Re: Hypoglycemia / Periactin

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Hi Maeve

Well first off, I have to say I think Adam has a mild dose. And I know what

works for his situation only. It's best to discuss it first

with your doctor and then, possibly a dietitian who knows your child the best.

Don't forget Adam is 8 1/2, so that would make a difference (you know, I don't

wake him at night for a feed!! but he does have a snack

before bed, in fact he eats it in bed).

But I will tell you what works for us. But you must remember that this is what

works for us only! Promise??

For Adam he has to eat every 2 or 3 hours. Now, as it was explained to me, he

must not avoid sugar but have more natural sugar (ie. from

fruit not processed/manufactured like breakfast cereal or cookies). But I think

kids are kids and they still deserve the treats once in

awhile. So I make sure Adam has a protein (cheese, peanut butter, chicken, milk)

with any type of sugar. The dietitian said this will

regulate the sugar better. He also has come to recognize that when he starts

becoming " angry " it is a signal to eat. I use to provide him

with the above proteins but he seems to crave peanut butter and only that when

he starts. Actually he just had a huge attack in Church

tonight. I couldn't control him at all!! He was right off the wall. So after

alot of frustration on my part I asked him if he ate all the

lunch I made for him (he said he had earlier) he told me no, he hid it so he

could go out to play! I had some mints in my pocket, and he

had 2 and settled right down. My mother couldn't believe the change. But because

I was sticking straight sugar into him, I had to keep

popping them like crazy, cause the straight sugar would give him a " high " and a

good fix but they crash out of that fast. So needless to

say, I was so glad to get him home and have a regular meal. I kick myself

because I keep forgetting to put another package of peanut butter

and crackers in my purse for just such an occasion.

Anyway, remember Maeve, that's Adam's situation and it may not apply to others.

But at least you can use the information, tucked away, when

you see the doctor and go from there.

Debby

Maeve Mcevoy wrote:

> Hi Debby

> How is hypoglycemia controlled by diet?

> Maeve

> Re: Hypoglycemia / Periactin

>

> > Hi --I can only address the sleeping part, don't use periactin:

> >

> > Adam was like that. He slept long hours and still does. But then again, my

> tall, " normal "

> > daughter sleeps and did as a baby too, fairly

> > well. Adam would have slept through the night when I brought him home from

> the hospital. But

> > because he was so small (5 lbs 3 oz) the

> > doctor told me to feed him every 3 hours day and night. He was always

> soaking wet from sweat

> > when he awoke in the morning (but I had him

> > tightly bundled--you know how they wrap babies as newborns in the

> hospital?? I think Adam

> > was 4 or 5 months old before I could stop that

> > wrapping at night. He just couldn't sleep unless he was all bundled up.)

> Then I figured that

> > was what the sweating was about. The doctors

> > knew about the sweating but never said anything about hypo-g.

> > He has hypo-g now (it's controlled with diet) and at the age of 8 I just

> make sure he eats

> > frequently. My friend a couple of doors down,

> > her 25 year old daughter has it, she's brilliant (very smart), university

> educated and my

> > friend didn't know to feed her extra, at night,

> > as a baby. She said all she found was that she had to carry raisins around

> in her purse in

> > case her daughter started to have one of her

> > " attacks " (I think she got faint or something along those lines, Adam just

> has wicked mood

> > swings, get's real angry for no reason).

> > Anyway, I forget how old Adam was when I let him sleep through the night.

> But that is

> > misleading, he had a bottle at 11 p.m. until after a

> > year of age. You see, I LOVE to sleep in. So even though my kids had been

> in bed for hours,

> > I'd give them a bottle when I went to bed and

> > that would buy me time the next morning. Both babies at a year would go to

> bed around 9,

> > bottle at 11, and sleep until 9 or 10 the next

> > morning. Colette never napped in the afternoon, Adam sometimes,( mostly

> with the help of an

> > automatic swing).

> > But they are still huge sleepers, like their mom. I had a doctor tell me

> as a teen ager (and

> > it still applies today) my body requires 14

> > hours sleep a night. WHICH I DON'T GET!! But my weekends are my luxury.

> The kids (on

> > weekends) do 9-12 hours.

> > I think it's more that I expect them to sleep in, sort of trained them

> that way, and maybe a

> > bit of genetics from their mom.

> > Debby

> >

> > wilkinsonz@... wrote:

> >

> > > Hi everyone,

> > >

> > > Thanks to all who wrote about hypoglyclemia. Darrin and I thought we

> > > were so lucky to have a child who slept sooooooo well, which was

> > > especially useful after our baby was born 10 months ago!

> > >

> > > Tyler is 2 and still sleeps for 12-13 hours at night plus 3-4 hours

> > > during the day. Now I'm worried that along with losing muscle, he

> > > may have also have suffered some neurological damage.

> > > Developmentally he is right on track now, but I think that a few

> > > people stated that this doesn't show up until later (?). His

> > > sleeping became so excessive just before Christmas that we did make

> > > an emergency appointment with the pediatrician. After a test showed

> > > he was not anemic, we thought all was OK. He has woken up a few

> > > times over the past year with night sweats, so we'll start testing

> > > his ketone levels this weekend.

> > >

> > > Does anyone else have kids who sleep so much? When he was in the neo-

> > > natal unit, they told us that babies grow when they're sleeping, so

> > > we thought lots of sleep was good. Plus, Tyler is so active when

> > > he's awake, we thought quiet time in his crib was also helping him.

> > >

> > > I also have a question on Periactin. How many months / years do

> > > children tend to take this? Can they stop when they reach the 3rd or

> > > 10th percentile for weight (here's hoping ...)? I'd like Tyler to

> > > take it for maybe 1 year, but do I need to worry about prolonged use?

> > >

> > > Thanks!

> > >

> > > (Tyler, 25 months, 18.5 lbs, 31.5 " and , 10 months)

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >