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Owen’s First “High”: A Rookie Parent’s Play-by-Play 
Parenting Posted on: April 27, 2025June 9, 2025

Owen’s First “High”: A Rookie Parent’s Play-by-Play 

It was bound to happen.
Life with three kids is about as predictable as a puppy on espresso, and type 1 diabetes hates unpredictability. Still, when Owen’s continuous glucose monitor (CGM) flashed that first screaming-red HIGH since his diagnosis, my …

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Well That Didn’t Go To Plan…
Parenting Posted on: April 20, 2025June 8, 2025

Well That Didn’t Go To Plan…

That’s the thing about diabetes: just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, you’re reminded how little you really know. 

Case in point: I was still riding high from the success of my son’s first soccer game with

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Tandem Mobi Review: Small Pump, Big Kid Energy 
Tech Review Posted on: April 6, 2025June 8, 2025

Tandem Mobi Review: Small Pump, Big Kid Energy 

When your kid is on an insulin pump—and also happens to believe he’s part trampoline athlete, part stuntman, and part water-spraying backyard engineer—you quickly learn how much a diabetes device can (or can’t) keep up. 

A few months back, we …

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