Babysitters with Type 1 Diabetes

Forum Post: BLOGS! :)

Ashley — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:50:00 GMT

Hey there. My name is Ashley. I have been Type 1 Diabetic for 4 years now. I have a blog that normally revolves around diabetic topics and I would love if you would read some of my posts and give me some feedback. Also, I am asking for suggestions for topics! What do you want to hear about?! :) Please leave comments.

Here is the link to the blog: www.iamjuvenated.blogspot.com

I am a babysitter/nanny with type 1 and I plan to blog about my experiences with this

Forum Post: Babysitters in Columbus Ohio & Surrounding that are also type1?

Heidi — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:59:00 GMT

We are looking for an occasional sitter and would like to find another type1 that could take care of my 3 yr old that is also type1, we also have a 4 1/2 yr old, non D. They are both boys filled with lots of love, and energy. LOL! We live in Newark Ohio so we would need someone in Newark, Cols, or other surrounding areas. Let me know if there is anyone out there. Thanks!

Forum Post: Re: pay

Mercedes Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:05:00 GMT

The price depends on where you live. If you live in a high income neighborhood you can afford to have your prices start at minimum wage. If you live in a neighborhood with alot of military families money can be tight sometimes so 5 dollars/hour is more practical. Of course there is always the extra dollar you get to tack on if you're cpr certified or babysitter certified through american red cross. Prices vary depending on experience as well. younger babysitters(12 years old) should start at about 4 or 5 dollars for military and 6 or 7 dollars for high income. My rates are as follows below:

-5 dollars per hour for up to 3 kids (ages 2+)

-5 dollars extra every hour for each kid after the 3rd

-10 dollars per hour if there are 2 or more infants

Families I babysit for find my prices more than fair and these are the prices I've found to be very effective.

I am babysitter certified but because I live in a neigborhood of military and low income families I charge below minimum wage(until i charge 10 per hour)(even with 4 years of babysitting experience!)

Hope this helps with info. :) Feel free to message me with questions. :)

Forum Post: Re: Looking to start babysitting. How did you get started?

Mercedes Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:48:00 GMT

I got started by playing with peoples kids at church when they were waiting around. they would see the kids having fun and the conversation would go something like the one below.

Mom of kids: i'm sorry but i didn't catch your name.

Me: Mercedes

Mom of kids: that's a nice name. how old are you?

Me: 15

(later when they have to leave)

Mom of kids: well it was nice meeting you.

Me: you too.

Kids: Mommy I want her to come to our house to play.

Mom of kids: well maybe she can come over sometime. Bye now.

And then I usually get the phone call later asking to babysit and from there they give me as a referral to other families.

Forum Post: Re: Best of times

Kara — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:18:00 GMT

Since the kids I sit for found out I have diabetes, they talk about it A LOT. I don't mind though, because, unlike so many teenagers, and even ADULTS, they understand that I have Type I, its different than Type II,and I didn't cause it by "eating too much sugar."

Forum Post: Re: Getting back into it

Kacey — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Hey Sarah, i just follwed your tumblr page, im new to tumblr by the way! haha. but anyways, i am 18, and got diagnosed February 2011! i had to quit my job at a retail store because i got really wierd symptoms from the insulin. but that has all worn off, and now i am a nanny for a couple kids! so now that i am babysitting and more used to type 1 diabetes, i find it really easy. babysitting is usually pretty flexible an you have time to check your bgl whenever basically, rather then at a retail store it was hard to catch a break! i would say try it out a see how things go. you dont want to miss good opportunities because of this dumb disease, thats what i have learned anyway.

Forum Post: Re: going low

Hayley — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:23:00 GMT

Normally I Do a lot of activities during the day so when its time to go to sleep they are wiped I turn on their favorite show and sit on the couch with them, and if they are truly wiped they will fall asleep,

Forum Post: Research Study: Adult Siblings of Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes

Julie E. Balzano, M.S.Ed. — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:34:00 GMT

My name is Julie E. Balzano and I am a fifth year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Fordham University. I am writing to ask for help in recruiting participants for my doctoral dissertation research examining the sibling relationship, empathy, and interpersonal problems among adult siblings of individuals with Type I diabetes.

I was wondering if individuals would be willing to help distribute an email about my study, post it to a blog you might have, or distribute my study flyer at any support group meetings or events you might have. And, of course, if you have sibling(s) and Type 1 it would be great if you could pass this information to your sibling(s). Study participants are the non-diagnosed adult siblings of individuals with Type 1, but the best way to get in touch with these individuals has been through their diabetic siblings.

Study participation occurs electronically, takes 20-25 minutes, and is anonymous. I have pasted study information below. Information can also be found at: http://siblingresearchstudy.blogspot.com/

Sincerely,

Julie E. Balzano, M.S.Ed.

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Participants must have sibling(s) who are EITHER medically healthy OR who have a diagnosis of Type I diabetes. Additional participation criteria include:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• Must have grown up in the same household with sibling(s).

• Participants may not have any serious medical conditions or developmental delays/ disabilities.

• Sibling(s) may not have any of the above conditions except for Type I diabetes.

• Sibling(s) must be alive.

Participation will take approximately 25-30 minutes of your time and includes electronic completion of one demographic information survey and three questionnaires. All participants will remain anonymous. To participate, type the following link into any web-browser and follow the directions:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G3XW7KV

If you do not qualify, but happen to know someone who might be interested, I would really appreciate you passing this information along. Please feel free to contact myself or my dissertation mentor, Dr. Eric C. Chen, Ph.D., with any questions you many have. I thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Julie E. Balzano, M.S.Ed.

Ph.D. Candidate

Counseling Psychology

973-818-0162

balzano@fordham.edu

Eric C. Chen, Ph.D.

Dissertation Mentor

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

212-636-6474

echen@fordham.edu

Forum Post: check it please

Ashley Kinstler — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:50:00 GMT

check out my blog about my life with type 1 diabetes :)

i will have a babysitting blog soon

www.iamjuvenated.blogspot.com

Forum Post: Home Child Care Provider in Bay Area of CA

ScrappyDy — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:54:00 GMT

Hi,

After much research for becoming a home child care provider in CA, I learned that you do not need to be licensed if you are only providing care for one other family, but 2 or more families you would have to be licensed. I know that here in the Bay Area, child care is pretty expensive already as it is, costing at least $1000/month and up to $1800/month on the city side. Here is my proposal...I am going through my first pregnancy and intend to be a stay-at-home mom with my baby. I have a lot of experience with children from infants to teenagers, being that my mom has had her own home day care since I was younger and still has it running to this day, my dad is a pediatrician, I helped my sister raise her 1st daughter when she was going through her divorce, and I have had numerous babysitting gigs through high school & college. Plus, I used to teach drawing classes to elementary students from Pre-K to 5th Grade in an after school program called Young Rembrandts. I am a Type 1 diabetic on an insulin pump, but have used injections long before too, and have babysat for a T1 diabetic 4 yr. old as well as had a 6 yr. old T1 diabetic in one of my drawing classes. So, I would love to offer my child care service to a family of low income or a single parent looking for a reasonable priced provider. I would accept diabetic children and be able to provide the special attention they need with checking their sugars on a regular basis, having timely snacks & meals, exercise, and detailed logs of their days at no extra cost to you (granted you provide all of the child's supplies & medications of course.)

If anyone is in this area and is seeking this kind of service, please feel free to message me for more information.

Thank you.

Group: Babysitters with Type 1 Diabetes

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:56:00 GMT

If you babysit and have type 1 this is the group for you!

Forum: Babysitters with Type 1 Diabetes

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:56:00 GMT