My 10 year old son has had type 1 diabetes for two years. My son weighs 33 kilograms and he receives 4 units of R and 18 units of N in the morning, 4 units of R and 4 units of N in the evening for a typical day. All together he has 30 units. I adjust his insulin dose according to his blood glucose level (so called sliding scale) when he is over 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/L). Therefore, the total amount of insulin he receives varies sometimes. Are there any rules regarding the total amount of insulin received by a child? Is it related to weight?

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