Kitchen Station

Accurately dosing insulin begins with measuring your food portions and having nutrition information on hand. Keep a kitchen scale nearby to help make sure your servings are measured correctly. Keeping a calculator in the kitchen has also been helpful. I created a binder with all the necessary information which made feeding my children and properly dosing their insulin significantly easier. This binder has created a seamless transition when leaving our T1D kiddos with other caretakers.

See Wellness Binder

​Supply Station

Keep the things you are using on a regular basis in an easy to access location. When we started out on MDI I needed all the supplies to be easily accessible throughout the day. Having a visually appealing organization system helped me, and having tic tacs for my kids to eat while getting an injection or finger poke helped them :) 

Site Change Basket

Keeping a surprise-filled basket on hand has helped ease the discomfort our kids feel when we do site change. We also make sure to include a soothing healing balm in the basket, so we don't forget to apply it to their old sites.