Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

When will the coffee and twix breaks no longer be "allowed"?

50 replies

pontipinemum · 01/06/2023 12:29

I'm sitting here having a coffee and a twix while DS 10 months is playing on the floor.

It just dawned on me, how long until I can't do this? As he will try to rob my twix!!

OP posts:
Hazelnuttella · 01/06/2023 12:31

You can still have it, you’ll just have to rush off to the kitchen, snaffle the twix and causally walk back in like nothing happened 😊

Overthebow · 01/06/2023 12:31

I’m surprised it’s lasted this long! As soon as my dd could crawl she was trying to get at my food. Since then nothing is just mine.

Original poster
pontipinemum · 01/06/2023 12:34

@Overthebow I'll be glad I've had such a good run so 😂
@Hazelnuttella he follows me everywhere so I will have to be really quick!! Because for a small person he is surprisingly fast

OP posts:
Seeline · 01/06/2023 12:35

Hazelnuttella · 01/06/2023 12:31

You can still have it, you’ll just have to rush off to the kitchen, snaffle the twix and causally walk back in like nothing happened 😊

But you have to unwrap them all in advance at night time because they soon learn the sound of things being unwrapped. And crisp packets. And biscuit packets. And sweets....

DeeCeeCherry · 01/06/2023 12:37

I recall putting my DCs to bed when they were little. About 1 hour later I opened a KitKat. To this day Im amazed at their antenna because they were downstairs in a flash at the mere rustle of the wrapper + wide-eyed & incredulous that I was eating chocolate without them. Their antenna magically stopped working when they became teens and no amount of calling to them upstairs or even calling their phones elicited a response. Enjoy it whilst it lasts OP🙂

gamerchick · 01/06/2023 12:53

Haha you have to sneak it. But they get super sonic hearing to rustling wrappers and will confront you about it Grin

JosieOhNo · 01/06/2023 13:03

Yes, unwrap the day before. Also, hide all 'nice' snacks in an empty box of something really unappealing, like ryvitas or all-bran, in time for when they start opening all your cupboards. Don't think if something is up high, they won't spot the shiny, exciting wrapper poking out! Cadbury's brand recognition in babies & toddlers should be studied in depth I feel!

PainAuChocowhat · 01/06/2023 13:09

Mine is 2.5 and has exceptional sweetie observational skills, as well as being able to hear a packet opened at 100 paces. She can spot sweets etc even if they’re hidden at the back on the tallest shelf under a plant pot behind a closed door, then harangues me repeatedly until I break. Prepare now for the inevitable & hone your strategy.

ForeverYellow · 01/06/2023 13:13

Cough loudly while opening the wrapper , open head hight kitchen cupboard and eat with head in cupboard- works for me !

MeinKraft · 01/06/2023 13:14

When I was younger I watched all those diet programmes that used to be on and I could never understand why the mums waited until evening time to eat the chocolate and stuff as surely all day every day is a good time for snacking?

Well. 2 kids later and now I know.

itsabigtree · 01/06/2023 13:15

You just have to say that it's spicy, or that it's got vodka in it.

Enko · 01/06/2023 13:16

I'm the mother of 4 and I never had this issue. The kids knew my stuff is mine and they get theirs on their plates. However it should be said my kids often have been known to joke yell "mummy don't share food"

Just it's about teaching them. I also kept having hot cups of tea as they were small never had the experience many do they never get a hot.drink.

Crabbity · 01/06/2023 13:18

itsabigtree · 01/06/2023 13:15

You just have to say that it's spicy, or that it's got vodka in it.

This.

Accompanied by pained grimacing as you eat it.

’Gosh, this is disgusting, oh yuck, poor me!’

Timeandtune · 01/06/2023 13:19

I used to eat my chocolate in the bathroom. The depths I would go to.

ZacharinaQuack · 01/06/2023 13:28

You can have it for about six more months, but you'll have to give him something child-appropriate that looks a bit like a twix. E.g. here are your breadsticks, and Mummy is having her special spicy breadsticks. In my experience, you won't be allowed to have it from 22 months onwards, because he will want to 'hold the packet' and won't give it back.

ChumleyMcGnee · 01/06/2023 13:32

I used to hide just behind the door of the utility, the room was dark so they assumed I wasn't in there. I had a stash of goodies in there on a high shelf. Unwrap them in advance, keep in a tin that opens super quietly.

spudulike1 · 01/06/2023 13:37

You have to start now saying 'Its spicy' or 'its got alcohol in it'

MrsMoastyToasty · 01/06/2023 13:39

You have to keep a supply in your bedside cabinet/desk drawer for when mummy is "tired" or "working ". An alternative is to eat with your face virtually inside the kitchen cupboard and if approached say you are looking for whichever food they don't like.

AndClementine · 01/06/2023 13:40

You can teach them that food is not for sharing. We did this with ours that had food allergies.

aliensprig · 01/06/2023 13:41

I stuff chocolate and biscuits in my mouth whole without savouring it. There's no time.

Stickmansmum · 01/06/2023 13:43

I eat treats in front of my kids, even when very little, and they just get told ‘you have sweets sometimes and I don’t, I have them sometimes and you don’t!’.

They can actually comprehend that. And it’s a healthy message for them that they are not entitled to everything all the time.

WeightoftheWorld · 01/06/2023 13:47

MrsMoastyToasty · 01/06/2023 13:39

You have to keep a supply in your bedside cabinet/desk drawer for when mummy is "tired" or "working ". An alternative is to eat with your face virtually inside the kitchen cupboard and if approached say you are looking for whichever food they don't like.

Hahaha this is basically what I do, that and like another PP said earlier, leg it to the kitchen, close the door and baby gate and eat something as fast as humanly possible. Fine for the 1 yr old as they can't get past the gate, but the 4 yo can and is extremely clingy and comes to find me straight after so I have to be very speedy...

MrsCarson · 01/06/2023 13:49

I used to hide my snacking in the pantry. Door open stood just inside. Yet by 18 months they could smell a biscuit going in my mouth. So I did it in small bites often. Even if I waited till they were busy and in the lounge, they appear from nowhere. Like when you make a phone call.

madnessitellyou · 01/06/2023 13:49

If you say it's hot, spicy or has alcohol in it you may be able to enjoy the Twix a little longer...

MiddleParking · 01/06/2023 13:55

Stickmansmum · 01/06/2023 13:43

I eat treats in front of my kids, even when very little, and they just get told ‘you have sweets sometimes and I don’t, I have them sometimes and you don’t!’.

They can actually comprehend that. And it’s a healthy message for them that they are not entitled to everything all the time.

Same. I can’t think of many things I’d less like to teach my children than “mummy doesn’t get treats of her own”, except perhaps “mummy hides junk food in the cupboard and lies about eating it when asked”. On the other hand I would quite like to teach them that I have vodka mid-morning, just to see how that goes down at nursery.

Swipe left for the next trending thread