Carb counting

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We carb count for dd2 and iam noticing more and more that certain foods just don't work out.
Obviously pizza and pasta are difficult ones but we have a combo bolus feature on the pump which works well. We are having real problems with certain foods to name a few: warburton rolls, hovis bread, cows milk,yogurts and anything from m+s. The carb contents just don't work out it is as if they have hugely underestimated them!

Yesterday after a roll and salad with an ok bg of 9.4 before eating dd was 28.8 two hours after??? This keeps happening with just these certain foods so now we feel we have to avoid them which we didn't want to do as hate having to have 'forbidden' foods as don't feel its good for dd to think things are not allowed but I can't gave her bg shooting up like that!

We weigh everything or go by the info per portion size so I don't understand

Weetabix always gets me! And despite having years of experience I've never fully got the hang of rice - always seem to go low the day after!

Most other things you get to know how it affects you and how much insulin you need, just by experience I guess.

I have trouble with white rice,pasta,bread(really awful spikes) and anything with pastry. I never touch pizza. The suggestion is that providing the carbs are calculated correctly there should be no problem with these foods but I have always found them a problem. I avoid them mostly as I do not like taking the large amounts of insulin required to handle them and still going high.
I have also found that once my BS climbs into the teens it is harder to get it down. I do use brown rice though.

Cauliflower is a good food-nice to flake and you can cover with cheese and melt under the grill, hardly any carbs. Natural yogurt is Ok and double cream lovely especially on berries and nice low carb. There is a recipe for cauliflower pizza on the diabetes UK website if you are interested.

It must be hard for you though with a growing child as they do need high energy food so you can't go too low carb.

I have trouble with M and S too, they add so much to basic food. I bought some salmon fillets and then discovered they were prepared with honey! What on earth for? I ate a Thai curry in John Lewis the other day- thought I'd taken enough insulin and landed up with a BS of 28!

It is hard work hedgehog but you and your DD will soon get to grips with it, it sounds as though you are getting the hang of carb counting. It took me ages!

Best wishes to you both.