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American Diabetes Association Guide to Raising a Child with Diabetes
[ American Diabetes Association Guide to Raising a Child with Diabetes Roemer, Jean Betschart ( Author ) ] Paperback 2011
180 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2011
About the author
Jean Betschart Roemer
12 books1 followerJean Betschart Roemer MN RN CDE
She is the author of In Control: A Guide for Teens with Diabetes, published by Wiley.
She is the author of In Control: A Guide for Teens with Diabetes, published by Wiley.
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June 29, 2018
This helped a lot with a project I'm doing. I imagined a few times, though, when I was reading it, how I would feel if I were a parent. -This- is one of the books I'd want to read.
June 7, 2015
This book has some practical advice, but one serious problem I see is that it lumps Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes together and hardly ever distinguishes between the two. Type 1 and Type 2 are NOT the same and should not be treated the same.
Also, as the parent of a Type 1 toddler, I found it shocking that the author of this book gives so many blanket solutions to low blood sugars and activity levels without giving a disclaimer that these solutions may not be suitable for little ones. For example, we typically treat a low blood sugar with only 6 grams of carb. This could be for a BG as low as 60. In contrast, the author of this book recommends 30 grams of carb to be used for BGs of 60. An entire meal for our child is typically 25-30 grams of carb. If we gave her that amount of food uncovered by insulin her sugar would skyrocket into the 400 or 500s.
As someone who has been caring for a T1D child for almost a year now I was extremely disappointed by this book. I was hoping for something that would give us additional information on how to further improve and fine tune our care. I have previously read "Think Like a Pancreas" and I highly recommend that book -- especially if you are the parent of a T1D child. "Think Like a Pancreas" is written by a diabetes educator who is a T1 himself and gives you the knowledge base needed to understand how to create an individualized insulin care plan for yourself or your child. "Think Like a Pancreas" also gives some really interesting history on the advancements made to diabetes care over the past few decades. It's really incredible how far treatment has come and if you are new to diabetes management you will be amazed by what you read.
Also, as the parent of a Type 1 toddler, I found it shocking that the author of this book gives so many blanket solutions to low blood sugars and activity levels without giving a disclaimer that these solutions may not be suitable for little ones. For example, we typically treat a low blood sugar with only 6 grams of carb. This could be for a BG as low as 60. In contrast, the author of this book recommends 30 grams of carb to be used for BGs of 60. An entire meal for our child is typically 25-30 grams of carb. If we gave her that amount of food uncovered by insulin her sugar would skyrocket into the 400 or 500s.
As someone who has been caring for a T1D child for almost a year now I was extremely disappointed by this book. I was hoping for something that would give us additional information on how to further improve and fine tune our care. I have previously read "Think Like a Pancreas" and I highly recommend that book -- especially if you are the parent of a T1D child. "Think Like a Pancreas" is written by a diabetes educator who is a T1 himself and gives you the knowledge base needed to understand how to create an individualized insulin care plan for yourself or your child. "Think Like a Pancreas" also gives some really interesting history on the advancements made to diabetes care over the past few decades. It's really incredible how far treatment has come and if you are new to diabetes management you will be amazed by what you read.
May 11, 2015
I'm adding this to my 'If your child was just diagnosed with diabetes and you are overwhelmed' suggested reading list. It's practical, basic and helpful. Explanations are provided for everything and there are samples for every calculation. There are things I've never used, like the exchange system, but I realize that there are doctors that still recommend it and families that still use it so I'm glad to see it included. I think the only people that won't find this a great starter book are ones on an NPH plan...but I might have missed that as I wasn't looking for it.
Very, very useful book for the newly diagnosed, or parent of a newly diagnosed child.
Very, very useful book for the newly diagnosed, or parent of a newly diagnosed child.
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