My son has type one diabetes. I need healthy breakfast ideas that are quick and easy! He is not picky, he is just so bored with his disease and the food that he has to eat. We need to shake things up a bit for him!
Hi, K.. A few years ago, my kids got hooked on Soy Nut Butter. It tastes very similar to regular peanut butter, but not as oily. Anyway, my point is - it's GLUTEN FREE. I'll find this at regular old grocery stores sometimes, not just health food stores.
More and more things are coming out in the market that are gluten free, keep an eye out for these.
Good luck! Happy Friday!
my dad and grandmothers and my best friend are all diabetics. My dad's favorite is waffles with fruit on top and my friend likes fruit smoothies with low fat yogurt. Take another look at the cereals alot of the ones that look high in sugar are not that bad. Also look for some exotic fruits to have her try guava, mango, papaya and even some raw coconut ( breaking it open is half the fun and the milk is good too) make it fun with what you have to work with. Trail mixes (made from home prepared ones are high in sodium and sugar usually) can be fun and can include dried fruit, cheerios and different tyes of nuts. Some of the kitchen supply companies also have fun molds to make eggs or pancakes into different shapes. Trying no sugar added fruit spreads on toast cut into fun shapes with cookie cutters helps make even slightly bland foos more fun and appealling. It does take alot of extra work to kep up with diabetis especially in one so young. I wish you strength and pray for a cure someday for this disease.
K. there are 2 books by Dr Richard Bernstein that I suggest you get. They are absolutely excellent. He has diabetes and that is what his whole medical practice works with. Both books have meal ideas in it also. He discusses both Type 1 and Type 2 in his books.
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars by Richard K. Bernstein
The Diabetes Diet: Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution by Richard K. Bernstein
Hi Kim, Your child should eat whatever he likes for breakfast, just count his carbs and ajust his insulin. Did your dr. give you a carb/insulin ratio, if not call him and get started it will make life easier for you and happier for your son. My daughter is 15, diag. at 12 and we struggled with all meals in the beginning, but now she eats anything and everything and gives a shot for her meals, also has to give a correction dose occassionaly.He can also give his shot after his meal, in case he doesn't finish all his food. Talk with the doctor. Good Luck
Hi Kim,Well my daught has type 1 too. It will be a year come
April. My daughter will eat oatmeal, granola bars, cereal,
pancakes, eggs and toast, and those drinks for diabetics.
They can eat what ever they want. You just have to make sure its in his carb number count. (That he get in the morning. My daughters carbs intake is 30 for the morning so I make sure I add the carbs to 30.Diabetes doesn't own him. He
owns it. Its all about carb counting. I hope this helps.
L.
Also are you in a support group for type 1 diabetes.
I don't know where you are from, but "Mchenry County of Illinois" now has one. In "Crystal Lake at Immanual Lutheran
Church." It is the first Tuesday of every month. e-mail me if you would like more information on this.
It is for all ages and their caregivers. That where you will meet and hopefully get answers and to give answers to your questions and their questions.
My daughter is 6 1/2 and has type 1 since 18 months. At first we were on a carb count for every meal, which was hard to stay in a 30 carb meal count for breakfast and then we went to see a doctor in St. Louis and she told us that our daughter could eat anything she wanted, within reason of course. Since that time we try to keep close to her original carb count for meals (not always possible) and do so during snack time. Let him eat whatever he likes and just count the carbs he eats and adjust his insulin accordingly. Since we did this, our daughter is much more happier because she has many choices now. She eats eggs, pancakes, cereal, sausage, toast, ham, freid bolonga and milk. Some has lots of carbs and others don't, but she is much more happier now that she gets to pick what she wants to eat. I hope this helps as well.
hopefully when he was diagnosed you were able to meet with a dietitian for ideas. Being DB isn't a death sentence like it seemed so many years ago. My suggestion would be to google foods for a young diabetic and see what you come up with. Be creative in your making things for him. Mickey mouse shaped pancakes would brighten it up for him as well as shaped cheese for snacks. Call your local hospital and ask to speak to the pediatric dietitian who can give you lots of ideas especially where and how to find. As long as you are basically watching the sugar intake the other will fall into place as you go along. American Diabetes Association should have some good books for you to ponder over. Find an ADA office in your area and someone will be able to help you from there. J.
Hi
My daughter is type 1 diabetic since 7yrs old. She's now 14. Does your son have an insulin pump or does he take shots? The insulin pump gives her so much more freedom with food choices.
I know exactly what you are going through because I have a 6 1/2 year old Type 1 Diabetic child. My daughter is supposed to have 60 carbs for breakfast. I usually give her a choice of the "Main Meal" part and fill in the rest of the carbs with fresh fruit, milk or juice. What does your son Really want for breakfast??? Even if it is Eggo Waffles, doughnut holes or cinnamin rolls you can make it work every once in a while. I want my daughter to feel like as normal a kid as she can with this crazy disease. I don't ever tell her she cannot have anything, we just may delay the timing. For instance, if there are birthday treats at school and it is not during her time to eat according to her diabetic schedule, she just puts the cupcake or whatever it is in a baggie and brings it home in her backpack for when I can fit it in carbwise. What kid wants to be told "NO" you cannot ever have a cupcake???
Hi K.,
As Debbie K. said, you can pretty much let your baby eat/drink whatever he likes, with the exception of too much concentrated sugars. What kind of insulin does your son take? When my daughter was first diagnosed at 21 months, she was on injections with the strict diet, she used a combination of Humilin and Humalog. We had to count her carbs and give her insulin according to what she ate. Her diet was really tough because she was on a 45 carb diet for breakfast, lunch and dinner and 15-30 carbs for snack. Now she's 7 years old, on a pump, and like Debbie K. said, she eats any and everything. I know that Debbie's 15 year old has not had a very good experience with the pump. However, my 7 year old thinks it's the best thing in the world! Is your son on a pump? Where do you see your endocrinologist? We're at LaRabida Children's Hospital.
