The amount of Humalog or Regular insulin is kept low due to body size and due to an apparent increased sensitivity to short-acting insulin. With the insulin syringes currently available, it is not usually necessary to dilute insulins. Infants who suck on a bottle of milk or juice frequently during the day or night will tend to have higher blood sugar levels. Overnight sucking on a bottle can also lead to dental decay. It is important for parents of infants with diabetes to incorporate the diabetes into their everyday lives.
Children learn through imitation.
If parents have adjusted to the diabetes and can view their child with the same positive feelings they had prior to the diagnosis of diabetes, it will help the child to grow up feeling positive and psychologically healthy. A summary of non-diabetes and diabetes traits for each age group is shown in Table 1 .