# 7 year old son, new to T1D: Omnipod vs T-slim

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/7-year-old-son-new-to-t1d-omnipod-vs-t-slim/9412
**Category:** New Child Dx
**Tags:** insulin-pump
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/7-year-old-son-new-to-t1d-omnipod-vs-t-slim/9412 "2020-03-05T20:03:57Z")
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#### Post date: [March 5, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/7-year-old-son-new-to-t1d-omnipod-vs-t-slim/9412/3 "2020-03-05T20:49:37Z")

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> [@liamsmom](#):
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> I worry so much as a mom about this long-term health and I know that diabetes management should come before convenience.

Hi Liam’s mom. Welcome to FUD.

I don’t think you have to choose between one or the other.

I avoided pumps for 44 years because I did not want to have the tubes and the device attached to me.

But…I actually think it helps to get a handle on it with injections first before you go to a pump. Since you are just starting out, I think it would help you to spend some time learning it with injections and manual adjustment of basal insulin, so that you understand how it really works.

If you get right on a pump that is doing all the basal adjustments behind the scenes, you will never really have a true understanding of it all. You will always need to rely on the pump’s adjustments, and it is always somewhat of a mystery.

With athletics, there is an entirely different set of rules. We have some people on FUD who can help with that.

> [@liamsmom](#):
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> Its his body and he is also an athlete. I guess I’m just looking for your perspective and some reassurance that we’re prioritizing the right things.

I know you have just joined, and there are 1,000,001 posts to read. There is a ton of stuff to learn, and everyone will be giving advice on a million things.

I would suggesting you start by reading this rather long thread.

> [@For the parents](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-the-parents/7784):
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> The "Parent Project" Hi everyone. I apologize I have not been here in a while. There was something I was working on, kind of a project. It took a lot of time and effort and I had to disconnect for a while to get it done. To myself, I began referring to this as the “Parent Project”. It was something that came up for me, a tremendous and unique opportunity, which was absolutely perfect. I could not have designed a better opportunity. And it fit perfectly for what I wanted to do. This thread is…

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