tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530737511455992395.post71599754377333557..comments2023-09-25T11:39:07.149-04:00Comments on *Diabetes Sweeties*: How Young Is Too Young?Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355188326211750959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530737511455992395.post-28806710407999494302011-10-21T09:08:36.624-04:002011-10-21T09:08:36.624-04:00Eanes3...Thanks so much for the support over here....Eanes3...Thanks so much for the support over here. It's tough to relinquish the care but if you trust that your child is responsible enough and knows what they are doing then I say "Go for it!" I am not going to hold her back if she's willing and wanting to care for herself. We had the same nurse issue but those kids before us had parents that made them go to the nurse for every fingerstick and bolus. For Kacey, we fought to self carry and she is allowed to do all of her care in the classroom unassisted unless her pump malfunctions or she has a low/high that she can't manage herself. So when Kacey came along and was doing all of this on her own, the nurse questioned it because everyone else was doing something different. It's all good though! We're comfortable with her doing it and it's "normal" to her now. :) Keep up the great work with your little one!!!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355188326211750959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530737511455992395.post-13386786337365580152011-10-20T10:26:47.300-04:002011-10-20T10:26:47.300-04:00Thank you... my son was dx at 7, and within 4 mont...Thank you... my son was dx at 7, and within 4 months was executing his own shots(supervised.. we calculated everything, but he did the shot himself) and now on the pump at 9 his nurse had to ask him to involve her because he was too independent about it for her liking at lunch time each day :) It is nice to know other moms who are willing to let their kids be responsible for themselves.. hard to let go, but it is better for them to know how to take care of themselves and gives them a greater self confidence...<br /><br />Again, thanks for putting this out there..Eanes3https://www.blogger.com/profile/01783437530614553938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530737511455992395.post-52058171770032314662011-10-18T09:01:03.025-04:002011-10-18T09:01:03.025-04:00Thanks Amanda!!Thanks Amanda!!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355188326211750959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530737511455992395.post-24600036520930294952011-10-15T21:08:07.600-04:002011-10-15T21:08:07.600-04:00I think you handle everything just right. When th...I think you handle everything just right. When those people ask if she's too young, maybe you should ask them if they'd be willing to step in and do it for her if you got hit by a bus tomorrow. (Not that I want you hit by a bus) But this is what I worry about, what if I got hit by a bus, who would take care of Kortnie. Let's face it they will have this disease for the rest of their lives, unless we find a cure of course. They need to learn, and it's better for them to learn now when they are young. My daughter is 7, has had D since she was 5. She does her own finger sticks, she reads labels and measures, weighs and counts carbs (with supervision), she enters the BG and carbs into her pump and I look at that final screen and approve the bolus. She did do a few of her own shots in the leg, and belly before we got the pump (right before she turned 6). She knows how to rewind and load the cartridge in her pump and she's working on Priming. She wants to draw up the insulin into the syringe, but I'm not ready for that...I will be someday soon though. And as for the chores, my kids were/have been doing chores pretty much their whole lives too, as soon as they learned to walk they were put to work. Those that think we are teaching our kids these things too young, they are the ones who will have kids living at home well into their 20's and they won't know how to do anything because mom's always done it for them. It's our job to teach them life skills, responsibility, and in our cases, how to manage their chronic illness. You go Mama!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785514225376460577noreply@blogger.com