To expect husband to be more intelligent?

[MeMyBooksAndMyCats]

DS7 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2 weeks ago. Right now his numbers are all over the place as his cells have tried to kickstart and make their own insulin which is normal.

We are meant to check before meal times, two hours after meals/corrections, before we go to sleep and once through the night around 4am more if needed.

Last night ds7 had lows as his numbers need adjusting again. This meant I had to get up more to check they weren't getting dangerously low and it did happen at 6am and he needed treatment immediately.

Today I'm quite clearly very tired, DH keeps saying it's my own fault for getting up so much in the night even though this the ADVICE off his diabetes team.

AIBU to think he's a complete and utter arse who should be more intelligent to know that you need to check and I'm not just making this up?

It's making me so angry as I'm the only one doing it! I normally do ds7 breakfast and go and have a hours nap, but today DH had a lie in so I didn't get that extra hours sleep so I'm running off 4 hours.
He's also reculant to do blood pricks and insulin which isn't helping either!

My grandson of 18 months has just been diagnosed as type 1
OMFG - how hard it is for everyone!
your partner is burying head in sand

YANBU. When our child was dx’d aged 7 we tag teamed through the night to check. Tech made it so much better and ds is 16 years down the line and has a pump and CGM which does a lot of it
for him now.

I’ve always led the way in tech but dh has always stepped up.

it will get better for ds. 💐

HE had a lie-in?

I would struggle to forgive this tbh

He's either in denial or genuinely very stupid. Only you know the answer to that. If it's the former, then he needs to be made face reality. If it's the latter, then maybe it needs to be explained to him again. Slowly and clearly - that if he doesn't step up, it could lead to tragic consequences.

@Whatsthefrequencykenny i have actually done this you know. My child was diagnosed well over 20 years ago. I had to learn how to test blood sugars, use a syringe to give insulin as well as how to use an insulin pen. I've administered hypogel when blood sugars were very low and ordinary methods of rectifying wouldn't work. Now I can deal with continous blood sugar monitors and insulin pumps. I've done many things I didn't think I would ever have to do. But I did it because the alternative was that my child would die if I didn't. No matter how squeamish anyone is that is the bottom line.