We absolutely love our SugarBoard.

Everyone in the family has become more aware of our son's glucose levels and can help him stay in range without constantly checking the app... or more realistically, asking me all the time.

For the first time since diagnosis, it feels like I'm not carrying all of this by myself.

At first, the school was very uncomfortable with the idea of having our son in class with T1D.

His teacher told us, "We're not nurses," and that she was afraid of missing a low during the school day.

Since we'd already been using SugarBoard at home for a long time, it felt natural to put one in his classroom too.

Now the whole school team has embraced it. I think our son has even become a bit of a favorite in class.

The hardest part of being a T1D mom is definitely the nights.

You think a CGM is finally going to let you sleep... but constantly checking the diabetes phone (when you can find it 😅) creates a whole new kind of anxiety.

Most nights, you're just pretending to sleep while waiting for the next alarm.

Since installing SugarBoard, I've realized just how much hypervigilance I was living with. Being able to see his glucose at a glance without hunting for a phone or opening an app has completely changed our nights.

I never realized how often I interrupted what I was doing just to check my glucose until I got a SugarBoard.

Gone are the days of pulling out my phone to check my numbers and somehow ending up scrolling social media instead.

Thank you for that.

Teenage years are already complicated... add diabetes on top of that and somehow every conversation ends up being about it.

I was constantly asking Zoe where her numbers were, and I could tell she needed more independence and space.

I didn't even realize it anymore, but diabetes had become part of almost every interaction we had. It was exhausting.

With SugarBoard, I feel like I can still keep an eye on things without making her feel watched all the time. Honestly, it's brought a lot more lightness back into our relationship.

When you've lived with Type 1 Diabetes for years, you get used to the fact that very few products are actually designed for people like us.

There are plenty of tools to monitor diabetes. Very few are designed to help you live with it more peacefully.

I use SugarBoard every day, and you can tell it was created by people who truly understand what life with T1D feels like.

My son finally sleeps over at friends' houses without me spending the entire night refreshing the Follow app.

We ended up buying two SugarBoards for the house.

Honestly, it's helped me loosen my grip a little.

I think only T1D parents truly understand that level of silent worry.

I was convinced I'd buy it and it would end up sitting in a drawer after a week.

But honestly, once I set it up, I never had to think about it again. It stays plugged in, always visible, and I can see my glucose in real time.

I've become much more responsive to highs and lows than when I relied solely on CamAPS.

At first, I thought it was just another diabetes gadget.

Now I find myself glancing at my SugarBoard without even thinking about it instead of reaching for my phone.