8 Year old son just diagnosed

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My son was just diagnosed this Monday with Type1; He's on a carb counting,

with insulin shots and I'm having problems thinking of good snacks for him,

what would be a good idea for a snack? Any suggestions?

Mader

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son turned 16 yesterday and was diagnosed in October with T1. (I also

have an 8 yo son).

We made lists of sample breakfasts, lunches, dinners, carb snacks and carb

free snacks. Here are some of the snack ideas we came up with:

Barbie

Carb Snacks

Food # carb servings

1 pkg PB Crackers 1

Add a Protein!!

1 Nutrigrain Bar 2

Peanut Butter

1 Fruit Cup 1

Cheese

Applesauce cup 1 (12 g)

Turkey

3 Choice Choc/PB bars 2

Ham

15 Ritz Crackers 2

Meat sticks

6 Nilla Wafers 1

Jerky

1 Yogurt cup 1

Milk

1 Apple 1

Yogurt

1 lg Banana 2

Sandwich (PB or meat) 2

6 Animal Crackers 1

3 Graham Cracker Squares 1

OJ Box 1.5

1 Cup Milk 1

1 Whole Bagel 2

1 Whole Eng. Muffin 2

12-15 Grapes 1

2 Sugarfree Fudgesicles 1

2 Sugarfree Creamsicles 1

Carb 'Free' Snacks

Carrots and Dip

Celery and Dip or Peanut Butter

Sugar Free Jello

Cheese

Meat

Cheese and Meat 'Sandwich' Drink Water!

Pickles

Eggs

Meat Sticks

Steakums

Hotdogs

1 Sugarfree popsicle

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From: diabetes [mailto:diabetes ] On Behalf

Of Mader

Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 6:05 AM

To: diabetes

Subject: 8 Year old son just diagnosed

My son was just diagnosed this Monday with Type1; He's on a carb counting,

with insulin shots and I'm having problems thinking of good snacks for him,

what would be a good idea for a snack? Any suggestions?

Mader

[Guest guest]

Barbie,

this was a very interesting list. I've just been dxed with diabetes in Feb

and my search for foods I can manage my diabetes without meds has been quite

the adventure. Your food/snack list is very interesting and I will most

definitely follow it up myself! BUT, there are carb counts on it for foods

that are very different from what my endo team nutritionist has told me

and/or has been written on the Ingredients lists of packages which she told

me to use over what she told me or the various booklets with

carb/cal/fiber/etc facts say.

Thanks for taking the time to send this whole list!

JUDITH

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[Guest guest]

Well, the list came thru different than it was sent....it had originally

been two columns with a list of proteins for my son to add to his carbs.

This way it came out with the proteins listed intermixed with the carbs.

And the carb counts are estimates....but fairly accurate b/c we did check

packages....with one carb serving equaling 15 gms of carbs. And of course,

this would only be accurate for the specific brands of crackers, etc that we

are buying.

My son is on insulin and is definitely growing. So he was told to eat 6

carb servings (90g) for each of bkfst, lunch, and dinner and then 2 snacks

of 2 servings each and one snack of 3 servings. We have since cut that back

some.

Barbie

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From: diabetes [mailto:diabetes ] On Behalf

Of HELPERDOGS

Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:12 PM

To: diabetes

Subject: Re: 8 Year old son just diagnosed

Barbie,

this was a very interesting list. I've just been dxed with diabetes in Feb

and my search for foods I can manage my diabetes without meds has been quite

the adventure. Your food/snack list is very interesting and I will most

definitely follow it up myself! BUT, there are carb counts on it for foods

that are very different from what my endo team nutritionist has told me

and/or has been written on the Ingredients lists of packages which she told

me to use over what she told me or the various booklets with

carb/cal/fiber/etc facts say.

Thanks for taking the time to send this whole list!

JUDITH