[SheriLynn]

We have an excellent school support system for this type of thing. There is a nurse who is assigned to the three younger diabetics in the school. She finds out in the morning if the kids will be buying lunch and she goes to the cafe and actually measures/weighs the food and totals the carbs at the beginning of their lunch period. The other two kids are on a sliding scale insulin dose for lunch. Tommy has always packed his lunch...but occasionally will buy some side dish from the line. As for classroom parties, this was the hardest part for us. Especially the ones the teacher did not know about in advance. Some parents have said that they take a free snack for their child to eat while all the others are indulging in cupcakes, etc. I could never do that. We have an order on file for the nurse to give Tommy 1/2 unit/carb for afternoon 'treats'. That was how the Dr. suggested we deal with it. If it is possible for the teacher to schedule the treat, she will have it at Tommy's afternoon snack time and he will just have the treat instead of his regular applesauce/pudding/etc. Since she is on the pump, perhaps she could just bolus for parties/etc. Wow this got lengthy. I guess I have had it pretty easy in dealing with the school. We have a great teacher and nursing dept. I wish you the best!!!!