If you aren't sure it's okay to wait.
When I've been in charge of kids (babysitting, as a camp counselor) I tried to test more often and ALWAYS took time out to treat a low right away.
As a diabetic there's no reason you can't be a competent babysitter. Just need to make sure to take care of yourself too.
Take care. -Jenna
Hey Sarah, i just follwed your tumblr page, im new to tumblr by the way! haha. but anyways, i am 18, and got diagnosed February 2011! i had to quit my job at a retail store because i got really wierd symptoms from the insulin. but that has all worn off, and now i am a nanny for a couple kids! so now that i am babysitting and more used to type 1 diabetes, i find it really easy. babysitting is usually pretty flexible an you have time to check your bgl whenever basically, rather then at a retail store it was hard to catch a break! i would say try it out a see how things go. you dont want to miss good opportunities because of this dumb disease, thats what i have learned anyway.
WE did go through this. I think it is totally normal. In the begining, He even said he would never eat again. It was very difficult. He has even spent 20 minutes crying and saying he wants to be normal and it is not fair! We just did a lot of reassuring we were going to take care of himand do our best. We loved him and that they are working on a cure. We try to make some "special stuff with him that he could eat for free. He thought it was fun. Lots of extra hugs and kisses and kept telling him how proud we were of him. We made a sticker chart as well. He recieved stickers for achievements like taking shots in his "scary spots." We set short goals. Like five stickers he got to go to the store next door and pick a prize. Something small like a car. That helped. It made it kind of fun for him. You can pick his own goals. Sometimes though we would just hold him and let him cry and we would cry too. I know things will get better, keep that in mind. lots of well wishes! I hope this helped.
We go through this on a regular basis - we are coming on our 3 year D-day anniversary. I use a variety of responses none of which really make up for the fact when he is feeling sad about it. "I hate diabetes too, but I LOVE you" with a kiss and a hug is probably my standard. We also look forward to the cure a lot. "what is the first thing you are going to do when you get cured" His brothers love this - they have thought up some really creative ways we are going to destroy the sugar checker and the pump. Sometimes we spend a few minutes thinking up plans and menu for the huge party we are going to throw once he is cured.
All that being said, he is also starting to identify himself with the diabetes, it is part of the wonderful person that he is...this outlook is conflicting with the earlier part of my response but it is a bit of a complicated disease - you are at the same time hoping to get rid of it as well as learning to just live with it.
Christine
My sons were diagnosed at 17 months and 22 months, Nicholas is now five and Cameron is almost 3. Some days they don't want there insulin and we always make little games about it. My husband calls there insulin "super soldier serum" since my boys are really into super heroes. We explain to them that they need insulin to live and this is why we do so much work for JDRF so we can find a cure for them and all the little kids. When Nicholas was 3 I remember him thinking that everyone had had diabetes and we just couldn't find his cure because we aren't looking hard enough. Heart breaking somedays but necessary. Hope this helps!