I find my self thinking of Nate often. My David is only about 6 months younger than Nate. Because my girls are sandwiched between my boys, David drinks from pink sipy cups and is in love with a pink ride on car that we have. It's nice to know someone else who has a boy that is manly like that :).

Cutest bum ever! You know with the dexcom, you can use it and lose it...use it and lose it. On and off, to tweak his numbers. Most people use it just to get the numbers back on track. So everytime Nate has a growth spurt, you can just pop one on to see what the heck is going on. And then give his bum a break while the good number waves are rolling in. :) Good luck with your decision! His butt does look REALLY crowded! (But oh so adorable!)

Oh he has the cutest butt ever!!! And he may not forgive you later in life, but that's what the old 'edit posts' feature is for!!!
I worry about the 'real estate' too - G's body only has so much room and she is one active child! I'm interested in how your like the CGM and how you are seeing Nate headed low and such, what good info!
Keep us posted!

We trialed for a month and at the end of the month I still was not sure. Me: "Oooookaaaaay, I guess this is good." But I was not at all convinced.

Will email you later some thoughts which may or may not help. Hopefully will :).

wow I hear so many people yes and so many people no . So I dont know if I will get one anyway because they are so controversial right now . Im supposed to be approved for insurance in sept we shall see if they will cover me .LOL !!!

We just finished a trial last week and I LOVED it! It was very hard to give back. I also wrestled with Audrey not having a lot of "real estate" but after finishing the trial I thought It would be more beneficial in the long run. Plus we can put her DexCom sensor in her tummy and we can't use that for a pump site. (the child has no fat on her belly) Also, unlike the pump, we don't have to have a sensor in at all times. So, if we want to take a break for a week or so and let her little body "heal up" we can.

I am a little jealous of the pink cover. We are trying to find one for Audrey's Dexie. (that what we call the receiver)

Good luck with your decision!

Well, you know how I feel about Dexie! I am in love and I think you can definitely do arms! We only use arms for the Dex site and tush for pump sites. If you want to see the video of Z's first insertion, it is on my FB page. He does not mind it most of the time on his arm. :)

Love that the shirt helped give you a place for the receiver! Cargo shorts are great too! :)

OMGsh. Those buns are so stinkin' cute!!!!!!!

I'll be interested in hearing your thoughts as the trial comes to an end.

I'm still not in a place to try the trial!

Keep up the great work :)

Laura - you are such a rock star! I wouldn't be ready to trial a CGM so soon after starting the pump. I worry about the real estate issue too with Addison but I would so love to see real time numbers that would clue me in on what is really happening in his little body. The sleep thing too sounds marvelous. Thanks for posting about your trial..looking forward to hearing about what you decide.

Thank you for sharing your experience. We asked about the CGM for Willie at his appt a couple of weeks ago and they really encouraged us to get it. Not sure if I want to keep track of one more thing, but the guess-work is so stressful with a little one! And he's on the Omnipod, too. Lots of stuff hanging off of those tiny bodies! Can't wait to hear your feelings about it at the end of the trial.

Wishing you lots of luck with whatever you decide :) I don't have either of my girls on a pump or CGM yet so the real estate issue is not one that we are dealing with yet. I can see how it would be a great influence on your decision. Our little ones have such limited space for these devices.

We are just now at the place where we are considering a pump for my 4 year old, she is starting to show some real interest in it and her endo feels that it may be time to start looking into that for her...now my two year old, I'm not so sure. She is so adventurous and kind of rough and tumble, I would be so worried she would pull off her pump :(

Good luck Laura and keep us posted!!!

Wow! It sounds great. The idea of sleep alone is fantastic, but knowing which way his sugar is trending??? Doesn't get any better than that!

Maybe Matthew will want a Dex one day.....

Pinchable bootie!

I have a neighbor who just got a CGM for her son 2 months ago and she LOVES it! Mostly because she can SEE how food affects her son and what to expect with certain foods. So it helps in that aspect as well as seeing what he may be before they decide to do that extra finger poke or not.

And you can opt to only use it at certain times in life instead of daily....which will get expensive over time. That will help with those growth spurts and those weird unexplainable times of wonky numbers!

Jessi refuses to try it out even though we've explained the benefits. We've decided that at almost 10, she can have a say in her care over us right now so that we can instill choice and responsibility in her s to avoid possible rebellion later. That's why even though I want her back on her pump....she's almost into the 4th month of DMI. Sigh.

Hang in there Laura, with everything! :)

I googled dexcom, children, sensors, and cgm and came up with your blog. Call me a stalker, but our three year old got his dexcom this week (dx of pancreatic insufficiency, renal failure, hypoglycemia leading to seizures) and just had to let you know that you are not the only one going around posting butt pics on the internet. My poor FB friends who have children with a normal pancreas have seen way more than they can take I bet! Loved the rockin' pink cover (ours is boring grey)!

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