D-Mom Blog

In part 5 of the Caregiver’s Journey Series, learn about working with healthcare professionals to prepare for beginning insulin pump therapy. How is the type 1 diabetes journey – from diagnosis, through starting on multiple daily injections, to beginning on an insulin pump and other milestones – viewed and managed from the caregiver perspective? Join me in… [Continue Reading]

I don’t want her type 1 diabetes to be the first thing people notice about my daughter. I want them to see her for all the other things she is. Q is now a freshman in high school (what?!) and we aren’t with her every moment of the day. It’s very routine for us to… [Continue Reading]

JDRF has opened up the application process for the 2017 JDRF Children’s Congress, which takes place in Washington D.C.

I’m always excited to see a main character in a book who lives with type 1 diabetes. “Let Me List the Ways,” a new young adult (YA) novel written by Sarah White, features a teenage girl with T1D. The book was released on August 7, 2018. Find out if Q also read it. Read my… [Continue Reading]

Here are some ways to prepare for the school year when your child has type 1 diabetes including gathering supplies, creating a two-page instruction sheet, and teacher training. I remember in the weeks before my daughter Q started kindergarten I was anxious. But sending your child with type 1 diabetes to school is just another… [Continue Reading]