Where to hide a secret camera

pinkladyof66

i thought it was just bread going missing is other stuff going too please op

anniemf2508

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

i thought it was just bread going missing is other stuff going too please op

well its mostly bread, but other things that have gone are countless bags of crisps, cocktail sausages, sausage rolls, chocolate bars, cheese strings, biscuits, cake......

pinkladyof66

oh gosh that is big problem then op

Newly_retired

That sounds to me like hunger, or need for comfort eating , or sleep eating and just taking whatever is available.
Now you have discussed it with the family I think you have to go ahead with the camera idea. Maybe not actually hide it, just do it one night.

Newly_retired

But perhaps you could also consider what sort of food you have around the house for people to help themselves to, if you are bothered about what is going. For health reasons.

Mojisola

I would put it up without hiding it for a night or two. If someone is sleepwalking (and eating), they will come down and eat as usual.

If someone is lying about taking the food at night, they won't do it if they know the camera is there and no food will be taken. That's the cue to ask everyone again and watch who is getting twitchy.

If no-one is forthcoming, then I'd hide the camera.

967stuart

Have you considered booby traps ??

Maybe dig some fire pits around the bread bin

Person_one

anniemf2508 wrote: »

i have waited 18 months and nothing has come to light....am i supposed to just leave it to sort itself out, i wouldn't be a good parent if i didn't try to help if it is my daughter either sleep eating or bingeing.

Please, before you do anything, give the BEAT helpline a ring and talk through everything with them to see what they think. They're the experts, they may have ways to help that we on here have absolutely no idea about.

This is the number for the over 18s helpline: 0845 634 1414

anniemf2508

Newly_retired wrote: »

But perhaps you could also consider what sort of food you have around the house for people to help themselves to, if you are bothered about what is going. For health reasons.

i've pretty much stopped buying sausage rolls, cocktail sausages, cheese strings etc due to this, if i do buy them i hide them at the back of the veg drawer!

Mojisola

Person_one wrote: »

Please, before you do anything, give the BEAT helpline a ring and talk through everything with them to see what they think. They're the experts, they may have ways to help that we on here have absolutely no idea about.

Until anniemf2508 knows for sure who is eating the food, she won't know who needs the help.

Like someone else's earlier story, I heard of someone who was getting upset because she lived alone and things kept getting moved around the house - she thought she must be having blackouts and doing things that she didn't remember.

A friend offered to stay for a couple of days and was at home alone while the friend went to work, heard a noise and found her next door neighbour lowering himself down through the loft hatch. The wall between the houses in the loft didn't go all the way up to the roof and he had been coming into the house during the day!