We have an awkward situation approaching. In 2 days I will be going in for an induction. We booked our babysitter to come over for the day to sit with the kids while DH and I are at the hospital. I actually will not be seeing her. Our plan is for DH, I and the kids to go to the hospital (I have to be there at 6:30am) get me "settled" so the kids see where I am and say good bye, and DH is going to take them home, get them breakfast and the babysitter is coming at 9am. And then DH will come back to the hospital.
The problem is the babysitter will be there all day, and she helps herself to anything in the kitchen. Not that I would want her to feel that she can't eat, but I have made a point of stocking up on certain prepackaged items, specifically for after the baby gets here. Prepakaged, healthier items for when I get home so I can start calorie counting and of course because I do not want to go to the store when I get back from the hospital. And all easier stuff as I will not be cooking of even preparing snacks with a newborn and 2 little ones at home.
These items include things like individual cheese sticks and individual packages of nuts (100 cals each). The last time she babysat for us, she ate freely from the kids goldfish snacks and cheerios (including milk) and this is only in a few hours of babysitting...I wouldnt mind except we do budget our food for how fast we go through it and when suddenly several servings are gone, its kind of a pain. Like I just opened a box of Cheerios today, and because the kids eat small servings it will last awhile, but if an adult comes along and has 2-3 bowls, now its close to needing to be bought. Same with a gallon of milk. But I can't buy to accomodate her since I don't know what she will eat.
I am a little concerned she will help herself to my "diet" foods specifically for after baby. And in this case getting to the store is not something I will be doing, henseforth stocking up. I could hide the nuts as they don't need to be in the fridge, but not the cheese. I feel weird telling her some foods are off limits. I don't know if she plans on bringing her own lunch and dinner or if she plans on eating our food?? And I won't even be here to feel out the siutation when she gets here. DH unfortunately doesnt care. In his mind if she eats most of say, the nuts, I can just eat some of the kids goldfish until I can go to the store. (I HATE sending him because he cannot seem to handle finding specific foods and comes home with excessive junk food.) I also will be breastfeeding so I tried to pick foods that are nutritious as well as healthy.
So what should I do, just hope she doesn't eat us out of house and home? And in case anyone is wondering, she is not overweight at all! She is acutally very fit, but she still eats a lot.