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Originally Posted by Stillman16
Also the Freestyle Libre only gives you the blood glucose number if you swipe the unit over the sensor, so no continuous monitoring.
This might be ok for an adult, or even a child that has some experience/awareness of their low/high blood sugar, but I'd recommend a continuous monitor like the Dexcom for young children.
The added cloud connectivity of the Dexcom makes monitoring even better for parents/grandparents when the T1D child is at school, or even at a play date....makes their lives more normal, and gives the caregiver some peace of mind.
Heck, it allows the caregiver to SLEEP, Dexcom will alarm if the blood sugar is out of range!
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Another excellent point. While the Libre is continuously monitoring, it's data is only uploaded when in NFC range. Not ideal for children, especially early on