Hoda Kotb opened about her family’s latest health journey.
Just four months after exiting Today, the 60-year-old returned to Studio 1A, during which she shared daughter Hope, 6, has Type 1 diabetes, a diagnosis she was given in 2023.
“Hope is fine for most of the day. There are just moments where you have to watch her," Hoda told former cohosts Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie May 28. "I was totaling it up—five minutes at breakfast, five minutes at lunch, five minutes at dinner, sometimes overnight. Add that up, that's a half-hour.”
“So, for 23 and a half hours,” she added. “She's every other kid. So, I try to remember that."
Hoda, also mom to daughter Haley, 8, with ex Joel Schiffman, shared that Hope’s Type 1 diabetes came with a new perspective on her day to day life, and how she works with her to manage her newfound illness.
"You just get a priority check in your life," Hoda explained. "I can be here and sweating what’s happening to Hope in the morning and in the night, or I can be there and feel relief that I can see."
In 2023, Hoda stepped away from Today for several weeks amid a health situation that left Hope in the ICU. A year later, the Hope is A Rainbow author noted that they were at a place where “Hope is thriving.”
Still, looking back on the initial days of her daughter’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, Hoda shared that the symptoms presented as the flu, and they were unsure about her exact prognosis until they went to the hospital.
"And you get there and you realize that it's not that at all,” Hoda told Today.com in an interview published May 28. “And it took us going to the hospital to figure it out.”
As for her decision to step leave Today after 17 years, Hoda shared that her daughter’s health played an important role, noting that monitoring her from a distance became a “distraction.”
"As anyone with a child who has Type 1 (knows), especially a little kid, you're constantly watching, you're constantly monitoring, you're constantly checking,” she explained. “Which is what I did all the time when I was (at Today). You’re distracted."
Keep reading for more on Hoda’s life with her daughters…
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New Year, New Fun
The Joy 101 founder celebrated the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year by walking her daughters Haley and Hope to campus.
School Drop Off
Hoda celebrates her first free morning after leaving Today by personally dropping daughters Hope and Joy off at school.
Mommy Duty
"School drop!!! Let’s goooo!" the longtime NBC anchor captioned her Jan. 13, 2025 Instagram.
Halloween 2024
After announcing she's leaving Today, Hoda celebrates her first Halloween in the New York suburbs with her kids.
Cheer-Worthy
Haley and Hope match in cheerleader costumes.
Mother's Day Surprise
Hoda got emotional as Haley and Hope surprised her with an early Mother's Day gift.
Birthday Celebrations
Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, mom Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the celebration as "my kinda birthday."
I <3 NY
Hoda enjoys a day with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.
Queens of Halloween
Another Halloween in the books! Hoda and her first daughter spend their another Halloween together as their Sesame Street alter egos.
Family Forever
The Today show momma spends time with her own mom (and Haley's grandma!) in this cute group shot on Halloween 2019.
Party Time
The host shared this pic of her and her little one at a Sesame Street party in Oct. 2019.
Suns Out, Funs Out
The daytime talk show host spends a day splashing around the beach in Aug. 2019.
Gift for Mama
Haley Joy looks cute as a button celebrating her mom's 55th birthday this past August.
Sweet Sister
"Look who is feeding Hope!" Kotb wrote on her Instagram in May 2019, showing off Haley feeding her newborn Hope.
Friends for Life
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda's close friend and long-time former co-host at Today, met Hope in early May and they were all smiles all day.
A Full House
In April, the 55-year-old host shared a photo of her full family for the first time on Instagram writing, "This is us xo."
Welcome Hope Catherine!
It's a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the world after surprising her Today show family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her second child.
Birthday Girl
On Valentine's Day, the TV host celebrated Haley's second birthday and shared on Instagram how she felt saying, "So much love today."
Ho Ho Home
The beaming TV personality spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.
Queen Bees
Haley celebrated her second Halloween by twinning with her mom in matching bee costumes.
Apple of Her Eye
In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn day together picking apples.
Splashing Around
"I can't believe I get to do this .. #grateful" she wrote on her 54th birthday.
Proud Mama
On Mother's Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, as she sported a cute tee with the word "mama."
Mother's Day Duo
"Pre dawn photo shoots in bed are a blast," gushed the happy mom in a cute Insta selfie early on Mother's Day.
Sixtieth Surprise
On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman's 60th birthday with their baby girl and a homemade cake.
Post-Olympic Bliss
"Home!!!!!" announced the TV host on Instagram after spending two weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Pre-Olympics Shenanigans
The day before arriving in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV personality had some fun with her little sweetheart and her USA beanie.
Football's Cutest Fan
Gooo Saints! Hoda and her little sport's fan cheered on the New Orleans Saints in their game against the Minnesota Vikings on January 14.
Christmas Stripe Stars
"Santa we are ready!!!" the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her partner and her little angel.
Turkey Time
On November 23, Hoda posed with her partner and her baby girl for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.