My Type 1 Pre-Teen is Sneaking Candy and Snacks?
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Reading this was like reading something I had written about my own son who is also a teenager.  He doesn't have diabetes, but he is at the age where I can't tell him anything!!!  Needless to say, I can relate to your situation but understand how yours is different because your daughter's rebellion can impact her health.  Have you called your DR. since the visit when he didn't "back you up"?  I think I'd start by letting him know I wasn't really happy with his approach.  Maybe next time he will more strongly express the importance that she take a more active role in managing this.  \n\nWith my son, the thing I keep coming back to is this:  He's got to make his own mistakes, because he's not going to listen to or learn them from me.  If he misses the bus again because he can't haul out of bed in the morning, he's going to have to "pay the price" of suspension from school, no excuses from me.  In your case, since she won't listen to you (but could get seriously hurt by not listening) are there any pre-teen diabetic support groups that local hospitals have where she can participate with her peers and listen to dr's/rn have open forums about the issues of the disease?  It also might help her deal with some of the other issues she's facing like feeling different.  That's a big deal for this age group.  There have got to be others you would trust for her to talk to, since she's going to rebel against you right now.  Of course she needs you as support/love, but I've just found that right now, they want to do everything BUT what we suggest or ask them to do.
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Will power. Just convince yourself that you don't need a cookie. \n\nI have the same problem every time I go to fill my water bottle. The water cooler is in the lunch room, and there usually is some type of junk food in there. Especially this time of year with all the vendors sending candy and stuff as gifts.
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Ummmm Yes baby. they are for you! But guess what? I am not giving it to you until you grow up..... I have some nice little kisses with me, some almond bites, big cadburies, sweet perkies, the whole family pack of Kitkat, M&M's for babies like you, crunchy twists, guote gruts , tasty lemon flappers, cute little rosdofs, and honey filled tostos...Want some? Would give you on your birthday!
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You need to go tell your mom imeadeatly .Dont eat anything else till you tell your mom or dad .
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Exercise and giving up all high glycemic index foods, including sweets, is best.\n\nApples are a sweet treat that have a moderate glycemic index, probably due to the pectin fiber content.  Introduce him to Pink Lady and Ida Red and Braeburn apples, which have lots more flavor than those sugary watery "Red Delicious" things that Americans are used to.  Get them in the fall red off the tree, if possible.\n\nTell him to walk fast for two miles every other day, or four miles with a purposeful stride at least twice a week.  The idea is to get his heart rate up and make him struggle, at least a little, with rapid, deep breathing, and maintain the workout for about an hour (or two).\n\nApocalypse Beans and Rice Soup is a sensible low-calorie diabetic dish invented by David S, who is sadly no longer on Yahoo Answers.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061017133048AAIKpoh
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while it is very odd that he would like the stuff at his age , no it wont hurt him .\ni was a asst. Pre-k teacher once and i had a 4 year old that his parents where from Nigeria , they tend to eat very spicey foods , and i remember being blown away at the fact that he asked me for hot sauce one day at lunch .\nyour son will be fine , kids of other cultures eat alot more spices than we do and they are perfectly healthy .\ntalk about personality huh?\nthis just tickles me , im grown and to much of a candy a$$ to eat hot sauce !! lol
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Cookies!! You can get "Jar recipies" for them as well. Put all the ingrediants(except wet ones) and put a card saying what else they need to do. \n\nand you can make those cookies for them as well to taste
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Well, my friend is a type 1 and she has two sisters. Sadly, all three have it and I hang out with them a lot so I know a ton. 1st off, try to limit the ammount of carbs you eat because the more carbs, the more insulin you have to  inject or pump. So, also drink water when your blood sugar level is high because when you drink, you have to pee and when you pee, you are releasing some of the blood sugar. If you're low, Drink a Juicy Juice Box of any flavor which totally brings you up like 20 or something. Ummm..... Just do what you're doing and possibly my suggestions and see how that works. Also, are you using a lancet or a lancing device? The best lancing device is prolly a BD where you pull the bottom and push the blue button. If you keep using a lancing device, you should change your needle every month unless it's contaminated before then. Don't use a regular non-reusable lancet more than once. \nCheck your blood sugar levels more often too to maintain a target number of about 95-115.
