I can so relate to what you're going through. My Ruby girl has only been diagnosed 2 weeks ago and the insulin shots are a walk in the park compared to bg testing. The ear pricks seem to really hurt her ears and we've had some mighty stressful moments. But as a word of encouragement things are already starting to change and the biggest help has been to have cuddle time first away from testing spot and using a heated rice-ball sock (look for bg testing videos which show the balls on one of them) to warm her ear (helps to get good blood flow with just one prick required!) Then when you're set up with your monitor (test strip poised but not fully inserted to ensure it doesn't time out) get a small dish of food (hopefully yours is a good eater because distraction has been my saviour) and then do your prick. See it as a ritual together and try to be as calm yourself before starting (easier said them done!) because they pick up on this so much. Be kind and patient with yourself there's no perfect way to do this but you will find your groove with time...you got this!
