Where do you live?
Byram Township, NJ
What Makes You Laugh:
Our kids make us laugh -- they come up with some pretty random "Teenager" stuff..
Favorite Sports Team: Activity
Hanging out together. Favorite Sports Team: Lenape Valley Regional High School Football (Jonny's on the team) and LVRHS Girls Lacrosse (Megan's on THAT one)
What Helps You Get Through:
Knowing that everyone is happy and healthy and all of our friends / family!
Favorite Meal:
 Chicken Pot Pie & Beef stew .. anything Italian containing Pasta -- we like homemade food!! (and occasionally dining out!)
Helpful Resources:
 Web sites like yours -- Children with Diabetes.org... the people we've met on the internet in the same situations (FACEBOOK!). JDRF! -- Our tip "Learn to not let diabetes stop you.. if you can do it without diabetes, find a way to do it with diabetes"
Date Diagnosed:
Megan diagnosed 6/2007, Jonny diagnosed 9/2006
Question for Everyone:
How do you make your teenagers keep their routines when they are rebelling at every step? How do you insure they TEST TEST TEST !!
Diabetes Camp:
No.
Vacation:
Going to Wildwood, NJ (NJ Shore!) We go 2 weeks every summer.. WE bring all of our supplies and then some -- and we carry our "kits" everwhere!
Question For Team:
How can you convince fairly recently diagnosed teenagers to consider the pump..?? Our kids want NOTHING to do with pumping.. They are 15 and 17.. don't want "something attached".
Question For Us:
What Do You Think:
This is great!!!