Chronic Illness and Parenting
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Type 1 Diabetes Caregiver Burnout
Type 1 Diabetes Caregiver Burnout 1703 2560 2am Parenting

Diabetes Burnout: Overcoming the Repetition of Caregiving Wake up, check blood sugar, count the carbs, administer insulin…rinse and repeat!  Alarm beeps, low blood sugar, grab the apple juice, wait 15 minutes, check CGM again, arrow moving up, give a snack…..rinse and repeat! Life as a type 1 parent As parents or caregivers of children with…

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T1 Everyday Magic Guest Blog-The Case for Letting Your Other Kids Help
T1 Everyday Magic Guest Blog-The Case for Letting Your Other Kids Help 150 150 2am Parenting

T1 Everyday Magic-“The Case for Letting Your Other Kids Help” April 10 is National Siblings Day and what better way to celebrate than to acknowledge the unsung heroes of Type 1 diabetes……the siblings of a Type 1 warrior! Check out my latest guest blog post on T1 Everyday Magic, a collaboration site between Disney and…

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Journaling: A Family Affair
Journaling: A Family Affair 150 150 2am Parenting

Journaling: A Family Affair In our book 2am Parenting, we share how journaling was one thing that helped us deal with our emotions and push through.  As our kids have gotten older, we’ve realized that it’s important to check in with each other.  We know that spending quality time together is important for nurturing any…

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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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Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk….
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk…. 150 150 2am Parenting

Don’t cry over spilled milk…. No one understands this age old saying like a mom of a newborn baby.  After pumping for over 20 minutes, giving it all I had and then to spill half of the bag…my life flashed before my eyes! I was LITERALLY about to cry over spilled milk!   Now, as a…

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It’s Back to School Time….with Covid!
It’s Back to School Time….with Covid! 150 150 2am Parenting

The back-to-school buzz normally begins with supply lists, schedules from the school, and finding out our teacher assignments for the year.  This year’s back to school time is unlike any other we’ve ever experienced.  We’ve all been on pins and needles waiting to learn whether or not our children would go back to school after…

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