Last July, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s son, Miles, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Now, nearly a year later, Teigen is opening up about their family’s emotional journey navigating life with the chronic condition.
“Everything was put on pause,” the Cravings cookbook author reflects on the early daysofher son’s diagnosis in an exclusive interview with People Magazine. “We were finding ourselves going in and out of hospitals, sitting down with our notebooks taking copious notes and taking videos of everything someone was doing with the insulin jar.”
She also recalled the emotional toll it took on Miles. “‘Why me? How come not Luna?’ He was really worried that it would affect if he could play sports. Can I have candy still? Can I have ice cream? All those things that only a kid would worry about.”
One of the hardest parts for Teigen was adjusting to the daily insulin injections.
“You try everything: tokens, bribery, iPad time. You do everything you can to see what makes him comfortable,” she said. “The first three months were really, really tough for us as a family because your child is experiencing pain.”
A year later, the former Sports Illustrated model admits that there are still ups and downs to navigating this new reality with her son and family.
“One day you’re like, ‘He did it!’ And you’re so excited it’s all looking up. Then all of a sudden the next day is so difficult again,” she said. “I’ve always said this about having kids in general, and it fits in with this too: When things are going so great, you can always count on it to turn. And when things are really rough, things are going to get better. Our family’s really good about navigating those curve balls now.”
Teigen and Legend share four children: Luna, 9, Miles, 6, Esti, 2, and Wren, 22 months.
To read the full exclusive interview in its entirety, click here.
Photo: Chrissy Teigen Instagram
