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Kyra
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Posted: Dec 02 2009 at 12:47pm \| IP Logged

Our son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes about two weeks ago, and we're in the learning-to-carb-count-and-manage-his-blood-sugar-and-inject ions stage. He's 22 months, almost 23, with no molars and a passionate love of cookies. I'm very grateful that we live in a city with a wonderful children's hospital, since we'll be spending a lot of time there until Nathaniel turns eighteen.

Anyone else have children with diabetes? Any recipes or snack suggestions for a toddler with no molars who can only eat carbs at certain times?

We're also very grateful that he was diagnosed a few months before our second is born, because that give us considerable lead time to learn and schedule and adjust before the next baby is born in March.

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Posted: Dec 02 2009 at 2:11pm \| IP Logged

Kyra

Michele has started a Catholic support group

I'm sure there are other mums here too.

to you as you navigate this road, my dear friend's son was diagnosed last year and it has been a journey.

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MicheleQ
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Posted: Dec 02 2009 at 4:47pm \| IP Logged

Kyra,

Do join the support group --it's really helpful to be able to discuss T1 issues with other parents. I have two children with Type 1 (10 yr. old girl and 5 yrl. old boy) and another who has been showing symptoms (almost 3 yr. old). It's been a little over a year for us with both of them (they were diagnosed 5 months apart) and it does get easier. Not that dealing with this disease is ever "easy", but you do adjust to the new "normal".

God bless!

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Posted: Dec 02 2009 at 9:18pm \| IP Logged

I have an Aussie friend, who has two young sons dx'd with it.

She's a good Catholic, etc, her blog is

http://aussiecoffeeshop.blogspot.com/

HTH

Rachel

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