Parenting – What’s Best For Your Child and What’s Best For You

Looking after your Type 1 Child

Helping your child manage their Type 1 diabetes can be exhausting. Between blood glucose testing, Insulin pumps and diet it's important parents take time out to relax.

Diabetes Checkup Butterflies

Finding out your kids’ HbA1c results and how well controlled their sugars have been can be really nerve-wracking. Here, Elissa Renouf gives helpful tips and hints on how to stay calm and help your child manage...

Coping with a Type 1 Diagnosis

Having a child diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes can be an overwhelming and devastating time for the whole family. Elissa Renouf shares some tips and advise on how she dealt with 4 type 1 diagnosis'.

Christmas with Diabetes – Staying in control

For people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes Christmas time can be hard. However it is okay to indulge in treat foods in moderation as long as BGL's and Insulin levels are monitored closely.

Bad HbA1c results? Finding out why is the key

Bad HbA1c results? Type 1 diabetes is a lot of work, this is why parents and children must work together to effectively manage their diabetes.