Remember a while back, when I said Olivia was a pretty compliant, easy-going kid? Yeah, well karma just came and bit me in the arse. Holy mood swings, Batman!

I don't know what's going on with her (besides the fact that she's a 13 year-old girl), but I'm about at my wits end. She's sullen, she's mouthy, she's on the phone all. the. freaking. time. But what's really pissing me off is her failure to check her blood sugar.

Up until a week or so ago, I'd ask her every time I saw her eating something and before every meal, if she'd check. She'd say yes or no, depending, and everything was fine. Suddenly, though, I'm getting this attitude.

"Did you check?" I'd ask.

HUGE, HEAVING sigh, pffffing of the hair and a long, drawn out, sarcastic "Yessssssss, Mother, I diiiiiiiiiiid."

Me: "OK, cut it with the attitude."

Her: "I'm NOOOOOOOOT giving you attitude."

Me: *glare*

Her: Huge sigh, rolling of the eyes.

So, I kind of gave up asking. I'd still check in with her, ask how her blood sugars were at school. Last week, I didn't download her meter information. I had two sick babies, then I got sick, then my sister flew in from California and my mother left for Peru and it was just chaos and I forgot. But tonight, I took her meter and her pump and went thru it.

Today, she checked at 6:15, again at 8:45 (she was low), re-checked at 9:05 and then checked for lunch at 11:30. And then nothing. No checks until I took her meter and pump from her and got angry. From 11:30 until 9:15 tonight, she didn't check her blood sugar. She ate. She bolused for what she ate, after school and for dinner, but she didn't check.

And when I asked her why, she said she just doesn't think about it all the time. So I said that I would remind her, if that would help. If she can't remember, then I will remember for her and I will say something to her about it. I won't nag, I'll just ask. But in return, I expect an answer of yes or no, not a heaving sigh, a pfffffing of the hair and a snotty tone. You can't have it both ways. If you really can't remember (and I know she's a teenager and a flibbertigibbet and can totally understand why she can't/doesn't want to remember to check), then that's why I'm here: to pick up the slack. But please. Enough with the attitude about it.