diabetes management

How to Prepare for Sleepovers When Your Child Has Type 1 Diabetes

How to Prepare for Sleepovers When Your Child Has Type 1 Diabetes (Parent’s Guide) Sleepovers are a big deal for kids — a rite of passage filled with snacks, movies, and giggles. But if your...

How to Teach Type 1 Diabetes to Family and Friends (Parent’s Guide)

How to Teach Family & Friends About Type 1 Diabetes: A Parent’s Practical Guide When our son Gregory was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, we quickly realized that the diagnosis extended beyond our home. Grandparents,...

How to Prepare for a Vacation with a T1D Child: A Real-Life Packing List & Tips

Planning a vacation with a child who has Type 1 Diabetes? It can feel overwhelming—like packing for a week-long trip and a mini hospital at the same time. I’ve been there, and after a few...

Top 6 T1D Apps Every Parent Should Know in 2025

Let’s be honest—managing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a full-time job, especially when it’s your child who’s living with it. Between school, sleepovers, sports, and snack time, it often feels like you need eyes...

The Easiest Way to Set Up Nightscout in 2025

If you've landed here, chances are you’re a fellow T1D warrior—or the parent of one—looking for a reliable way to view and share blood glucose data. A few years ago, I wrote a popular...

Closed Loop at kindergarten. A difficult decision to take.

Gregory is attending kindergarten for a few months now and his diabetes management at school is not easy at all. Various factors affect his blood glucose even though he is under insulin pump management. Unexperienced...

Square Wave vs Dual Wave bolus

My son Gregory, as a Medtronic 640G Insulin Pump user, can use different types of bolus deliveries, depending his insulin needs during the day. There are also different ways he can deliver a bolus,...

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