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Secret Mommyhood Confessions – Hiding in the Kitchen

January 8, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant 9 Comments

I hide in the kitchen to eat treats so I won’t have to share them with my three year old.

I’m not talking about simply stepping into the kitchen either. I mean ducking into the one corner of the room you can’t see from the gated doorway. Almost pressing myself against the fridge so I can eat a my New Years’ chocolate, or breakfast pastry in peace.

Sometime I’m simply greedy, and I don’t want to share my treat.  Yep, I’m a horrible person.  But more often it’s that what I’m eating is something she’s not allowed.  Too much sugar.  Too much salt. I don’t let her have junk food.

Which begs the question, What am I doing pressed up against my fridge, hiding so I can eat some puff pastry?  If it’s so awful that I won’t allow my children to eat it, what the heck am I doing putting it in my bod?  Yeah I don’t feel like answering that one.

So tell me, do you eat things you won’t let your kids have? Do you keep treats from them? Ever find yourself hiding out to have a snack?

To top it off my three year old has treat radar. If I try and eat a breakfast croissant or some strudel she can tell. From two rooms away I will hear Grace’s little voice chiming out, “What’s the crunching noise?” (Seriously, crunching? How can  she hear me chewing from two rooms away??)

“Mama are you eating something? Can I share?!”  She pops up at the gate to the kitchen while I’m trying to look busy and innocent. “What’s in your mouth right now?  What was that in your mouth?  I thought I saw you chewing something?”

I don’t want to give my kid some kind of food complex. I just want to eat my danish in peace, and not in  pieces.  Instead I have to deal with the treat inquisition. Sigh.

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Comments

  1. Carri says

    January 9, 2011 at 12:59 am

    YES! I do that, too! My husband and I wait to eat our ice cream or whatever goody we have after he goes to bed. Sometimes you just want to enjoy something in peace and quiet. I totally get it.

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  2. renee says

    January 9, 2011 at 3:21 am

    yep, i do that aswell. They cannot have a toblerone for breakfast but i can and will hide to do it, plus i don't want to share either.

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  3. Kelly @ City Mom says

    January 9, 2011 at 4:59 am

    OMG…it's so funny to read this…my 3 yr d does the same things. She can always smell it on me too and is pretty accurate. "did you just eat chocolate?". Hilarious! I'm doing Jenny Craig now and she even wants to eat my low cal meals and eat my vitamin barsWhich really aren't very good…just coverd in chocolate 🙂

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  4. Tirza @ Canadian Mom says

    January 9, 2011 at 5:47 am

    I love this post! It made me laugh and I'm glad to know others do this too. My son is only 20 months so he doesn't really know what I might be sneaking, but he's a big eater and any food he sees he wants. He caught me today snacking on something pressed against the counter, cowering behind the side of the refrigerator. I loved the dialogue from your daughter's treat radar!

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  5. Kimberly says

    January 9, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Hahaha!!! I totally do that too only because I am greedy and don't want to share 😉

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  6. Miranda says

    January 9, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    I do this. I think we all do this. Some treats are just too good to share!

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  7. Jodi Shaw says

    January 9, 2011 at 8:21 pm

    Omg yes yes they have treat radar. I said to FD the other day (hubby) I don't think I've ever had a full meal to myself in over 10 years. It's always can I have a bite, a sip, a nibble? And even now with my 11 year old and 4 year old it's the same. We can't win!

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  8. Callista says

    January 10, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    I do that too, exactly how you said. Hiding in the corner by the fridge. My 3 year old and 5 year old always hear me though. They ask the same questions. What's in your mouth? What are you eating?

    I let my kids have junk food but they get their halloween/holiday candy only AFTER lunch, only if they eat well, only once a day etc. I don't have such rules for myself because I won't eat so much candy I make myself sick or don't eat my lunch.

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  9. Jen M says

    January 12, 2011 at 2:02 am

    I do that all the time too :)Yesterday I was really craving some ice cream and made myself a cone. I was hiding it under the blanket, but my kid realized that something was up… Then he took it away 🙁 I eat sweets very quickly or while he naps 😀

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