Three Ways to Share Diabetes Care With a Partner
So you don’t both feel like you’re doing everything.
Kim
Remember When Diabetes Was Really Hard?
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
If your child is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, I promise things will get better than they are today. I know because I’ve lived it.
Keeping Them All in the Air
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
I’ve got so many different balloons in the air, it’s impossible to keep more than a few of them from falling. The one that dropped most recently: my daughter’s diabetes care.
Over-treating Lows
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
She knows exactly how many carb-grams’ worth of sugar to take when she’s low, but somehow, she usually ends up eating more. So we came up with a solution.
“Thank You for Letting Me Know”
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
There might be parents out there who never hear a single negative word about their child. For the rest of us, I highly recommend making this your new favorite phrase. Here’s why.
She Still Needs Me
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
When Kaitlyn’s CGM alarm went off at 2 a.m. recently due to a low blood sugar reading, I had a very different reaction than usual.
Interview With a T1D Expert
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
With her current career aspirations in the realm of RN/diabetes educator, our resident expert on living with type 1 diabetes shares her thoughts for newly diagnosed families.
We’re Not All Laughing
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
Please, from the bottom of my heart, and as a type 1 mom, can we stop the diabetes jokes?
When the Brave Thing to Do Is Quit
by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
When Kaitlyn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, we didn’t even consider that we wouldn’t hike anymore. We take precautions and come prepared, but we’ve never started a hike that we couldn’t finish. Until now.
Feedback Is a Gift
Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1
Receiving constructive criticism at your child’s endocrinologist appointment can feel like failing a parenting test. But I’m starting to see it for what it really is.