So many factors affect our kids' glucose levels: exercise, emotions, illness, growth spurts, weather, and so on.  When our kids test  and the  BG number appears on their glucose meter, we parents begin thinking about all of those factors before administering insulin.  It's so satisfying when we get it right. Last night I had one of those nights. 

The kids have school break this week and typically their BG's are all over the place because their schedules are so different.  During school break JoJo still has gymnastic practices twice a week for 3.5 hours a day. Routinely I check her glucose before I go to bed and last night at 11 p.m. her BG was 243.  So after thinking about her  day I decided to increase her basal insulin rate 10 percent for four hours and recheck her. When I did, her BG was 132: too low for that time of night.  I decreased her basal rate by 10 percent for another 4 hours.  She woke up to start  her day with a BG of 168. I was sure I deserved the  Best Mommy Award if anyone was giving them out. I really need those days because as we all know the next could be completely different.