Does anyone have a child diagnosed with type one diabetes at a young age?

Question

My daughter, now three, was diagnosed at 22 months old. She has been on Novolog and Lantus ever since diagnosis. Although she hasn't had any major problems, I have been checking into alternatives that don't require so many injections during the day. I have been doing alot of research on insulin pumps in young children, which show many benifits. If you have had any experience with a younger diabetic involving diffrent insulins, regimens, or pumps I would like to hear from you. (I am not treating her myself, she is seen by some of the worlds top endocrinologist, I would just like to hear of others experiences to learn more about the options we have been checking and other diabetics circumstances. So with that said, do not refer me to seek a medical professionals opinion.)

My daughter's blood glucose target range is 100-200, her Novolog is 1 unit per 1 carbohdrate serving, and 5 units of Lantus before bed. The dosage has changed several times, but this is her current plan.

Answer 1

My son is older than your daughter. He just turned 8, he was diagnosed last July, just before his 7th birthday. He is on an Animas pump and we LOVE IT!!!!!
There are quite a few little ones on pumps. I get on the American Diabetes Association website quite a bit with questions. There is a message board there called 'The Place for Parents". There are so many parents on it and I can not even begin to tell you how much they have all helped me this past year. I am not big on message boards and never have been but this one is so informative, caring, and understanding. Noone can know what it is like raising a child with diabetes but another parent of a child with diabetes. There are quite a few on there with pumps, I am pretty sure there are some who are your daughters age that are on a pump. If you can I would go and post this question to them. They are a GREAT group of people. Good luck!!! Here is the direct link to the Parents board:

http://community.diabetes.org/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=adaparents

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You need to have a good idea of how her sugar levels change over the day and look to improve those areas. If for example the morning levels are higher then you might want to look into increasing the breakfast bolus. Same goes for mid-day or evening. Another way would be to increase the base (not sure which is the fast insulin and which is for the base in your case since I used to use Humolog and Lantus). The base increase would be better suited if the high sugar levels are from morning to evening. Also snacking should be avoided until she can count the carbs and inject additional bolus.

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