My name is Jennifer, and I live in Southern California with my husband, Craig, and our two boys. Our oldest son James has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I’m thankful for this opportunity — along with my sister-in-law Kim and her daughter Kaitlyn, who also has type 1 diabetes — to share our struggles and triumphs with our friends in the diabetes community.
by Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
Our new diabetes device works great. No complaints here. Except for maybe one. Maybe it works almost too well. Let me explain.
My son’s diagnosis in 2006 simultaneously feels like yesterday and a century ago. There have been so many exciting innovations since those days; these are the 10 that have had the biggest impact on our life with type 1 diabetes.
Things change, as this year proved; school accommodation plans need to be able to change with them.
Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
My son sees type 1 differently than I do, and it reminds me how important it is to keep talking with him about it, rather than relying on my own feelings.
An integrated pump/CGM hasn’t made life with diabetes perfect. But it has made some of the scariest aspects of diabetes significantly less so.
A T1D diagnosis is enough to make Halloween pretty scary for parents. But it doesn’t have to be.
Even when I think I have a pretty good idea of how my kids feel about a certain topic, asking the questions almost always yields surprises.
James has shown not only tremendous interest in learning to work his new insulin pump, but a competency as a digital native that his parents aren’t able to match. And that has some unexpected benefits.
That such huge advances could be made in the seemingly short lifetime of my little son is mind-boggling to me.
The right decision is rarely black and white when it comes to parenting. But that’s one thing that type 1 diabetes has taught me pretty well.
