Messages By: ceders2

Here in Australia the school's are really trying very hard to have foods that are less in fat and sugar. As there is a big problem these days with children becoming obese and there is a higher risk of these children ending up with Type 2 Diabetes.  

Also now in most school's here the teachers are trying a program that see's the children having more exercise time, meaning that they do more sports activities and such. All this makes alot of sense as children these days aren't as active as we were as children. The children these days rather play computer games and or watch TV then to go outside and ride their bike or go and play with their friends outside if you know what I mean!! 

Also, it's up to parents to make sure their children are eating the right foods at home too. Try limiting take-away foods(Junk foods) to maybe once a week. And when you do get take-away you can get foods that are more healthy that say going to McDonalds or KFC.   

Some suggestions would be: Thin crust pizza's from a Italian Pizza shop(not the likes of Pizza Hut). Or Pasta with a tomato based sauce not creamy sauces. If you have to have hamburgers go to your local take-away shop and buy their hamburgers as they have less fat in them than the likes of McDonalds!! 

Anyway, when it comes to your children's health you should always want only the best for them. Lots of fresh foods like, fruit and veg's!! 

By the way, just so you know I am Diabetic myself and I wouldn't wish this on anyone especially children. TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

Just want to say that I can understand how you and your family feel about your son having Type 1 Diabetes. Back in Sept 2000 when I was told I had Diabetes the Specialist said that I had type 1 and I thought that I'd be put on insulin right there and then, but the Doctor put me on tablets and that worked very well until I became pregnant in Nov 2001 and then I had to go on insulin 4 times per day as the tablets I was on could be dangerous to the baby and also my blood sugars were very high due to what was happening to my body and so the insulin helped to keep the sugars under better control.  

I had to keep my sugars very low right through out the pregnancy so that my baby would not become a big baby. And in so doing this I had alot of hypo's and hypo's can be just as bad as high sugars for anyone with Diabetes but worse for pregnant women with Diabetes. 

After I had my little girl and due to not being able to breastfeed her I was able to go back to tablets and just have night time insulin.  

So, I do have some understanding about what your son goes through each and every day of his life until they find a cure for Diabetes. Lets hope together that in your son's lifetime they will find it. 

I do have a friend who has had Diabetes since she was 4 years old and she is now in her late 20's and is on the kidney and pancreas transplant list. Once she gets the new pancreas she will no longer be Diabetic and she just can't wait till that day happens for her, NO MORE NEEDLES AND BLOOD TESTS EACH DAY!! 

Well hope your son stays well, make sure he keeps his blood sugars in good control. 

TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

Oh wow, I've just finished reading your story and have to say, that God was good to you twice he gave you two beautiful gifts from him. You really have been blessed. 

My hubby and I have been blessed also with our own little gift from God, 3 years ago. Yes, we have a 3 year old daughter who will never thought we'd ever have, due to hubby having a Zero Sperm Count and he had been told many years ago that it would be very unlikely that he would ever father any children at all. 

So, yes we have been blessed by God as well. 

It did take many years before Stephanie came to us, but it did happen. 

Good for you and your family, please TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

Hope you're all doing well as we are doing well here. Have had a good weekend so am quite happy. 

Hope your weekend has been a good one as well!! 

I see afew of you are still trying to come to terms with the new look boards. I know it's all very different and there are more bad things than good things about the new boards, who knows if we all have a good bitch about things maybe just maybe the powers that be might try and make it all abit more user friendly if you know what I mean!! 

Anyway, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you all!! 

Well you all TAKE CARE and hope to catch up with you all soon. LOVE KELLY. 

Where are all my fellow Aussie's? I'd really like to see alteast afew of you here!! 

TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

How's things with you both? Hope you enjoyed your first day back at school Erin!! 

Sorry to hear about what happened with your hard drive Neecie, thats the thing with computers, they're wonderful when they are working but the moment they give up the ghost they are a pain in the A**!! 

Hope you were able to get back most of the stuff you had in the hard drive. Well you and Erin both TAKE CARE and hope to catch up with you soon. LOVE KELLY. 

How are you all going? Hope you're all doing well. We are doing fine as per normal!! 

Yesterday was Playgroup day for Stephanie and I and we both had alot of fun. Stephanie playing with the other children and the toys and me enjoying talking to the other Mum's. 

Well not alot else to say so I will just say to you all TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

It was lovely to hear from you, hope all is well with you and Erin. We are doing well here of course!! 

Ah yes, Homework never liked that word and still don't!! To me as a kid, homework was a waste of my valueable time. Time that could be spent playing outside with my friends or doing something else more fun!! 

I've been thinking about all the stuff we have on our hard drive that we could lose if it went up in smoke!! We've got alot of photo's and other stuff that couldn't be replaced. I think I will have to talk to Mark about that and see if it would be possible to do some back up disks. As I would hate to lose all the photo's especially the ones of Stephanie. Mind you we have also taken real(FILM) photo's of Stephanie so I guess it wouldn't too bad. 

By the way, Good Luck to you this weekend with the sail race you're going in, hope you do very well at it. 

Sounds like you're being abit of a busy girl, with this weekend and then the following weekend you've got your dear friend coming to stay and then next month you're off to San Diego. You're going to need a holiday when you get back from San Diego!! 

Well you and Erin TAKE CARE and look forward to hearing from you again soon. LOVE KELLY. 

Just wanted to write and give you my thoughts on this, if you don't mind that is!! 

You've only been trying for 3 months to me thats not long at all so don't go worrying yourself too much about this. It will happen when it is suppose to happen, believe me. 

My hubby had a very low sperm count and he had been told many years ago that it would be very unlikely that he would ever be able to father any children. So we just got on with life and we did try on and off for many years to have a baby but nothing happened, but also we were trying too hard at times, so much so that we were not having any fun anymore. 

So, we stopped trying and just got back to enjoying each other and getting on with our lives, thinking that it was just going to be the two of us. And that was never going to be a problem for us, cause we didn't get married all those years ago to just have babies we got married because we wanted to be together for the rest of our lives. 

Anyway, one day out of the blue we did get pregnant and now we have a beautiful 3 year old daughter, Stephanie. To us she is our Beautiful Gift from God. We have been truly blessed. 

So, all I can say to you is to stop trying and go back to enjoying your time with your hubby and just let nature take care of it's self. And if you are healthy then it will happen. And please relax and don't worry. Hope this has helped in some way, please TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

Thank you for writing this as this is very much the way it can be for alot of us Mum's especially for first time Mum's that don't know what they are doing and if they are doing all the right things, so it really does help to have someone who has been there done that afew times say these words. 

And yes it does get better, I have a 3 year old daughter and I can honestly say that she really hasn't been any problem since the day she was born. Yes of course that has been the odd time that she has played up or has been sick but she has never been a Nightmare child. I really feel for the Mum's that have had those "Nightmare Child/children."  

Anyway, again thank you for these very true words, TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY.