My daughter sneaks food?

mom-of-2 · #1 14-07-2007, 18:25

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.

J. T · #2 14-07-2007, 18:35

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.

hp_resource · #3 14-07-2007, 18:45

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.

nv_tstruck · #4 14-07-2007, 20:05

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.

einstejn · #5 15-07-2007, 07:35

Get rid of all the junk food in the in the house for a while, buy healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables, so when she goes looking for a snack at night all she'll have is healthy foods. most kids dont really like fruits and vegetables, so she'll either stop, or she'll be eating healthy. As for your husbands lunch stuff put it in a couboard where she cant reach it. gl

SuperMom22 · #6 15-07-2007, 08:18

I'm really kind of surprised that everyone's immediate answer is to either lock up food or punish the whole family....that wouldn't work at my house!She is old enough to understand consequences, so talk to her. Not just once, but as often as you have to. Don't be mean or condescending, but try to get down to her level and get her to open up....what no one here has suggested yet is finding out WHY she does it!!!Also, try to reason with her and help her choose better alternatives. Encourage her to come to you when she's hungry, and tell you put you have to really be patient and not get angry with her, it's going to be time consuming and aggrivating, but let her come to you when she's hungry and FIND something that you can both agree on...that may be the best place to start!It's not GOING to become a big problem, it ALREADY IS!! If you have access to other diplomatic family members, have them try to talk to her as well, or consider talking extensively to your pediatrician or a therapist.Keeping less junk food in the house is great for her, and everyone, but you can't just eliminate it and punish everyone either, there has to be a middle ground. Sometimes even just finding alternatives that are also appealing are good as well, but still I say again...WHY??? Until you understand they logic behind it nothing is gonna help!Is she really still hungry??? Is she bored? Is she wanting attention? Is she having problems with a friend/neighbor/school/family member?? Most kids don't just "do" things like that, they are compensating for something else....and it isn't necessarily your fault!!Punishment and reward systems can work well also, if done correctly. You can't make it SO hard to get a reward that it's unreasonable. Maybe do something like a sticker chart, and every day that she eats something healthy for meals/snacks she gets a sticker, and after 5 stickers she gets a small toy/extra TV time/stay up late....NOT FOOD REWARDS!!! lolthen the next week, make it 10 stickers, or something that will get her a small reward every couple of weeks.You could also take a look at your own habits and see.....is she copying your or your husband's bad habits? I know that used to be the case at our house. When I stopped to think about how often I was just casually snacking on chips, candy, soda etc in front of my kids, I realized how bad it was, and I talked to them about the changes I was going to make and that we were going to try to do it as a family. It's not easy, but it's really going pretty well, though it's taken some time!If nothing helps, do seek help from your pediatrician and check that there is not something amis with her blood sugar levels, thyroid levels, etc. that cause her to "crave" these things (I see you mostly list highly sugared items that she's sneeking?)BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

BuggedInMN · #7 15-07-2007, 08:59

Find out what she loves to do the most and punish her from that activity.Worked great on all my kids.

Wilmavimom · #8 15-07-2007, 09:35

In addition to eliminating junk foods from the house and locking up all food, even the healthy stuff, I would get a pediatrician and possibly a psychologist involved. There may be a physiological reason for her behavior (I watched a documentary once on Discovery Health about people who never feel full.) If not there is most likely a psychological. In either case, punishment may not help or it may need to be combined with some kind of therapy. Good Luck

naruto1277 · #9 15-07-2007, 10:35

Beat Her Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christopher M · #10 15-07-2007, 10:55

punish her by no tv or something everytime she does this. Or you could just send her to bootcamp.

Richard A · #11 15-07-2007, 11:25

Beat her with a leather belt. Thats what my dad would do, when my younger brother would sneak food. today my brother isn't a fat loser. So I think it worked.

ballerboy422000 · #12 15-07-2007, 11:55

kick her butt she isnt listening to u so punish her and if she keeps doin it dont let her play with her toys dont let her watch tv just keep her in sports 24/7

bkqnzbedashit · #13 15-07-2007, 12:05

start buying low fat foods & slap dat b-i-t-c-h in the face

Richard J · #14 15-07-2007, 12:18

Stock your freezer/pantry with healthy foods.Or tell her a scary story about what will happen if she eats too much junk foods.

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