“Jerry has diabetes, like you do, mom. So I give him food and insulin and check his blood sugar and he likes to play archery.” A brief pause as Birdy rand her hands over Jerry’s soft bear ears. “Mom, what’s archery?” A photo posted by Kerri Sparling (@sixuntilme) on Nov 11, 2014 at 8:41am PST [Disclosure: Jerry was a gift…
Birdy the Kid and Jerry the Bear.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Products, Psychosocial SupportHer consummate V’s were spot-on, and once she drops that second arm and beefs up the first one, I think she’s got a good grip on the Trogdor. (She spent the car ride to the zoo working on her “What’s that dragon’s name again? Oh yeah – TROGDOR! He does the burninating, right, Mom?”) Loading Someone is a little obsessed…
Birdy has this “learn about how electrical circuits work!” toy, and she plays with it endlessly. I thought we had built every plan in the book that came with the game until she busted out this page yesterday: And once we built it, I realized we had recreated the “pee alarm” that my parents used when I was very young,…
In one, frantic breath as we prepared to go for a bike ride, Birdy proclaims: “We need to put a bottle of water in the bike basket and a snack in case I get hungry and a snack in case you get hungry or if you have a low blood sugar and your glucose meter and the glucose tabs in…
[Insert whole paragraph about how I hate to cook/am bad at cooking/have no interest in cooking/would rather paint the deck.] I don’t normally do anything resembling a “food review” because that’s not my bag (baby). But I’m lazy when it comes to preparing food, so if I stumble across something that makes being a lazy chef even easier, well then…
Our backyard is big and lovely and fenced in on all sides so that when Birdy and I are playing outside, we’re both safe from cars and giant woodland creatures (except the ones that can shimmy underneath the fence … I’m looking at you, groundhog). I don’t keep my eyes glued to her while she plays, and we can enjoy…
Earlier this week, Birdzone asked if we could bake some bread. (We’ve been baking bread for her since she was very small, avoiding gluten for the first 15 months of her life and becoming gluten-free bakers, after a fashion, for a year or two.) Now, thanks to a bread machine that makes baking bread easier, we whip up random recipes. …
Friday Six: DBlog Week, Small, and BAMWD!
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Psychosocial Support, Real Life Diabetes, The Friday SixI love Diabetes Blog Week. It’s inspiring and encouraging, and reignites the blogging ecosystem for readers and writers alike. Are you participating? Head over to Karen’s blog for details. “This head-to-head-to-head comparative effectiveness study reveals the G4 Platinum as the most accurate and precise of the current generation of CGMs, followed closely by the Navigator, with both devices markedly more…
Running alone brings out the Spibelt, and I cram it full of my on-the-move necessities: glucose tabs, Dexcom receiver, keys, and phone. Even though it’s reasonably streamlined and doesn’t bother me too much to tote around all that stuff, it’s a bulkier system than, oh, I don’t know … making my own insulin. But lo! The child rides a bike! …
The last time I had a urinary tract infection was about ten years ago. I used to get them every once in a while, and while I’m sure it was horrible at the time, these infections weren’t frequent enough to make a mark on my memory. I know that ‘feeling,’ of the twinge of pain after urinating when the muscles…
Plastic Apples and Measuring Cups.
Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Memories, Diabetic Mommy, Diet and Food, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesHer desk was anchored on either side by tall bookshelves crammed with pretend food. Plastic fruit – apples, bananas, oranges, kiwis that looked like fuzzy dumplings – and the cardboard shell of cereal boxes. Plastic slabs of steak with edging to make it look like it had a pat of butter melting on top, and the entire plastic carcass of…