His mother: Tiago’s diabetes was diagnosed shortly after his first birthday. I was familiar with the symptoms. He drank a lot during the night and always needed to pee. I also noticed that somehow he wasn’t quite himself. He became obsessed with his water bottle. All he wanted to do was drink, drink, drink – I realised that something must be wrong.

It does turn your world upside down for a while and you ask yourself:[br]‘What's going on?’ and ‘ He's still so little: What will his future look like?[br]How are we going to deal with it?

The pump makes our life so much easier – its technology is so advanced. There are blood glucose meters that automatically send the blood glucose levels to the pump. It would be fantastic if the pump could react automatically and add insulin or switch itself off when certain levels of blood glucose are reached. First you wonder what your child can or cannot do at all. I really don’t want Tiago to grow up thinking his condition is a disease – diabetes is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be more than that. Tiago’s grandparents are also familiar with the pump; it's no problem for him to sleep over. They can do the pricking and use the pump.