To kick 3 of my 4 kids out - empty fridge outrage!

[DiscombobulatedDiane]

Sick of 2 litres of naice juice lasting less than a day and youngest DS's Petit Filous being eaten when there are plenty of lumpy Onkens available . Blocks of cheese being eaten within hours. Massive packets of biscuits disappearing or being chucked in the cupboard without being sealed up!

AIBU to tell them all (16+) to sling their hooks?

In all seriousness the juice is really making me disproportionately angry. I have made it clear I buy the 'not from concentrate' stuff which is more expensive as they are supposed to have a small glass just with breakfast and for youngest DS as he shouldn't have to have the crap stuff, the same as they didn't at his age. Even when I resort to buying the massive cheap cartons of fruit 'drink', it'll still be gone in hours despite cordial always being available.

They also eat the kiddie yoghurts that I buy for DS, he won't eat the one with fruit puree or lumps, leaving him with none to eat despite nice Danone of Onken ones being available.

I can't lick the fridge or keep them anywhere else to stop the shit bags.

What to do?

Don't ration food for your kids

So why on earth would they eat his except out of sheer selfishness?

Because they prefer them? So why not just buy more of them so there’s enough?

Unless OP has had more children than she can afford, she should be providing the same for them all instead of having a two tier system. If she can’t afford to buy more of the expensive things, she should buy more cheap things and give them all the same.

If money is so tight that she can’t afford to provide more full stop, she should have that conversation with her children so that they understand.

Totally love the WiFi solution!

No WiFi then they'll find the time to make that sandwich that they don't have time for when they have access to SM!

here its milk, three teenagers and 20ltrs of milk a week minimum,does my head in

Teenagers need a lot of fuel to grow, so you’re in for a tough ride! Id just buy the stuff they like if they want it, but I’d stick to cordial for everybody. Much cheaper. Failing that, a fridge locker. Failing that, change the WiFi password for X amount of time for every item missing. Failing that, cancel their contracts. Failing that, confiscate devices you bought them!

What's NT kids?

Yep. A loaf of bread and 4pts milk a day.
Chocolate spread sandwiches are a cheap snack here, or value apples, babybels and crackers. I bulk out mealtimes with loads of rice, pasta or bread and make protein do for dinner.
They also have a bowl of cereal before bed and then breakfast the minute they wake up.
I dont think any child, unless in desperate measures, should have to contribute to a normal food shop. Sweets and takeaway yes.

Whatever I buy doesn’t get eaten. There is ‘nothin to eat’ after a big shop.

Personally I think bowls of cereal and sandwiches are the snack staples for hungry teens but they would apparently not agree. Too labour intensive.

Pots and pots of pasta salad from Aldi is the answer to the 5 slices of ham and a block of cheese. It forms ‘lunch’ (I say lunch, I have three apparently living in a different time zone so could be eaten at any time. I’d suggest making your own pasta salad and leaving a big tub of it in the fridge, but it would be too much effort scooping it into a bowl, so the whole thing will be removed, some eaten and the rest left in the corner of the teen room until two weeks next Wednesday.

Bags and bags of popcorn and crisps. All the juices, which they will glug directly from the carton.

If I chop up a melon or pineapple etc and leave it out it will disappear. I consider this to be a small nutritional victory.

That’s the total diet of my three teens all summer holiday (supplemented with Subway, Greggs, Costa, Nandos etc when they are out loitering).

I have one pre-teen who still complies and eats the good healthy food I buy.

why don't you just buy the kiddie yoghurt just buy own brand in bulk, instead of the other yoghurt. what is available to them that you would be happy for them to smack on ? to be honest I think it's pretty normal teen behaviour I'm guessing they are all back at college in a few weeks so will be back to more normal eating then

They shouldn't have to contribute at their age, but they should have to go to the shop to replace the things they've eaten that are for their little brother.

Mine looked around the cupboards and moaned there were only ingredients.

I would not petit filous for all but hide some in the bag drawer under the broccoli for the youngest. If the budget is right, aldi do fromage frais that is cheap and nice.

It's hard but teenagers really do eat a back of a lot - I teach teens and when I look at what they say in a school day, I wonder that are not all the size of a house. They aren't though - just normal sized but growing like weeds. I dread to think how much food they must eat at home!

Apparently, my MIL used to say that my DH had one meal a day - it started when he got up and finished when he went to bed! He literally couldn't walk past the kitchen without eating something. He is a keen swimmer and could have hidden behind a lampost as a teen. Even now, at 51 he is very slim.

Hang in there - they will be back to school/college soon!

Excuse typos - on my phone!

Presumably the OP has had the conversation with the elder dc "do NOT eat the petit filous, those are for the baby" and to differentiate, "the other yoghurt are for you" but if they'll eat the smallests food anyway it wouldn't matter how many petit filous she bought, the selfish buggers would eat them all regardless.