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Be Thankful Our Kids Weren’t Born 100 Years Ago

Most T1D parents know that it would have been a much different diagnosis before the 1921 discovery of insulin — but you might not know some of the out-there treatments they would have prescribed instead!

Halloween Won’t Always Be This Tricky

by Kim M., Real Moms Talk Type 1

No matter how we look at it, Halloween is challenging for little ones with type 1. But as parents and kids gain more experience and more confidence, it isn’t all that difficult to manage.

Evan, Kim, and Kaitlyn

Three Ways to Share Diabetes Care With a Partner

So you don’t both feel like you’re doing everything.

Kim and Kaitlyn, then and now

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.

Kaitlyn

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.

Kim

“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.

Kaitlyn

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.

Kaitlyn

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?

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