How do other parents handle Halloween and trick or treating when you have diabetic children?

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I agree. For safety reasons, my family doesn't keep Halloween candy unless it's from someone we know WELL. Just do what everyone else recommended, find alternatives with less sugars, and substitute. Also, do other activites to associate with Halloween besides candy. hayrides, haunted houses, pumpkin carving parties, bobbing for apples. A "treat" doesn't even have to be food, it can be stickers, small toys or plastic jewelry, cards, etc. Another good idea, is to have the kids collect for UNICEF. That way, they're going door to door, in costume, but they're doing something that benefits others, who are less fortunate. It puts a nice neighborly spin on the holiday, instead of letting it be another sugarbomb holiday like Easter..

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I SAY LET THEM GO. BUT DONT LET THEM EAT THE CANDY BUY THEM A FEW BAGS OF SUGAR FREE CANDY AND REPLACE WHAT THEY CANT EAT

My Children are not diabetic but we dont allow them to eat trick or treating candy anyway we just buy our own and trade it for safety reasons maybe you could switch with sugar free Allow them to go but make sure you buy them sugarfree candies and treats and when they are done trick-or-treating trade them for the regular ones they got during the night. Then give those away at work or whatever.

We have a diabetic daughter so we decided to have an annual haunted house party for the neighborhood. We started 5 years ago with fresh fruit and snacks we control and it has grown into a big neighborhood event. Through having this party I learned that other kids in our neighborhood are diabetic too, so this is a benefit to their parents too. We all chip in and make healthy snacks and prizes for the games and we have a great time. Check around; you may not be the only parent around you dealing with this problem, and you may be able to come up with a solution that will benefit all of you.

Good luck!

i myself am a diabetic, and i know for a fact that trick or treating wasnt too fun, but then i got my insulin pump. i dont think you should restrict their candy eating, but moderate, and take insulin for it, make sure they dont have too much

Have a special Holloween party and invite other kids that are Diabetic. The kids can dress up and have just as much fun without the worry of them getting sugared candy. You can control what the kids are eating, and have bobbing for apples, and other healthy snack games.

Sapphyre Save some of the candy for lows, like the hard candy. Adjust fast acting insulin to handle some candy, and just save the candy so it lasts a long time.

Or you could find a church or something with some kind of alternative program.

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