Now that I no longer have to fret about my diabetes, I have a new worry: What if I gave it to my son?

I have to assume that is a pretty common worry among mothers (and fathers) with diabetes. Did my son inherit my faulty diabetes gene along with my ticklish feet?

On the Diabetic Mommy support group I belong to, it is very common for moms to start freaking out that their child may have diabetes. He's drinking too much, he's peeing too much, he falls asleep after meals, etc. With these worries, a mom will then test her child, usually at the exact wrong moment, like when he has juice all over his fingers or just ate a big bowl of cornflakes, to get a higher than normal reading. Usually anything over 100 will do a sufficient job of bringing a diabetic mom to a full panic. 

I swore I would not fall prey to such paranoia. But I have to admit, I'm getting more and more tempted to test Danny. The problem is I always think of it at the wrong time. Like after he's eaten a jar of pears or slices of bananas.

The "symptoms" he is displaying are common baby complaints. Leaking diapers and diaper rash. The rash didn't phase me at first, except I've been fighting it for a few months now. I've gotten two expensive tubes of prescription anti-fungal creams and one very cheap one, along with every over the counter diaper cream I could find. Personally, I like the smell of Mustella the best, but there really is no cure like the triple paste.

At our last doctor visit, the diagnosis alarmed me. Whereas the first two doctors called it a fungal rash, the third doctor said it was yeast. I did not know yeast and fungus were the same, but apparently they are. But I do know yeast infections are all-too-common for people with diabetes. So, that started my worries.

Then my husband who usually wakes up with the boy noticed he is soaking through his diapers at night. Nothing to be concerned about, we went up a size. And he's still soaking it. I switched to the gDiaper and he's not as soaked, but he's still what they call a heavy wetter.

I suppose if I wasn't diabetic I wouldn't think twice about this. But that's just not the case. And since I don't have to obsess over my diabetes these days, clearly I have to obsess over something.