Testing Q Please

We all experience setbacks at some time or another, so there is really nothing to be overly disappointed about. You obviously have a good understanding of what you are doing and where you are 'so to speak' going wrong in your testing.
The Diastix system will never show the same degree of accuracy in results that your B/G monitor will but to get the best from it you need to use it before eating and again 2 hours later so that you can measure the change that occurred in that time period from what you had eaten and/or drunk. Over time you will get to know what foods/drinks to avoid that produce 'Spikes' IE rises above 2.0 mmol/L
Sometime it's also worth measuring you B/G level upon waking first thing in the morning (Fasting Blood Glucose FBG level). Over a period of several days/weeks a picture will gradually emerge and you can adjust your diet accordingly for the best results. Many of us Type 2 diabetics follow the LCHF diet and find that for us it works particularly well.
Don't expect things to suddenly change overnight. It might take several weeks before you get it right. Remember it's the long term change that you are particularly interested in reducing as well as the short term changes.

The number you recorded means nothing as you do not know what your reading was before the meal and the one you took immediately afterwards would probably be no different for a non diabetic.
Urine testing wont really pick up anything under 10mmol as thats the threshold where the kidneys start dumping sugar into urine.

Thanks for quick reply. You need to be careful in giving too much sugar to any young child as it's pretty addictive to them at such a young age. hide all the things she shouldn't have and then both your daughter (and yourself) can't be tempted. That way you can control the amount of sweets that she eats and use them as 'special' occasional treats.
Something that flashed into my mind is to also be careful in handing sweets as this can leave small sugar deposits on the fingers, which if your testing and lancing the fingers, will interfere with the readings that you would otherwise obtain on your B/G testing.
Clean you hands thoroughly in warm soapy water to remove any sugar deposits that might still be present from handling the sweets. Good luck in all your future testing, you seem to be very aware of what you're doing and have your own and daughters interests at heart. Please let us know how you get on in the future and what the reading is at 3:30 pm today.

Don't forget that those "people" are dealing with their own diabetes not yours. We can point you to recommended targets to aim for (see below) but not everyone has a well enough body or other issues which may affect attempts to achieve them.

Read the recommendations for target levels here on our main diabetes.co.uk website, and aim for them but don't necessarily expect to achieve them immediately. Just remember that Rome wasn't built in a day, and my favourite - it's a marathon not a sprint . When I first got my meter, I found that I could use it to set and modify my own targets and to record how well I was doing in meeting them, and this gave me the confidence to know I could achieve them. And when I did and could keep to them, I raised the goal posts a little and tried the next step. I wasn't afraid to lower them either if it appeared I'd been too ambitious.

Robbity

PS There are lots of lovely low carb treats that you can make or bake using nut or seed flours and safe alternative sweeteners like stevia, erythritol, or xylitol, so maybe investigating these options could be used to provide treats for your daughter?

Getting a meter is crucial to managing type 2, so you are on your way to better blood glucose control. I found this web page really helped me to figure out when to test:

www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045524.php