-low-bad/538)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-is-a-low-bad/538 "2017-04-20T00:21:41Z")
Before you answer ALWAYS, let me give a scenerio: You (or your child) is at a cool 105, 45 degrees down at the point your meal has been consumed...15 minutes later you see that your CGM is still showing down movement. … --- ## [Our best week in a long time](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-best-week-in-a-long-time/520)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/our-best-week-in-a-long-time/520 "2017-04-18T21:11:21Z")
@TiaG - Thank you for all your valuable input and advise over the past week and a half. We've implemented some of the changes you've recommended (including not being afraid to micro-bolus), and we're seeing definite imp… --- ## [When to treat a low?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-to-treat-a-low/370)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-to-treat-a-low/370 "2017-04-07T11:56:34Z")
80? 70? Something else? We treat out son when he crosses below 80 (so 79 or lower). Discuss. --- ## [Fast healthy correction options](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-healthy-correction-options/369)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-healthy-correction-options/369 "2017-04-07T03:13:48Z")
Our go to option for treating lows has been juice boxes. They work quickly and we've found that our son will sip through the juice box straws without waking up. Having said this, though, I fear that over the long haul,… --- ## ["I want food papa (mama)"](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-food-papa-mama/294)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-food-papa-mama/294 "2017-04-04T01:28:28Z")
So our son, Liam, has entered a stage where he's apparently always hungry...no more than 10 minutes after he eats (no matter how much, or little he eats - big meals or small), he starts saying, "I want food mama (papa)".… --- ## [A day in the life](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-day-in-the-life/298)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-day-in-the-life/298 "2017-04-01T02:06:01Z")
Our first video of changing out our sons CGM and POD [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-parenting-d-child/toddlers-preschoolers/59.md?page=1)