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Originally Posted by right2fight  Me thinks some parents are way to over protective. You know the expression, "let sleeping dogs lie", well why wake a child up unnecessarily. I have a hard time believing that the child cannot feel the hypos and yes I am aware of hypo unawareness, it's just so many parents are losing sleep in an attempt to prevent a low. My son was dx'd at 7, is now 13, has never been hospitalized for diabetic episodes and wakes himself if necessary. I trained him well, so archimeech I think your parents did a stupendous job! |
I sure hope you are not saying that since your son can feel his lows that everyone else should too. As you know, diabetes is not a one size fits all disease. My son can not feel his lows at night and You can believe that or not. My son has been dealing with diabetes since he was a baby so higs and lows are not new to him. There has been many times when I caught a low under 40 during the night, he never woke up. I will sacrifice my sleep for the safety of my son. I am not going to wait until he goes into a seizure and then say "well next time you should feel your lows and this wouldnt happen"!!
No I am not an overprotective mom, in fact I rarely jump right in when my son needs to do some problem solving. But when it comes to his health, I am responsible and will continue to get up in the middle of the night (not every night, just when numbers are off before bed) to make sure he is ok..thats my job, I'm his mom.
Please remember that just because your son can self manage lows, does not mean that all kids can. That doesnt mean the parents are doing a better or worse job, just that diabetes vaires from child to child...
