She ate all the biscuits

This thread made me chuckle - I have a 4 year old who has started just going into the cupboard and helping herself to chocolate, biscuits, sweets etc. so now we hide them too! It's nothing to do with limiting those things making them more desirable , she's just an absolute sweet monster and she'd eat chocolate all day if she could! She recently took a full Lindt chocolate bunny from my bedroom, ate the whole thing and hid the wrapper. I was livid!!

I do like the cereal box hiding place. Good thinking!

I wouldn't be cross she ate them, but I'd be cross she didn't ask first - that is, if usually she knows she should ask?

Why was DH not stopping her searching for and eating said biscuits?!?!

... very very angry over a few biscuits?!

Bloody hell, what are you going to do when your child actually does something dreadful?

The biscuits weren't left out, OP said she hid them away. DD said she looked everywhere until she found them... she knew she wasn't supposed to eat any more.

I’ve know a few kids who demolish all the sugar they can get hold of when their parents aren’t watching. It’s usually the ones with the strictest parents who don’t allow it at home!

Just wait until she puts the packet back empty. That moment of thinking there’s a treat to be had and the disappointment to find the empty packet NOT IN THE BIN.

believe me, not being told is more infuriating

But how big was this packet? Was it a few? Or really quite a few ...

She does sound quite driven by her sweet tooth/stomach op. Children like biscuits, but the habitual hunting and then the entire packet sounds to me as though there may be some background issue. Impossible to guess what from what we know on here.

I probably would try not to be cross but that's not to say I'm certain there is nothing to be concerned about.

You would be very very angry. Really? With a 7yo for eating a few biscuits. Wow.
I would absolutely talk to her about not eating them all, and asking if she has wanted more. If they have been put away she shouldn't be hunting for them and she needs to understand that.

Posters are getting really hung up on the “treat” angle here but the fact they are biscuits isn’t the point at all really is it. I’d be cross if my 6 year old ate all the bananas without asking.

So yes, I’d be very cross.

Yes, I would be cross. At that age my DC asked before taking a snack, they didn't just help themselves. At 7yo she should know she isn't allowed to eat them all.

Yes this. This child obviously doesn't have an appetite like a "normal" child. I wouldn't let my child eat a whole packet of biscuits. Children with a "normal" appetite couldn't eat a whole packet of biscuits like that. There is something wrong here and I'm not sure what the op can do as apart from hiding snacks until she gets to the bottom of it.

My cousin doesn't believe in dessert every day or sweet things similar to you, and her little girl is the same with sweet things when they're in the house for an occasion like birthday or Halloween. She is hyper focused and sneaks away to eat them 😅 her sister has dessert every might for her sons and they aren't as hyper focused or fussed when there's sweets round. It's healthier your way but just may be an explanation of why she's binged when there was a sudden glut of sweet treats!

I think hiding food from children is extremely weird and unnecessary.

It seems calculated to lead to her having real issues with food. In fact her actively searching for these biscuits and eating the whole packet woukd indicate she is already developing an unhealthy attitude to food.

Surely having a balanced diet means just that : allowing a small amount of not so healthy food alongside healthy stuff. And stop making it a coveted thing that has to be hidden and then gorged on.

I wouldn’t be cross but I would be concerned. Based on my experience with a couple of family members, I’d say keep an eye out for binge eating behaviour developing. It sneaks up on you and if you yourself have no experience of eating disorders, you need to read up on them as they can start very early and very innocuously. To me it sounds as though you yourself have a good attitude to food so it may be nothing to do with that, but EDs emerge from all kinds of influences. Please be alert and vigilant.

Have you never wolfed down sugary treats? I have and still do…because it’s satisfying and deliciously rebellious when I should be eating healthy food. Okay, so the packet of biscuits were meant for others on another day, but this is a minor issue. No, I wouldn’t be at all angry with her. I’d chuckle and move on.

I raise you washing or drying machine drum. Have a handy fleece to throw on top to hide said stash.

When food is labelled as a treat it becomes good or bad instead of just food. Some foods fuel the body well others not so much. This is why we have such food issues because it’s thought about as a treat. If you’re concerned about her lack of regulation around your idea of treats. Don’t buy them.