March is observed as Child Life Month, to honor child life specialists around the world for their work with children and families.
When a child is first diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, the entire family has to adjust their daily routine. It can sometimes be hard for a child to acclimate to their “new normal.” Some of the common themes that children struggle with after first getting diagnosed are adjusting to multiple finger sticks and injections, transitioning back to school, and understanding that (s)he did not do anything to cause this diagnosis. Often times once children hear how their day-to-day routine needs to adjust, they begin to wonder if they are still going to be able to do all the things (s)he loves to do like having sleepovers, participating in student council, or playing soccer.