Over the weekend, I saw some friends whose son has type 1 diabetes. He is a teen now, and he showed me his insulin pump and how it works. He has had one for two years now. I admitted to them that I feel somewhat awkward with my writing here because I don't have diabetes. Although I do have some blood sugar crashes and a body type that makes me suspect I am a good candidate for type 2 diabetes, I don't yet have any personal experiences, apart from the fact that my grandmother died from complications from diabetes when I was a baby.

My friend told me that her son used to have troubles with low blood sugar at night, when he was younger. He would have seizures, and she would race to his bedroom, hearing him convulse. So, she would put honey into his mouth to try to raise his blood sugar. She said honey is good because it absorbs into the gums, so it doesn't have to be swallowed to be effective. Soda pop can be spit out easily by a child who is convulsing, and also, it's hard to get many things into the mouth of a child who is gritting teeth.

What do you do for your child during nighttime sugar crashes? Is honey use pretty common?