My son was diagnosed about 8 months ago, he is 9. I'm not sure how active your kid is at his age so it may not be as hard to keep his BS pretty stable. My son races motocross and it is constant battle of highs and lows.
I'm not going to lie, the first few months suck. It takes awhile to get into a routine. Ajusting carbs and insulin can really start to wear on you. We had to go to school and teach all of the teachers, nurses and bus drivers on how to take care of him and what to do if he went into a diabetic shock.
I'm not sure where you live at or where your doctor is but if you need any information or any help at all please feel free to ask. Without my fiancee I'm not sure I would have made it through this. My son's doctor has made comments that my women may know more about diabetis then his nurses do. She has a great system down for keeping track of daily carb intakes and insulin dosages. Anytime he has had periods of low's or high's we have been able to go back and look through her records and find out what we have to change. We have pretty much dealt with everything. He has went into shock once, it is really hard to stay calm but it isn't that big of deal if you remember to take the right steps. Your heart will sink the first time he wakes up low in the middle of the night and he looks drunk and you can hear his heart pounding from across the room.
Even after 8 months I still can't remember everything you are suppose to do when he is below 60 or 70, It's something different depending on what time of day it is. We are still having to get up at midnight and 3 every now and then because he is low at bedtime.
Jesus! I'm getting stressed just talking about it! You have a lot to learn and take in. I just tried to take short notes and I carry a cheat sheet around in my wallet.
My kid is a little older then yours so you may not have to worry about it, but about one week after being diagnosed he got really mad at the world. He was fed up with being stabbed and poked. He hated me, my women, the doctors and mostly the disease. He refused to take his shots, and then sometimes when he did take a shot he would refuse to eat. To make a long story short, it took some very very tough love to get him through it. I would have to scream my head off at him to get him to listen and then he would start to cry so I would have to leave the room so I could go break down myself. Finally after a trip to the hospital one night they showed him the tubes they were going to insert so they could feed him, he started to straighten out and finally started to understand that he could be a normal kid and do everything he used to before he got sick. To this day though it is really hard to let him out of my sight.
Anyway, if you want to PM me I can give you my email address and phone number if you want it. I would be more then happy to share the knowledge that we have learned. When it comes to healthy snacks and 15 gram carb snacks, we pretty much know everyone of them. If your kid is always hungry we have came up with some pretty good meals that allow him to eat a lot more but keep the carbs and calories down. If your lucky he loves chicken! My son loves chicken and it's one of the best things for him. My kid has been to a couple really great day camps for kids with diabetis. If you are having problems with him dropping low or spiking really high at certain times of the the day we can tell you our system on how to figure out what dosage you need to adjust to fix the problem. We have ask every question under the sun so we probably have an answer for it. Just let me know.
Please don't take this as any form of bragging because it's not, I am proud of him for wanting to help. If your kid ever doubts himself, maybe he thinks he is different and can't do everything he wants to, I would be more then happy if your in the area to introduce your kid to mine. He likes to show kids younger then him that they are still normal and can do anything they want. He usually gives the little guys one of his motocross trophies as a reminder that your no different then anyone else.
Take care man, don't forget to breathe once in awhile, it's a lot to take in and a short amount of time to do it.