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January 17, 2013
{D-Mom 2.0} The Longest Drive
If you are new to D-Mom Blog or to our family’s particular story, I invite you to read my previously written posts, which you can do by visiting the Archives.
Join me each Thursday as I highlight a post from the past.
The Longest Drive
originally posted August 16, 2008
St. Louis is not just a jaunt down the road for us. Driving straight through without detours, it is 180 miles to the edge of the city and takes a little over three hours.
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We had just been told to pack and leave within one hour.
Do...
January 15, 2013
{Type 1 Tuesday} 01.15.13
I’m happy to announce the return of Type 1 Tuesday, which is a round up of blog posts and articles that I found interesting, informational, poignant, or moving. Have you read (or written!) a great post or article? Please let me know and I may include it in a future edition of Type 1 Tuesday.
Featured D-Blogs of the Week
Here are some of my favorite posts I have read recently:
The Butter Compartment Type 1 Diabetes + Food & Body Issues + Social Media + Creativity = VIAL Project Lee Ann Thill, cre...
January 10, 2013
{D-Mom 2.0} Mother’s Intuition
If you are new to D-Mom Blog or to our family’s particular story, I invite you to read my previously written posts, which you can do by visiting the Archives.
Join me each Thursday as I highlight a post from the past.
Mother’s Intuition
originally posted August 09, 2008
Always trust your mother’s intuition.
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It was finally spring. The weather was warm. There was just a month left of preschool. My children were growing like the weeds visible from our picture window. We began spending more and mor...
January 8, 2013
{Our Story} Our First Logbook
We recently did a little furniture rearranging and moved all the toys into one smaller area to keep them contained. As we did, I began going through them to find missing pieces, box some up for consignment and get everything organized.
We have one tub that has “medical” supplies including a Fisher Price doctor kit and a variety of diabetes supplies that are used to treat various people, dolls, and stuffed animals.
As I was going through this d-stash, I browsed the stack of logbooks to recycle a...
January 5, 2013
D-Mom Blog Survey 2013: Would Love Your Input (Giveaway!)
At the beginning of each year I like to take stock, regroup, and take a look ahead. I’ve been formulating my blogging plans for the year and I would greatly appreciate your input into the direction and features for D-Mom Blog in 2013.
In 2012 I was so busy writing Kids First, Diabetes Second that I felt I had to stop the “Meet and D-Mom/Dad” and “Type 1 Tuesday” features. But now that things have settled down, I am happy to bring those back if there is an interest.
I’m completely open to ideas!...
{Celebrating 3 Years of D-Mom Blog} Enter All Four Giveaways!
I hope you enjoyed reading about these awesome go-to diabetes products this week.
Thanks again to Spry Publishing, Lauren’s Hope, Too Sweet Boutique, and GlucoLift for providing these wonderful prizes to help celebrate the three year anniversary of D-Mom Blog.
And thank you for reading D-Mom Blog!
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January 4, 2013
{Celebrate 3 Years of D-Mom Blog} GlucoLift Glucose Tablets Giveaway!
In honor of the third anniversary of D-Mom Blog, I’m happy to give away some of the items that are instrumental in our daily diabetes care. Come back each day this week for a new giveaway. Good luck!
Dealing with diabetes definitely has its highs and lows…literally!
Included in our arsenal of low blood sugar treatments is GlucoLift. Q likes GlucoLift because they taste pretty good and I like them because they aren’t made from a bunch of junk. Not to mention that company owner Christopher Angell...
January 3, 2013
{Celebrate 3 Years of D-Mom Blog} Too Sweet Boutique Giveaway!
In honor of the third anniversary of D-Mom Blog, I’m happy to give away some of the items that are instrumental in our daily diabetes care. Come back each day this week for a new giveaway. Good luck!
When Q began using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) this year, she needed a way to carry it. (Her OmniPod insulin pump PDM stays in her supply bag, so she doesn’t carry it on her person every day.) Amy, the very sweet owner of the aptly named shop Too Sweet Boutique, made Q the most perfect glit...
January 2, 2013
{Celebrate 3 Years of D-Mom Blog} Lauren’s Hope Giveaway!
In honor of the third anniversary of D-Mom Blog, I’m happy to give away some of the items that are instrumental in our daily diabetes care. Come back each day this week for a new giveaway. Good luck!
I’m thrilled that Lauren’s Hope was willing to participate in this week’s giveaways. We are long time customers of Lauren’s Hope and Q has always worn their engraved bracelets. She also has a Princess necklace that she wears often.
I think it’s incredibly important for my daughter to wear an engrav...
January 1, 2013
{Celebrate 3 Years of D-Mom Blog} Kids First, Diabetes Second Book Giveaway!
In honor of the third anniversary of D-Mom Blog, I’m happy to give away some of the items that are instrumental in our daily diabetes care. Come back each day this week for a new giveaway. Good luck!
Q was diagnosed over four-and-a-half years ago with type 1 diabetes. Shortly after, I began sharing our story on my then “mommy blog.” As my community of people I looked to in the DOC grew and my content expanded, I moved to this space and founded D-Mom Blog, with it’s first official post being on...