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Stop being such a candy a**. Junior high and early high school kids are supposed to sneak out. Knock the sand out and have fun.\n\nThe consequences depend entirely upon the laws in your municipality, and your parents.
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The Principal of my kids primary school has banned all junk food at breaktime, only water and fruit or healthy snacks allowed. She started this in September and says the concentration and behavior of the children up until lunchtime has noticibly improved!\n\nSo i have to say if it is calming disruptive children then Im all for it.
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Our 10 year old has been like that for a long time. We are all lacto- vegetarian and grow most of our food here too.  I have to blend-hide all sorts of veggies into everything we make (esp dark greens like kale, spinach, collards. We also grind up broccolli, cauliflower, carrots, misc squash in our misc recipes too.)  We are great at hiding so much stuff in and he never knows! We are amazed at how many awesome veggies we get into each gallon of spaghetti sauce or a vegetarian sloppy joe type sauce! As long as the sauce is mostly red in color and not too green we get away with it! He is sensitive to herbs I use too, so little by little I add more and he is adjusting and developing gradually, a more sophisticated palate. I use a Vita Mix and both the small hand held blenders, but any blenders can work.\n\nHe is good about the fruit.\n\nNow that he is ten and learning more details about nutrition as a science, we are asking him to start logging his diet into a computer program so he can see how high or low he was in his misc daily nutrients. He will be in fifth grade and he is good on the computer, so we are starting that this fall. (I have been a nutriton prof for decades) If he refuses to eat what we make for him, he is not allowed to make any of his favorites like ramen noodles or mac and cheese unless he adds a cup of veggies to it. I hope to teach him how to make some foods he has liked so he can take pride in his nutriton and skill in making something.\n\nWe make the following:\n\nvegetarian chili (lots of veggies in the sauce blended in!)\nveggie burgers (with lots of veggies to add on top like tomatoes, spinach leaves, cucumbers, grated carrots)\nsloppy joes with TVP (veggies hidden in sauce)\nspaghetti sauce with TVP (veggies hidden in sauce)\npizza (with lots of veggies hidden in sauce) he picks veggies to put on pizza...self serve veggie toppings before we put it in the oven\nstir fries with his favorite veggies\nraw finger veggies he likes with a healthy salad dressing type dip\nfalafels with pita bread and he puts his "salad" in the pocket\nbean tostadas with lots of "salad" for him to put on top\nwhite bean soup in a spagheti sauce type sauce (lots of veggies blended in)\nvegetarian eggless quiches with lots of veggies he likes\nveggie tempura type thing with different indian spices in the batter\n\nThese have worked great.  If he lived alone he would probably just eat junk, but gradually he will learn what he needs to know.
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I think you need professional help... because feeding too much of the wrong thing can really hurt\n\nfruit, veges, carbs, milk, eggs\n\nhow old is this kid? a baby? a teen?
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Sounds like your dad is suffering from "Can't have it want it" syndrome.  Apparently, someone told him that he can't have anything with sugar in it and so now that's all he wants.  Your dad needs a good diabetic educator who can show him what to eat, when to eat it, and how to controll his diabetes with diet and exercise.  Also, keep in mind that the more you "nag" at him about his eating habits the less likely he is to comply with his treatment.  So, call your doctor (or his) and ask for a referral to a diabetic educator.
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Yes it was Ayds.  My mother always had a box.  We'd eat them like candy.  My mother would still make fudge as soon as dad left the house.  LOL
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Check out these, I hope they help.\n\nhttp://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_06_800.htm\n\nhttp://www.discountcornerstore.com/insulin.html
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It could also be something called pica.  This is an eating disorder that is characterized by the repeated eating of non-nutritive substances over a period of one month or longer.  You need to discuss this with her parents so they can take her to her pediatrcian and discuess with them for a propoer diagnosis and proper treatment.
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Well my son is 6 and weighs almost 70lbs, what I do is watch what he eats. I don't let him have alot of junk food and I don't let him over eat at the supper table. He won't like it at first that you might tell him no for food, but after awhile of you sticking to it, he will get use to it. Also get him to be more active and everything should be fine.