TABLE 3.

Theme: Feedback on the timing of CGM initiation

Subtheme	Example quote
The sooner the better	‘I think within the first week is an ideal time for starting’ ‘I needed at least two or three days just to process the fact that she had diabetes, and I was gonna have to deal with this life-changing thing. Once I could process that, I was in a much better place to say, okay, where’s the CGM? ‘Cause I was ready for it at the beginning, but I wasn’t ready to absorb it at the beginning …. All I would need is a week, and then that’s enough for me personally to be able to have processed the diagnosis and the life change that’s happening and can move on to the next step, which was the CGM’
Start CGM after learning to do finger sticks	‘Before [my child] started CGM … I wanted him to get used to the more conventional matter in case the technology failed. Sometimes we were not able to get the sensors on time, so at least he was able to check his [glucose] … at least three to four weeks [before starting CGM], just for him to get used to that, to know the process’
Start CGM after an initial period of adjusting to the Type 1 diabetes diagnosis	‘If you started CGM the first week it might be more overwhelming. For my child, he was adjusting to his new reality, too, and I think he was actually a little nervous about CGM, stickin’ this needle in him … I think the timing probably was just perfect. It wasn’t like the day after you leave the hospital after the initial diagnosis; you have a little time to settle in, get your head around this and then let’s go to the next step and put the CGM on’ ‘For us, the month ended up working out because it allowed all of us to just adjust to the new normal and get everybody comfortable, not only your child but each parent and caretakers. When we got it, we were ready for it’

Abbreviation: CGM, continuous glucose monitoring.