I am seriously going to end up in the nut house any dAY now. This mostly is attributed to my 4 year old step daughter's behavior. She is completely out of control. I keep telling her father that we need to have her taken in to her pediatrician to make sure everything is ok with her. I mean it's not that she's not smart, because believe me...she may be a little too smart for her own good if you know what I mean.

Does anyone else have issues with their step kid/ biological child repeatedly getting up in the middle of the night and raiding the fridge? If so please HELP! It would be so appreciated. Every night My SD sneaks into the kitchen and takes a ton (and when I say a TON I mean more food than a normal person, let alone a 4 yr. old should be able to eat). The next morning I find empty packages and wrappers and drinks either hiding or just out in plain view in her room. When asked why she did this AGAIN, the response she gives is always "I didn't do it." Spankings, time outs, privileges taken away, etc. have not worked. She continues to do the same thing every night. And it would make a little sense if the girl was hungry, but she eats more than she should throughout the day as it is. One day I found a whole package of 8 hot dogs in her room, all but one eaten, as well as a pkg of lunchmeat and a pkg of salami, all the string cheese, half a loaf of bread and a bag of corn tortillas with at least 10 gone. How is this possible for her to eat like tis??!! and amazingly she does not ever get sick. And why, could someone please explain why, she continues to do this daily, no matter what the consequences have been for her?

Besides this little food issue, she also has a problem with taking her step bro and sis's things. Oh and stuff of mine too. She does this when no one is watching and in the middle of the night while we are all asleep too. And to make it worse half of the time whatever it is that she took ends up destroyed. I know she is only 4 , but its been about 2 years now that I have tried to teach her about respecting other peoples things and respect in general. SHE JUST DOESN"T SEEM TO CARE! It is so frustrating and I just would love for some advice in regards to what may be the problem and what I should try to do.

There is so... so much more that this child does and that she puts not only me, but everyone else in the home through, but I seriously don't have the energy to write it all out. I'd be at this computer typing for a week straight.

:jawdrop: Desperate for any Help!!! :jawdrop: