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Hiya.How old is your AS?Is he young enough that the snacks can be put out of reach?Have you done things like reward charts etc? Or would they be a struggle for him if its difficult for him to regulate his behaviour?

My son is nine been with us five years the things are in a cupboard but he would climb for them.Part of difficulty was things never used to be off limit as we wanted to treat him same as our daughter but she is eighteen.He was allowed to have the snacks problem is he goes back and takes more.Stickers charts don't work with him.murraymints

I've been having a real problem with this too lately. I think it is mainly my eldest AD (10) although it could be her sisters, and the fact that DH has a tendency to take several choccy biscuits at a time doesn't help either . The only thing that works is reducing the number of cakes/biscuits I buy - they were much more tempted I think to sneak off smaller biscuits than, e.g. a whole kitkat, so that seems to be working.We don't have a box but do have a general rule that you can help yourself to fruit at any time. This does sometimes mean it all gets eaten quite quickly - youngest AD ( ate all 6 bananas over the course of the weekend - but they know once it is gone it is gone!LB

Little bear my husband also likes the biscuits, we also allow the fruit problem is son wants to take as many of the other things e.g ate all pack of fudges rather than just one.Had other behaviors which we have worked through so hopefully can work through this one tooMurraymints

Have you thought about lockable treats tin for each person with each given their allowance at the beginning of the week. They have a key and can access their tin. If they eat it all at once then fine....it won't be replenished till next week. But they can't access others.Make sure you keep spare keys yourself and well out of reach! It's a bit like the tuck boxes we had in our schooldays.Try to fill them up the rest of the time with low GI foods in case it is a hormone imbalance which makes them crave it. Best of luckMumptie

Put a lock on the kitchen door to stop him stealing. That was the only thing that worked for our dd and we had years of trying other things.Dd has no conscience so short of a physical barrier nothing was going to work.ndf

Thanks for replies may try idea of giving him his allowance and when its done its done although fear he may eat it all at once making him sickmurraymints

We found that ours tended to raid the kitchen first thing in the morning. We have had some success curbing it by putting a little treat pot under their pillows when we go to bed (like the tooth fairy!) plus encouraging them to come into our bed for a cuddle when they wake.We also tried always giving them something to eat (even if it was just a couple of raisens) when they asked, that did help and gave us lots of opportunity to talk about eating.Maybe there's a certain time of day or activity that triggers him to raid the kitchen.