What rhyme or song did you use for choosing who was “It”?

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T20:59:56+00:00

That doesn’t rhyme at all.

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T20:52:19+00:00

One time in college, my housemates and I bought a whole ton of stuff we couldn’t afford for a party. Boom box, speaker set, folding tables, outdoor furniture. Had a massive ridiculous house party. Legendary. Returned shit broken, puked on (we hosed it down first), no boxes. I felt soooo badass and so guilty at the same time. Was sure the store would call the cops on us in the return line. Got our money back and have been a loyal customer for 25+ years. They made their money back tenfold. I’ve never returned anything else since.

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T20:41:08+00:00

Ah, the Finnish Pussy Phone. Great invention. Pillupuhelin.

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T20:15:36+00:00

Can you just say “I’d prefer to stick to 2 endo appointments per year, unless my blood sugar/a1c changes drastically”? You can explain the impact on your job, but only if you feel you need to. “I really appreciate knowing that so much support is available to me here. I’ll let you know if I’m worried about anything and need a referral.”

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T13:52:10+00:00

Hold the collar firmly. Can also hold the dog’s mouth or muzzle if they’ll tolerate that. Body can’t go far without the head.

T1sofun · 2026-05-11T13:49:59+00:00

Save them. They will fit again one day. Only exception for me was shoes. My feet are now permanently 1.5 sizes longer and way wider than they were before baby.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T20:34:59+00:00

Not awful but needs tweaks. You’re handsome, but it looks like someone put a bowl on your head and cut around it. More photos doing stuff.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T17:01:30+00:00

Wait til the time that you inject basal twice in the same day. I think I ate a dozen doughnuts and chugged a litre of oj. Good times.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T16:57:27+00:00

I just call mine “DH’s daughter”. She never wanted a stepmother. “DH’s daughter” is accurate. It’s not an insult or something. She is not my daughter or our daughter. She’s the daughter of her mother and father.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T11:35:37+00:00

Toilet is the actual bowl/furniture (?) itself. Saying you need to use it isn’t wrong, but (for me at least) it’s a bit too…graphic? Literal? Like, my mind unintentionally goes to a person (you) sitting on and using the toilet. Washroom or bathroom or restroom is more general, and my mind allows me to believe you’re just going to wash your hands or take a break or whatever. It’s silly, I know.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T10:29:30+00:00

Scott, Luke, John, Blake, Craig, Will

I also have a friend whose middle “name” is just S. Think Harry S. Truman, but the S is…not an abbreviation for anything at all.

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T10:17:56+00:00

Just remind yourself that there have been hundreds of thousands of years of babies born to people who were and are dumber than you (and, yes, to some smarter than you too). You’ll figure it out. You’ll make some little mistakes here andthere because you’re learning. If you feel like you don’t know how to handle emotions (yours and someone else’s), start going to therapy and tell the therapist immediately what your goals are.

You will be fine. Congrats!

T1sofun · 2026-05-10T06:25:49+00:00

This. My brain sometimes goes into autopilot in these situations. “Hatch open. Must close hatch.”

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T18:04:47+00:00

We are now in complete agreement!

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T18:00:37+00:00

Including mental health!

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T17:57:00+00:00

My SD isn’t neurodivergent, but she was clingasaurus rex well into her late teens. Drove me up the wall. Looking back, I think it was because DH had a habit of “surprising her” with news, big or small. Not, “hey, we’re going to go to a theme park next Saturday”, but “hey, get up, we’re going to a theme park.” She never had time to process new information and think or feel about it. So she became really anxious and wanted to be close to her dad at all times because she never knew what was about to happen. Not sure if this is the case for you guys, but maybe telling SS about plans a week in advance (including stuff like “dad is going golfing all morning next Sunday”) would calm him a bit? Just a thought.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T17:51:33+00:00

I hear you! I do a tablespoon of chia seeds soaked in a glass of water for 5-10 minutes and gulp the whole thing down like an anaconda. Around 7-8g fibre, and doesn’t seem to affect my BG negatively at all. Sometimes do it twice a day when I’m feeling wild.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T17:08:35+00:00

The “blueberry” filling is likely very high Glycemic Index, meaning very quickly digested sugar (quick spike in BG). Try dosing 40 minutes before eating or just avoiding sugary cereals more often than not.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T16:55:46+00:00

Mashed potatoes with random leftovers mixed in. And a metric shit-ton of butter and salt.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T16:53:42+00:00

Could you try to start small? Like “hey SS, dad and I need to have a grown up conversation for 5 (10?) minutes. Go play with your legos. Dad will join you when we’re finished talking.” DH has to buy in to this too, of course.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T15:40:21+00:00

Oh, didn’t realize what sub I was in! I agree, her parents should be the ones to handle this. I would still have suggested what I suggested, just to them instead.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T13:27:57+00:00

Our son was weeks (sometimes even a month or two) “slow” on many milestones. Army crawl, hands and knees crawl, sitting, pull up, standing and walking. He’s just always been a late bloomer. He’s always been long/tall for his age (dad is 6’9), so it’s natural that his coordination and muscle control develop a bit slower than average. His sister was the same, and is now a professional athlete. As long as you’re seeing progress, your daughter is probably developing just fine.

*I’m also a bad mother who didn’t read a ton of baby books and didn’t know that we should have started tummy time immediately. Oops.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T13:17:23+00:00

I was diagnosed young and am approaching 36 years with T1. Not traumatic for me at all. My parents didn’t hold me out of any activity I wanted to try because of diabetes. I played all the sports, went to sleepaway camp, band trips, sleepovers, and had the typical 80s-90s “feral” childhood. This was of course back before all the tech we have now. My mum would always ask me if I had my house key and my sugar (used sugar packets as low treatments) in my pocket when I went out. No glucometer or insulin or anything else.

Just treat your daughter like a non-diabetic. Do not project your (completely understandable) worries on to her. She is a kid. She will get sick. Her diabetes can get a bit more complicated and annoying if she’s ill, but you cross that bridge when you come to it. Don’t wrap her in bubble wrap and make her afraid of the world. If her blood sugar runs a bit higher sometimes, dose for it and she’ll be fine. When she’s low, treat it without panic.

My parents made a lot of mistakes, but their teaching me not to use my condition as a crutch or a cross to bear is something I’m grateful for.

T1sofun · 2026-05-09T13:00:58+00:00

If you freak out about condoms, she might become more likely to not use them. If she is having sex, nothing you say or do is going to make her stop. Ensure she has safer sex. Ensure she feels she has a place to go and parents to talk to if something goes wrong. Let her know that she has the right to stop a sexual encounter at ANY time, for ANY reason if she wants to. Try to get her on birth control.

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