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Raising Resilient D-Kids

With the right tools, each new day living with type 1 diabetes can be an opportunity for kids to grow stronger, smarter, and more resistant to the mental health risks a chronic medical condition can bring.

Evan, Kim, and Kaitlyn

Three Ways to Share Diabetes Care With a Partner

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

James and Jen

It’s Okay to Cry

by Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1

As parents of kids with type 1 diabetes, we advocate so deeply and fully for our children. When we reach the very bottom of our reserves, sometimes there are only tears left. And there’s no shame in it.

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.

How to Talk to the Naysayers

Most people who ask unwelcome questions or tell scary stories about their great aunt who had diabetes aren’t doing it to be hurtful. But when kids can hear, it helps to have a plan for how you (and they) can respond.

The Low-Carb Question

Some families have found blood sugar benefits to adopting a low-carb diet, while others advocate that children with type 1 diabetes can eat the same foods as anyone else. How do you navigate the debate — and the parental judgment zone around what has become a heated topic in the diabetes community?

Finding Our Way Off the Blood Sugar Roller Coaster

Are roller-coaster blood sugar levels “just the way it is” with type 1 diabetes — tolerating highs to avoid the dreaded lows? It doesn’t have to be that way, says veteran D-dad Scott Benner, who found a way to conquer the fear that was holding him back from optimal care.

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.

James

Sleep Regression After a Diabetes Diagnosis

by Jen M., Real Moms Talk Type 1

My son had been a very independent sleeper before. But when he first came back from the hospital, he was different. Looking back, I’m grateful for the way we handled it.

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.

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