The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes

The best way to help your tiny tot adjust to being a diabetic is to involve him or her in their
treatment plan. Depending on their age and level of maturity the level that they are
involved and what they can do will be different. Be aware that as youngsters grow older,
they are going to take more and more control over their disease and you have to know
when it is time to step back and let them.

For children 3 years of age and under, the management process is going to be solely
in your hands. Even if there is a desire to do things on their own, their coordination skills
and maturity level isn’t where it needs to be to give themselves injections or examination their
own blood. As they are approaching the three year old mark, you may be able to involve
them in decisions like which finger is to be used to test their blood or putting the strip
into the monitor. Be on the look out for ways to include them as they become older and
interested in doing so.

As your youngster becomes a preschooler they are going to want to do everything on their
own no matter what it is. Your tiny tot may begin to have more control over testing their
blood but it still needs to be done below parental supervision. Insulin injections ought to
still be handled by the parent at this age. Your child will have definite opinions on what
they should be eating for meals. Give them options and let them decide what is going to
be made for dinner.

From the age of about eight years old and up, your child may be ready to give themselves
their own injections. You will have to follow your child’s and your own comfort level.

The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes