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Quote From: lchris0307

ok so my 4yr old daughter is what i would consider outta control and i don't know what to do. Just about every morning i wake up to our house being trashed because she gets up  sometime during the nite or very early morning and gets into things, mostly food. she gets into the refridgerator and food pantry and helps herself to whatever she wants leaving the wrappers and food all over the house. She'll eat things like a a whole loaf of bread, whole bags of cheetos, whole boxes of pop tarts, whole packages of cheese slices??? she doesn't just eat a few of something it's the WHOLE thing. She eats meals regularly throughout the day also but her world seems to revolve around food, she will start to cry and say she's she hungry and wants to eat, less than an hour after a meal??? everytime i even walk in to the kitchen for anything she'll say things like are you making me food??  She is normal weight and height and i have no idea what is going on with her. I have tried time-outs, talking to her about it, yelling, spanking, taking away previliges, she always says she's sorry and won't do it again but the next day it's the same problem.  she also gets into other things like my make up hairspray and other toiletries, which are now locked away from her, I feel like if i want to keep anything without her "ruining" it i need to lock it up and i don't want to live like that! Anyone know what is going on with this, does she have some kind of eating disorder at 4 or is she just a brat??? Plz help!!

Quote From: lchris0307

ok so my 4yr old daughter is what i would consider outta control and i don't know what to do. Just about every morning i wake up to our house being trashed because she gets up  sometime during the nite or very early morning and gets into things, mostly food. she gets into the refridgerator and food pantry and helps herself to whatever she wants leaving the wrappers and food all over the house. She'll eat things like a a whole loaf of bread, whole bags of cheetos, whole boxes of pop tarts, whole packages of cheese slices??? she doesn't just eat a few of something it's the WHOLE thing. She eats meals regularly throughout the day also but her world seems to revolve around food, she will start to cry and say she's she hungry and wants to eat, less than an hour after a meal??? everytime i even walk in to the kitchen for anything she'll say things like are you making me food??  She is normal weight and height and i have no idea what is going on with her. I have tried time-outs, talking to her about it, yelling, spanking, taking away previliges, she always says she's sorry and won't do it again but the next day it's the same problem.  she also gets into other things like my make up hairspray and other toiletries, which are now locked away from her, I feel like if i want to keep anything without her "ruining" it i need to lock it up and i don't want to live like that! Anyone know what is going on with this, does she have some kind of eating disorder at 4 or is she just a brat??? Plz help!!