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In the US and EU, children that young are authorized to use CGM and Omnipod. It’s functionally equivalent to the tube based systems, expect that it only lasts 3 days. Ugh.

But the total automation of basal based on realtime CGM is a lifesaver.

In the US or EU, there are many CGM and Insulin pump options for children aged 4+.

Regulation in the US makes single purpose devices basically impossible to justify from a cost perspective. Also, as the user, a commodity off the shelf device, which can do more than one thing (e.g. CGM and Pump from different manufacturers) is fantastic. +1 million better.

OmniPod pumps have both iOS and Android apps, as well as a prepackaged Android based device (without a cellular modem.)

This is an area in which technology is hugely helpful, however the development cycle is incredibly slow. Like glacial. It’s unclear how much that’s helping…

That said, I’m super happy to have the options we have at this point.

Any iPhone in an Otterbox case. Don’t do fanny pack. Do cross body bag with the bag on chest.

This is not something you want to go cheap on. iPhones are flat out better hardware than everything shown. I went down the Android route for Omnipod/G6. Was horrible UX and unreliable. (For a while, the OmniPod app would only work on <10 Android phone models. Ugh).

The requirement he missed is Dexcom Remote. That’s not a “cheap” phone thing.

We’re on year two of an iPhone Mini in an Otterbox case. The Android phone didn’t make it 9 months.

Oh yeah. A Google Drive link, controversial topic. Yeah. That seems safe…