Hiding food...

[rainbabies]

Anyone else hide food from their kids? That is what it has come down to for me. I feel bad, but they're not hungry...

It's...just, they're eating me out of house and home! At first there was a basket filled with treats and things ds would take in his lunch. I would put the basket in the cabinet above the fridge. It was found and the looong reach for it was...well, reached.

Now things are hidden in a grocery bag tucked away in a cabinet with pots and pans. In the bottom drawer of the fridge there contains cheese sticks and yogurt. I even ration out the apples and bananas.

Being on such a tight budget I feel as if I *have* to do this. I may even continue to do it when I don't have a super strict budget.

Am I the only fruitcake mom who does this?

[MrsK]

My mom used to say things like "I'm not going to buy orange juice any more. It gets drunk to quickly." I found this hilarious because it was as though she'd rather buy food that was wasted. As for snack-sized lunchbox treats, we weren't allowed to touch those. They were too expensive. And that was before my brothers hit their teens.

[spotty_dog]

Next time I buy bananas, I'm hiding them. Eddy will eat them all up in one day if I leave them in sight in the hanging fruit basket thingie. Not only does this seem a little wasteful, and annoying since we won't have any more until I go shopping again (preferably only once per week), but of course it contributes to his already slow pooper. Sigh.

[rainbabies]

LOL. Eddy and Sarah can be banana buddies
I feel bad about rationing the healthy stuff! But on the flip side....mrsK said the other stuff goes bad....agreed, of course Thats why we had stawberries, kiwi and bananas for breakfast this morning. The bananas and apples last a little longer....

[Ladybug]

Hiding? Heck, mine's locked. I'm not kidding either. I have those magnetic tot locks on the pantry because little people couldn't stay out. I'm not sure what I'll do when they're taller.

[alison]

This was an ongoing battle for my mom... If one of us kids didn't empty the fridge, then my dad would!!!

[MrsK]

Funny thing is now I have this issue with DrK. I had to have a talk with him about not eating an entire jar of olives in one sitting, an entire tub of hummus, an entire bag of chips, etc. Everytime I brought home a treat or worse yet, something for guests, he'd gobble it up within minutes.

ETA: I just realized that he ate all the chrystalized ginger I bought for my nausea!

[HouseofWool]

I don't have an issue with DS so much as DH. He will plow through an entire bag of chips in one sitting.

If I have something for a specific purpose, I tell him up front that it is verboten.

[alison]

I don't have an issue with DS so much as DH. He will plow through an entire bag of chips in one sitting.

If I have something for a specific purpose, I tell him up front that it is verboten.

This is my dad, too... He'd eat all our sandwich meat. My mom would buy us these beautifully thin slices of salami for our sandwiches, and my dad would pilfer the deli bags!

Lots of luck, Sylvia! I guess you didn't need to know that adults do this too!

[rainbabies]

im glad im not the only one.

i do have to tell dh not to eat all the cheese sticks. he wil literally make a meal out of them. they're almost $7 a bag! eat them as a snack! not a freaking meal!!

annie, i used to have the kiddie locks on my cabinets...the kids figured them out too fast. good luck with yours.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

My personal favorite is when DH eats all the "lunch friendly" things - like the string cheese...while sitting at home...

Can't you eat something that's not already packaged for my convenience

I KNOW I'll have to stash food when we have kids if they are anything like both DH and I

My kids eat like hobbits - bfast, elevensies, lunch, snack, snack, dinner, snack. Yes, I have hidden food - especially when something is on sale and I buy several packages. Sylvia, just wait until they can get everywhere in the fridge/pantry. Seriously the boys are 8 and 9 and I cannot believe how much they eat.

[mommax3]

I have been hiding food for years. When the kids figure out my hiding places, I find new ones. Now that Luke is 14 (and almost 6'2) I am wondering if I could hide an entire fridge somewhere.....

[DCJenn]

You need to build one of those tornado cellars Sally- except have it electrified and have a fridge installed!

Jenn

[Ladybug122]

I have to hide food, too. We have a pantry with open shelving that DS scales to get his "munchie" snacks (pretzels, wheat thins, etc.). I am worried he's going to fall and break his neck some day, but there is no way of "childproofing" the area since there is no door...
Anything strictly off limits goes on top of the fridge...it's the only place he can't reach. Even if it's in a high cabinet, he'll think nothing of pushing chairs around my kitchen and climbing on the countertops. Aaarrgghh.
Early in our marriage, I just let DH have leftovers from restaurants...now it's a bloody battle if he eats my leftovers. I'm embarrassed to say what I fuss I have made when I've discovered that he has eaten something I've been planning to munch on later. Not one of my proudest moments...he'll learn...