Help for high readings at morning snack
Hey, Everyone...
We're having an issue that the endo/nurses/all of us can't quite figure out and I wondered if any of you have had the same situation/what you did with it.
At morning snack my 3 year old daughter is always high. Sometimes ridiculously high. And she almost always comes back down to normal by lunchtime.
We are waiting 15-30 minutes before eating breakfast after giving her morning Novolog. I have fed her several different breakfasts with the same results. Either Cheerios with 1% milk, peanut butter toast (whole wheat) with milk, smoothie with berries, yogurt and milk are the ones she prefers. Sometimes exercise between breakfast and snack helps, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it doesn't work between breakfast and snack but takes her low by lunch. :( Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Cobi
We're having an issue that the endo/nurses/all of us can't quite figure out and I wondered if any of you have had the same situation/what you did with it.
At morning snack my 3 year old daughter is always high. Sometimes ridiculously high. And she almost always comes back down to normal by lunchtime.
We are waiting 15-30 minutes before eating breakfast after giving her morning Novolog. I have fed her several different breakfasts with the same results. Either Cheerios with 1% milk, peanut butter toast (whole wheat) with milk, smoothie with berries, yogurt and milk are the ones she prefers. Sometimes exercise between breakfast and snack helps, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it doesn't work between breakfast and snack but takes her low by lunch. :( Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Cobi
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on -
I had no luck with the Kashi products, I would still spike. No issues with the Special K Protein plus at all so far :) Hope it is a good choice for you!
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Permalink Reply by Cobi Campbell on -
I'll give Special K Protein Plus a try because she really likes cereal for breakfast. The past couple of days I've tried eggs and toast and a breakfast burrito type thingy both with fruit and it seems to have helped a little. Actually, today her only normal reading so far (she's sick) was at morning snack! I was thrilled!
I'm just having a hard time finding things she'll eat for breakfast that add up to the 30g she's supposed to have. I'm trying not to use milk in the morning or too much fruit to stop the spiking but breakfast is a tough meal to have to avoid those things. Would anyone mind sharing what else works for them in the morning? I'm going to search "diabetic friendly smoothie" and see if I can find one she'll like that won't wreak havoc on her blood sugar too. Probably should do a search on glycemic index, too....anyone have a quick link?
Thanks for all your great ideas and support everyone!
Cobi
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on
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I also eat Think Thin bars for breakfast when I am in a rush. High in protein, low on the GI scale. They are the only nutrition/protein bar that does not cause me to have a BG spike. They taste kind of like candy so she might like half of a bar to go with her cereal. They have about 26g of carb in each bar and plenty of protein.
Another option is Granola Gourmet bars. You can get a discount as a TuDiabetes member and they really taste great! They are designed with lower GI in mind so no BG spikes.
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