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Family FUN-Tips and Ideas

Family FUN-Tips and Ideas 150 150 2am Parenting

We hope you had a chance to check out our Fall Family Bucket List in last week’s post.  We love soaking up the last few moments of outdoor weather when fall comes and enjoying time with family.  Our time spent with our family has taken on a whole new meaning since March 2020.  With every…

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A Bucket List of Fun-Fall Family Ideas

A Bucket List of Fun-Fall Family Ideas 150 150 2am Parenting

Each year, we look forward to the cool, crisp air, sweater weather, college football (so glad it’s back on) and so many fun, family activities that come with the fall season.   Family fun time has always been one of our top priorities, and our favorite way to build traditions while making memories as a family. …

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It’s Our Anniversary!

It’s Our Anniversary! 150 150 2am Parenting

It’s Our Anniversary (cue the music)! Did the song by Tony! Toni! Tone! just play in your mind or was it just us?  September marks our 10 year wedding anniversary and if you would have told us then what we would have endured along the way, we would not have believed you for a second. …

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Relationship Care….

Relationship Care…. 150 150 2am Parenting

As Type 1 parents, we were immediately thrown into carb counting, insulin ratios, diabetes management devices, extra doctor visits to the Endocrinologist, high and low blood sugar management etc. etc. etc, from sun up to sun down and all seconds in between.  No one told us how managing an illness for our child would directly…

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The Other Kid.

The Other Kid. 150 150 2am Parenting

The Other Kid. In conversations about caring for a child with a chronic illness, we often forget about the other kid– the sibling or siblings to the child with the illness.  When a child is diagnosed we, as parents or caregivers, go all in as we’re learning any and everything that has to do with…

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There’s So Much Stuff!

There’s So Much Stuff! 150 150 2am Parenting

There’s So Much Stuff!  Let me preface this first by proclaiming that I am an organized person by nature.   Things not having a place or things not being organized will drive me crazy!  Now that that has been said,  when my son was diagnosed with type one diabetes, I was not prepared for the…

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Only the STRONG Survive.

Only the STRONG Survive. 150 150 2am Parenting

Only the Strong Will Survive. You’ll be ok. You’re a strong person. I’m sure you can handle this. If we had a dollar for every time we heard one of these phrases. People mean well, and may even believe what they are saying about us to be true, but if they only knew how complex…

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