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Christmas means joy. Christmas means tales of sugar plums dancing in children's heads. Christmas means Christmas dresses.

This past holiday was my first pumping Christmas, which meant learning how to "graze" and square bolus at all the parties, how to watch for trends from "holiday stress" and how to buy a Christmas dress fit for a pump.

Typically, finding a dress is hard enough. I'll try on one hundred to find one. Some are too fancy, some are the wrong color, some are just ugh! But never has one been unfit for a pump. Until this Christmas.

I went into the holiday craze to peruse the racks of my favorite dress shops. I knew exactly what I wanted, now I just had to find it amidst a million dresses. After searching half a dozen stores, I got frustrated and texted my best friend. He quickly responded saying he'd hate to be a girl. As I further complained about not finding the perfect dress, he replied with "it must be really hard now that you're so lumpy." Immediately, I assume he meant I'm fat (such a girl!) Then it hit me.

I'm a pumper! I have lumps. Between my new techy sensor and my infusion set, I have lumps. Not to mention my bulky "3.5 oz" pump. (I put it in quotations because they make it seem so "small" but they should try wearing a Christmas dress with that glued to them!!) Oh the joys of pumping Christmas!

Now on top of the required color, style, and size, I have to add in "must not show pump lumps." Could I have narrowed my options to zero any faster? Apparently not! After twenty dresses that "clung too much" or "hugged" the wrong spot (aka my pump!), I gave up. I settled for a simple jumper dress (check the juniors section because they are everywhere in every color!). It'll show my pump, but what's Christmas without a few pumping lumps?