This is the obligatory post where I tell you that my son can go trick or treating. He can eat any sort of candy and please don't give him the sugar free stuff.
But this will be our sixth(!) Halloween since Benny's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and we're so used to the routine it's hardly worth talking about anymore. But... it's always worth talking about. Because there are always new families with newly diagnosed kids.
Just this week I got an email from a mom with a child diagnosed this spring. She was thinking about offering to trade in her son's candy for a new toy, or buying back the treats to get rid of them. We've done both (and they worked great). This mom felt a bit guilty about basically bribing her kids to give up their Halloween candy. I say bribe away