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help please...to not let my 6yr old have his cheescake??urgent answers please as he rather upset and stormed off to his room

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prettypinkchristmastree · 21/08/2011 19:05

Just had our yummy sunday roast. Toffee cheescake for puddin and squirty cream.. I set all the cheescakes out and get the squirty cream out start squirting and nothing ....Now this has happened on 3 other occasions when none of us have had any and my son who has a tendency to help himself to food out of the fridge (which am trying to stop by putting him in time out) has been the previous culprit. i obviously blamed him and said right you are not having it now and out it in the fridge. Now i suppose it could have been my other 3 dc daughter 9 (never bothers helping self without asking) or 3 year old twins but they wouldnt be able to squeeze out. it my son who is typically doing theses sorts of things. He not upset now just came down got his teddy in his pyjamas. I said you still not having it he said ."i know" so am i being unreasonable or have i done the right thing???????

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MrsBaggins · 21/08/2011 21:08

My name is MrsBagginsHmm
I didnt think it was one occasion - your 6 year old has been unsupervised on 4 occasions in the kitchen where there are knives,cooker etc

TaudrieTattoo · 21/08/2011 21:21

fifi is a stirrer Grin

She's been popping up all over the shop today.

You've done the right thing, op.

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prettypinkchristmastree · 21/08/2011 21:23

ok mrs baggins sorry no need to be like that. My knives are well out of reach even i have to get a chair to reach them. ha ha.

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BeerTricksPotter · 21/08/2011 21:29

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lydiamama · 21/08/2011 21:40

I think you do right not to let him have his cake after eating all this cream, it is not good at all for him and as parents I strongly believe that is up to us to teach them to look after their bodies by making the right food choices. If he had helped himself to a barrel of apples would be another case. And you seem to have caught the right culprit, but I believe you should have got a confession before punishing him; your 9 year old could have done it at the end of the day, and it would be so unfair........

thisisyesterday · 21/08/2011 21:43

and how does he manage to eat an entire can without anyone noticing??

ProfessionallyOffendedGoblin · 21/08/2011 21:49

Mine used to wake up before everyone else, read for a bit and then think 'Hmmm'
And that's why I stopped keeping treats in the house until he'd learned the difference between help yourself food and food that is not help yourself.
He's got Asperger's and had an amazing capacity for anything sweet
So...
biscuits
cake
sugar with a spoon
marzipan
glace cherries
ice cream
honey
golden syrup
treacle

He was never sick or even slightly queasy. Smile

BeerTricksPotter · 21/08/2011 21:53

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A1980 · 21/08/2011 22:05

Urgent answers please? Can't you make a judgment call on this yourself?! It's piece of cheesecake! Grin

A1980 · 21/08/2011 22:08

and how does he manage to eat an entire can without anyone noticing??

Easily.

My brother did it all the time. He eat several smaller amounts over the course of a couple of days and empty the can in the process. he'd never eat a whole can in one go. He didnt connect the dots that it would be empty the next time mum tried to use it even though he was only taking little bits at a time. I knew he was doing it but I didn't tell mum at the time when he was doing it or he'd punch me (literally). Mum knew it was him anyway. I never helped myself without asking.

MrsBaggins · 21/08/2011 22:41

Mrs Baggins dont you ever use capitals ?
Your son has gone into the kitchen on several occasions unnoticed by you and has taken cream from the fridge .
I think you need to worry about your levels of supervision tbh - although I think you were quite right in not letting him have the cheesecake.

BeerTricksPotter · 21/08/2011 22:47

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MrsBaggins · 21/08/2011 22:53

I find getting my name wrong twice a bit arsey,
Im not talking about a 6 yr old being in the kitchen - a 6 year old being in the kitchen and eating an entire container of spray cream and going unnoticed on 4 occasions .

youarekidding · 21/08/2011 23:06

My 6 (now 7) yo could easily get into the kitchen unsupervised..
Easy, I'd go to the loo he'd automatically be unsupervised. Hasn't done it since he slipped and cracked his chin open though falling off the worktop. Some children need harsh consequences that really affect them. He would stop doing anything if he was asked but would go back to doing it again and again. Some children can't regulate themselves - they need to learn.

And I was more devastated by the cut chin than he was - what really made him think was when he missed his beloved swimming because of it. It was a horrid way for him to learn it but tbh I cried internally and outwardly was bitch mum 'well DS you know not to climb and you've learnt your lesson'.

iscream · 22/08/2011 06:05

Since your ds is not having his cheesecake, how about sending it this way? Grin
No, don't, I am on a diet.
Wait, I have been really good and not bought squirty cream or cheesecake since Christmas.
Then again, will ruin all my so far self control
Wait....isn't dairy good for the bones?

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