DebbiWI really think that you have to know your child when it comes to these stress doses. When we go to the endo, she wants to know how many times we have stress dosed since our last visit. I interpret this as, stress dose when he needs it and don’t make a habit of stress dosing out ot worry. You end up over medicating as a result. In our case, my son does not seem to need stress doses for some of the minor things mentioned above. He exerts himself just as much as other kids and does not show the need for more fluids than other kids. He took a big kick to the leg that made him drop like a stone at a soccer game. He was scooped up by me so fast that I know the other parents thought I was a nut. I watched him, calmed down his tears, and he was fine. I was really worried he might have broken his leg as a result, but he was fine. In fact he did break his leg when he was three and I made the ER docs do bloodwork to make sure he was okay. We stress dosed for 24 hours and that was it. He either had rotavirus or food poisoning which had him vomitting every 15m inutes. Our pediatrician had him admitted and they ran regular bloodwrok to monitor his electrolytes and he never went out of the normal range.
So in summary, I guess his dosage does what it should. I know some kids are much more sensitive than mine. And that is what you need to observe as best you can.
As for the schools, our school has called me when he has been hit in the head. I made the determination to go and just lay my hands on him and see for myself that he was acting out of the norm for him. At the end of the day one day, while putting charis up on their desks, a metal chari hit him in the head. They called me on my cell phone to pick him up at the school (instead of meeting me where he walks to) so that he would not me leaving the school alone. I thought that was wonderfully quick thinking and foresight and was thankful they did not let him leave his sight.
BTW, I work at a preschool, and I think this transtion day is wonderful! We should try that!