Nose Blowing

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tigercub50 · 20/02/2017 16:11

AIBU to expect an 8 year old to be able to blow their nose? My DD really struggles & suffers when she has a cold.

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SomethingBorrowed · 20/02/2017 16:21

YANBU, my 3yo is able to do it. At the beginning when she didn't wanted to learn I used to threaten to use the electric nasal aspirator (doesn't hurt, I tried it on me, can barely feel something, but she hates it), that was enough to convince her.

Grilledaubergines · 20/02/2017 16:21

My DS really struggled to learn how - years of sniffing whilst I patiently tried to teach to blow out rather than in. Irritating isn't it! Guess it's just perseverance but yanbu.

SomethingBorrowed · 20/02/2017 16:25

Oh just remembered a technique I used to teach to blow out instead of in was to first make her open her mouth and inhale air, then close the mouth and blow the air out.

minipie · 20/02/2017 16:25

Is it that she can't blow her nose - as in, doesn't understand how? Or is it that she just cba and would rather sniff incessantly like my DC?

FortunaMajor · 20/02/2017 17:02

YABU

I could never blow my nose as a child. I had surgery on my nose and sinuses in my mid-20s after which I was able to do it. I physically couldn't do it before the surgery and it was like magic when I could. Are you sure it is that she won't do it rather than actually can't?

TheSnorkMaidenReturns · 20/02/2017 17:08

I have a teen with Asperger's & dyspraxia. He cannot blow his nose and is freaked out by even trying.

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