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…
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…
Hashtag Motherhood with Diabetes.
Diabetes and Family, Diabetic Mommy, Pumping Insulin, Real Life Diabetes, Robot Life“What is that?” my daughter’s friend asked me from over her plate of scrambled eggs as I was watching the two kids for the morning. Before I could answer, my kid piped up, “That’s her insulin pump. It has insulin in it.” “Oh,” the other three year old answered, mouth full of eggs. “What’s it for?” “It has my medicine…