{"id":985,"date":"2002-11-13T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2002-11-13T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=985"},"modified":"2015-04-29T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T04:21:26","slug":"toddlers-with-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/toddlers-with-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Here We Go ’round the Mulberry Bush \u2013 Positive Parenting of Toddlers with Diabetes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Staff at Royal Children\u2019s Hospital have produced a video to help parents of toddlers with diabetes maintain their sanity through these difficult and challenging early years.
\nMinister for Health, the Hon. John Thwaites will join staff and families of toddlers with diabetes who participated in the video to celebrate the launch of \u2018Here We Go \u2018round the Mulberry Bush \u2013 Positive Parenting of Toddlers with Diabetes\u2019, on Thursday 14th November, World Diabetes Day. Fifteen-per-cent of the children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at Royal Children\u2019s Hospital each year are toddlers: that\u2019s approximately 20 children under 5 years of age, and twice as many as were being diagnosed five years ago.<\/p>\n

Toddlers with diabetes can be extremely difficult to care for due to their varying dietary patterns and activities. And the negative consequences of swings in blood glucose levels are greater in toddlers than in older age groups. Managing a toddler\u2019s diet, giving insulin injections, monitoring blood glucose levels, coping with mood swings \u2013 no wonder parents feel they\u2019re going \u2018round the mulberry bush. They feel frustrated, isolated, guilty and unsupported.<\/p>\n

The video, \u2018Here We Go ’round the Mulberry Bush – Positive Parenting of Toddlers with Diabetes\u2019 provides practical advice from parents and siblings of diabetic toddlers, and from diabetes specialists, psychologists, and other professionals. \u201cOften the best support for parents of toddlers with diabetes comes from other parents facing similar problems,\u2019 said Dr Fergus Cameron, diabetes specialist at RCH. \u2018The video acknowledges the impact this disease has on families and the stresses that go with it. It\u2019s a unique and innovative model of support for parents.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Here We Go ’round the Mulberry Bush – Positive Parenting of Toddlers with Diabetes\u2019 is the second in a proposed series designed to deal with issues of diabetes specific to children and teenagers. The video was devised by the staff of the RCH Endocrinology Department led by Dr Fergus Cameron and diabetic nurse educator Rebecca Gebert, and produced by Jo Griggs from the hospital\u2019s\u00a0Education Resource Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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