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My daughter sneaks food? |
My 6 year old daughter sneaks food at night and during the day, she weighs 76 pounds. We have her in sports to try and keep her weight in check. We have a lock on the pantry and she still gets into things. Just this past week I have caught her with popcycles at 6 am, soda at 6am and just now she came in from riding her bike and had chocolate on her face, she had gotten into the freezer in the garage and had eaten 2 chocolate ice cream cones. This has been going on since she was 3. I have caught her with a half gallon of ice cream in her bed. I don't know what to do. We used to have a cup hook lock on the pantry now its a combination lock, and since she can't get in there anymore she is moving on to other places where there is food. The only junk food in the house is her dads lunch stuff (cookies and chips) and Ice cream, when i buy treats for her and her brother she sneaks and eats them all. What do I do? She get's up in the middle of the night to get things. I don't pretend to have the answers for you but two things immediately came to mind - 1. There shouldn't be all this junk food for her to get into in the first place 2. If you've let it go on for three years already... no one here can help you. It's a much bigger battle now than if she'd been doing it for 2 weeks. A lot of people who suggested punishments got thumbs-down, but IMO if she's been taught how to choose healthy snacks and to let you guys know when she's hungry, and still chooses to sneak, then she is being disobedient. That's a problem. If I woke up to my daughter eating ice cream at 6:00am, she knows she'd be in trouble because she knows when treats are allowed, and when they're not. I'm not clear on whether she's just been allowed to get away with this for too long, or whether there is an emotional issue as some have suggested. Both are worth looking into. My daughter rarely wakes up in the middle of the night, and surely has no interest in eating during that time, which makes me wonder if there really is another issue going on. You know? Sports are an excellent idea, not to "make her lose weight", but to keep her occupied, and teach healthy activities. I give you kudos for that. I wish you the best of luck. It sounds like you aren't locking everything up, do that. But more importantly, discuss with her why you are doing this and you know, all that. Punish her for disobeying you. Take away toys and privileges until she has absolutely no life. Discipline her habit away, and teach her that it's bad. For every day that she doesn't sneak food, give a toy back. you got to make hiding places for the treats so she only can get into them when she can have them also try to keep more healthy things in reach 1. talk to the pediatrician 2. quit buying the treats and soda I know it's hard to restrict everyone, but until you have a handle on what's going on with your daughter you are going to have to eliminate all temptation. Replace with healthy snacks - lots of fruits. For your husband - have him take his lunch stuff to work with him and store it there, or in his trunk. good luck That is really tough, especially since she's young. However, having them in the house is only making it more tempting. She will get junk at school or friends houses no matter what, but I would talk to your hubby. Tell him to keep the good stuff in his car or at work, because it just doesn't seem fair or make sense to a 6 year old. Fill your house with good stuff, that way she is guranteed to only get ahold of the bad when she is somewhere else. I agree with more discipline....you need to get this under control before it becomes a BIG problem for you and especially for her. Don't buy the junk food for anyone...until it's under control. Putting a lock on things doesn't seem to be fixing the problem. |
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