If a child takes two injections of insulin per day, meals and snacks may need to be eaten at regular intervals, following a plan agreed with the parent/carer or dietitian/PDSN. This is to maintain stable blood glucose levels.
It is important that if the plan includes specific eating times, you make sure that the child keeps to these times as a missed or delayed meal or snack could lead to a hypo.
Children who take multiple daily injections or who are on a pump usually have more flexibility with their eating times.
To keep meal times regular, the child may need to be near the front of the queue for lunch and at the same sitting each day.