5 year old secret eating?!

[Frozenheart]

My lovely 5 year old DD has always been a very good eater ever since she was weaned.
The last couple of months, I have come downstairs to find my fridge and cupboards raided. All of this is being eaten before I wake up in the mornings.
Yesterday, her morning raid consisted of:

6x small petits filos yoghurts, 1x dairylea dunker, 1x apple and 1x satsuma.

This morning, she ate 6x more small yogurts, 1x packet of wotsits and 3x plain tortilla wraps

We always make sure we have filling, healthy meals during the day, but the words ”im still hungry still come out after finishing her meals and when we put her to bed!
In reception class last year, she was weighed and measured and it later came back to us that she is overweight. This wasn’t a surprise to us, as she has always been ahead of ages in clothes for her age. and her dad and I aren’t the slimmest of people!

So my main question is, would any see this as a cause for concern and to contact the gp? Is there anything we could change?

Great start, OP. Well done.

Thank you, I have also made a vow to myself to start going to bed a bit earlier myself on weekends (I go to bed at 10pm when she has school), as once dd is in bed I seize that chance to relax (binge Netflix etc) and before I know it, it’s 12am so as for next weekend, it’s early to bed for me.

It's so easy to do isn't it? That's why DH and I have always had a lie in each at the weekend so we get at least one good nights sleep.

Diabetes? I'd have her checked

Oh stop with the guessing

@flibberyjibbery8

Diabetes? I'd have her checked

Oh stop with the pathologising already.

@flibberyjibbery8

Diabetes? I'd have her checked

Give over.

As I said previously posters need to stop pathologising every observable behaviour
Wrongly applying a label or seeking a diagnosis doesn’t diminish an issue. It just mislabels it

Ah yes, I forgot it was impossible for diabetes to exist in children. My apologies.

It's funny, because when my son started showing signs of epilepsy I was told to stop pathologising his behaviour too. I was told if I mentioned it he'd do it more. He was having seizures and is now diagnosed
He's two types of medication daily with breakthroughs.

Ruling stuff out hurts nobody, but not ruling it out can.

For goodness sake. If this little girls diet is made more healthy then she is likely to be fine, and diabetes at five is very rare and would have other symptoms like weight loss and thirst. She’s hungry as she’s not eating cod twelve thirteen hours and was being forced to feed herself.

What a lovely update OP, im impressed!!

[quote Frozenheart]@00100001 hi,

I actually woke up to dd in my bed this morning , she got up and I got up to go to the toilet, heard the fridge open and shouted downstairs to wait until I’ve come down the stairs.
I then gave her some weetabix, she asked for a yoghurt after and I said no, so she had an apple instead.[/quote]
That's great

Keep it up with the good food and hopefully this will help set her up for better choices from now on

Way to go op.
When I last saw my lovely old late Ma she said ‘you’re a good kid’. It all comes around and goes around and it’s all a big honour no matter how tough those early mornings and all the other stuff on both sides and in differing roles is.
Sounds really positive.

Yay! Go@Frozenheart

A mug of vegetable soup and a slice of granary toast is a great supper to promote a good night's sleep. I always found when my DC were small that they slept longer with a full tummy.

However, there is simply no escaping the fact that your daughter should not be unsupervised for that length of time. You and your DH need to decide that you each take equal responsibility for getting up at the same time as your child, work out who does when and stick to it. If you need more sleep, go to bed earlier rather than sleeping late at the potential expense of your beloved daughter's safety and security. I wish you well, because you sound like a concerned and genuinely living mum but it really sounds like this pattern needs breaking asap

Glad your getting up earlier with your daughter. Well done OP, make sure you keep it up. You can get your lie ins back when she's a teen don't worry.

Great job. You'll probably get semi lie ins back even earlier than teen years once you've got onto an even keel and she is not gorging herself in the mornings. Make sure you and your partner take a morning each so you both get a chance for a longer sleep or chill in bed if that's what you enjoy.

You might find that everyone being up and organised a bit better on a weekend means that there is more time to get out and about and do stuff so the activity will help too.

It always amazes me that so many posters assume that everyone grew up being taught about healthy foods but for many that simply didn't happen. Assumptions are made that certain things are good because they have fruit in or whatever. The best diet is one where the food is still as close to its original state as possible, less refined, less processed will always be better for you.

It's good that both you and your partner cook good evening meals, you just need to replicate some of that into the other meals and snacks. Also nothing wrong with saving bits of dinner and offering them as a snack later or for lunch the next day. There is also no law that says you need to eat "breakfast" foods only at breakfast or that you can't have some left over meatballs for breakfast or have soup for supper.

OP, can you also encourage some follow along exercise videos to help her keep active?

I do not know any 5 year olds (or actually many people) who would happily eat unsweetened porridge.

Weetabix is a pretty good for a child.

I am not overweight, never have been, and would not eat unsweetened porridge. I have honey on mine.
I also don’t find porridge keeps me full until lunchtime. I’d rather have something like scrambled egg, a roasted tomato and toast.

Well done, OP.

@Clymene

I do not know any 5 year olds (or actually many people) who would happily eat unsweetened porridge.

Weetabix is a pretty good for a child.

I eat unsweetened porridge. Just a pinch of salt. That’s it. Traditional

@Sunshinelover2

Three quarters of people in England are overweight or obese. Most people you know probably don’t eat very well.

Porridge and a nut butter (not peanut) is nice, if really necessary then add a couple of berries (frozen or not).

Why not peanut butter?