To want to eat something without having it to share it with dc?

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I have two dds. DD1 is 5 and DD2 is 2. Even if they have finished their lunch, and I go and get something to eat, e.g a Marmite rice cake deliberately getting food they might not like they will make their way over and beg/ scream until I give them a bit.
When until I have to stop hiding around the corner to eat a piece of chocolate?
Or do you always share your food with your dc?

Bettiedraper'eating should be for survival and good health, not a social event' Mealtimes sound fun at your house! We love mealtimes in our house, it is a chance to catch up, have a natter about all sorts of things and try different foods (and teach the children good table manners). Don't need to overeat, just provide the right amount, it's not rocket science.

DS's first sentence was an accusing "Mummy is eating a cookie", making me jump out of my skin as I sneakily gobbled a biscuit in the kitchen.

Now I have developed a list of foods I like which he does not like, and I eat those where possible, so I can generously offer to share, knowing he will refuse.

I suspect this is why my mum ate marzipan as her usual sweet when I was little.

“We should be teaching children that eating should primarily be for survival and good health, not a social event! This is one of the reasons there are so many overweight comfort-eaters (myself included)!”

Really!? I’m still baffled! When mine were younger, mealtime were a social gathering, a chat, a relaxing time!

Even snacks were never this is yours and this is mine! Placed in the middle, we shared! If you wanted some you had some, if you didn’t, then well you didn’t!

If I fancied a biscuit or whatever, there was never any rush to see what does mum have, or begging or screaming! They would ask for one or ignore because they didn’t want one!

I’m a bit at adults being the controller of foods! Surely it’s about healthy eating!

I share because I like sharing, I could definitely tell DS no, but it's not something that bothers me.

I'm more annoyed when he insists on sharing his stuff when i don't want any.

I know this is off topic, but Aquamarine - You will never be in the bathroom alone again until they are teenagers
Really? The only time DD was ever in the bathroom with me was once when she had croup and the steam from the shower was good for her. I never let her into the bathroom with me. That’s a private place. I was a lone parent when she was small, too. There’s no need for it. If you like it, fine, but then don’t be a martyr about it.

@12Etudes Joey was who I was thinking of when I read this post. 😂

I share some snacks bu

I share some snacks but am a fan of the very spicy, and given dcs nappies have been awful post trying, we now have mummy/daddy snacks and baby.

Until my youngest child was about 8, so a total period of about 9 years all in I don't think I EVER got more than one bite out of an apple without one of them pestering for it.
In fact I eventually started deliberately starting apples in front of them just to get them to eat fruit as it was the only way-they only wanted it when I had it (and I kept auxiliary apples for after they'd gone off with my one at strategic hiding places around the house)

You'll be lucky😁. I am a chocolate fiend & when DCs were little they could hear the mere faintest rustle of a chocolate wrapper from many feet away. Even with me hiding in downstairs bathroom muuuuum..do you have SWEETS?! In totally indignant tone

Give up this battle - you won't win

My daughter shares my food, I don't mind for the most part, she's 2! Totally get why others wouldn't like it though.
She barely batted an eyelid when DH came in from work this pm....oh wait he's got food !!!! Game on...

Mistress That is totally me.
However, I am not going to let DD1 win this one. Yesterday after a massive lunch followed by double scoop ice cream and cookies, she still proclaimed to be hungry and wanted a bit of my Yorkshire pudding - which arrived after she had had her lunch.

I wonder if she is bored.
Anyway, my chocolate is definitely mine.

She barely batted an eyelid when DH came in from work this pm....oh wait he's got food !!!! Game on...

Had to laugh at this - if DH had got food then DS wants it. No matter if it's exactly what he's got already - daddy's is better.

Just don't introduce them to sushi. Expensive and easy to eat = nightmare.

They are like cats really. Cupboard love.

My DS used to be like that. He could hear a packet of biscuits being opened up 2 flights of stairs! He would yell out "what are you eating" before thundering down to see. I ate anything I didn't want him to have when he was in bed.

Mine just aren't that bothered about sharing food, DS knows sort of that if mum says no then it's got something he can't have in
So he's not fussed
DD however is another story, full throw down tantrums over not giving her a bit, for the most part we share but there's just some bits they can't have

I agree with pp. If you're snacking in between meals and especially if you're eating things like chocolate/sweets/crisps then YABU. Of course your child will want to have some.

AIBU when I snack? Surely not. However, I do have higher quality product of snacking than I let DDs snack on. I get chocolate. They get cheese strings/ fruit/ Pompoms

I steal food from DH's plate so really can't take the moral highground here. There's something very communal and nice about sharing food.