The Food Thief

[nay23]

he he he i dont know how to fix that one! Shes a clever little thing
Good Luck
xox

[squidipa]

just curious has she got sibling?

my son would pinch food from siblings, even after breaky sneak off with dd's lunch of the bench and scoff that. He is 2.5 years old and he eats almost as much as my 9 year old whom eats nearly as much as i do at meal times. He is not over weight but is a compulsive eater. if it makes you feel any betetr we had to put an alarm on the fridge door. It only ever went off once and he has never tried to sneak food again.

As for what u should do i would try to nip it int he bud right away.

we make a lunch box with ds lunch and morning tea and afternoon tea in it as a way of preventing him from thinking he is missing out. It works great no pinching of food of kids or out of cupboard or fridge as we show him in morning and tell him what each bit is for.

[Ozziehoffy]

PMSL MG... Oskar is very similar by the sounds of it! When we go to playgroup if he sees food he heads on over and sits there like a seagull!! I think part of it is it's the "I want what I don't have". I'd just keep on explaining to her that she can't just take it off other people like that... something along those lines.. she'll get it one day and in the mean time try not to be too embarassed although that's easier said than done I know cos I get terribly embarassed..lol.

[Mother Goose]

Thanks girls. DD is an only child.

Ozzie - I'm glad I'm not the only one who has experienced it!!! I do explain to her that she isn't hungry and can't swipe from other people. I was just in shock at her tactic this morning! The little monkey knew exactly what she was doing! And it's hard because what I do at home can't always be done at child care. Arg! I;ll just have to persist!

[Mother Goose]

Thanks girls. DD is an only child.

Ozzie - I'm glad I'm not the only one who has experienced it!!! I do explain to her that she isn't hungry and can't swipe from other people. I was just in shock at her tactic this morning! The little monkey knew exactly what she was doing! And it's hard because what I do at home can't always be done at child care. Arg! I;ll just have to persist!

[MrsBump]

MG your post made me smile!! Jett is EXACTLY the same!! he even wants what i have if he doesnt like it or has his own. The only way i have prevented him from pinching others food is to give him his own on his own plate at the same time... If i eat brekky he does. Lunch the same time as me and same as dinner. The only peace i really get is when i have dessert when he goes to bed!! LOL

Good on Abbey for eating!!
(Jett eats more than Zhai some days!)

[Liviam]

Oh thank god my darling daughter is normal. She crawls around underneath all the highchairs and cruises around the table and steals food from all the other kids. It is so embarrassing and she definitely isn't hungry she just does it because she wants to. I would guess that Abbey is the same. They just do it because they can. Our DD's are gorgeous little cheeky munchkins.

[DoubleK]

maybe its the reaction they get when the take the food off someone! a toddler might cry, where as an adult might say 'hey! come back here with my biscuit!' they might think thats funny!!!

sorry, no advice for you, but good luck with it!