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Author Calentine, Leighann.

Title Kids first diabetes second : tips for parenting a child with type 1 diabetes / Leighann Calentine with Robin Porter.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Spry Pub., [2012]

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  618.9246 CALENTINE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  PARENTING 618.9246 CALENTINE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  PARENT 618.924 CA    Check Shelf
Description 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Date of publication from publisher's website.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 261-268.
Contents Diagnosis day -- Diabetes boot camp -- The new normal -- Diabetes 101 -- Diabetes central -- Let them eat cake -- Less stress, more happiness -- School days -- RX for sick days -- All in the family -- Your support system -- Comfort for kids -- Teen talk -- The language of diabetes -- Getting involved -- Looking toward the future -- Resources -- Carb factors of common foods -- Kitchen conversion chart.
Summary In a style both practical and affirming, Kids First, Diabetes Second presents Leighann's advice to help parents and caregivers enable children with diabetes to thrive. Learn how to automate tasks, navigate challenges, celebrate achievements, establish a support group, relieve stress, and avoid being consumed by management of the condition, while focusing on what's most important: raising a happy, healthy child.
Local Note WNDSR Gift of Marian Sorbo in memory of Aaron Peck.
Subject Parents of chronically ill children.
Diabetes in children.
Added Author Porter, Robin, 1963-
ISBN 9781938170003
1938170008
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