# What is the RIGHT age (self-management) **URL:** \ **Category:** Child\ **Created:** [February 1, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-right-age-self-management/6371 "2019-02-01T01:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-right-age-self-management/6371/44 "2019-02-01T18:32:22Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > Any child with diabetes who is self managing I would think would be having bad nights all the time… We are able to keep him sleeping when he is mostly high: pump injections, and pen injections if a bad spike, don’t really wake him up. It’s the sustained lows that get him up: getting him to sip milk once is fine, but when you bring him milk every half hour for 2 hours he does wake up and is really tired the next day. > [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > Whenever they’re doing this alone, I’m thinking the only difference is they they will be the ones going without the sleep? That can really impact the daily cognition in kids. I don’t look forward to any of that. That is what I am worried about for college (beyond, of course, terrible night lows induced by drinking etc.) ☹ --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-right-age-self-management/6371)._