To think it's absolutely fucking vile

[WetsTheFinger]

To suck the snot out of your child's nose and swallow it. Or spit it, for that matter. I just heaved watching a woman do this to her snotty toddler this afternoon at soft play.

Yuk. Has she not heard of Kleenex?

Dare I say it, but plenty of women have had other bodily fluids in their mouths...and have swallowed...

But yes the thought of it really turns my stomach.

They do this in France.

I wouldn't suck the snot, but, nice, juicy bodies I'll pull out and chew on any day of the week!

I was told to do this when DD had a cold. Er....nope!

A warning in the title would have been nice. I was eating and now I'm gagging. Maybe ask for a "gross" warning to be added to the title.

OMG. I've just nearly threw up. God knows what you're like after actually seeing it
The dirty bitch. WTF does that.
Has she never heard of tissues.

Bodies ?

I did to this to ds when he was a small baby (weeks old) and had a heavy cold. I did it at home though when no one else could see me!

I wouldn't do it but it isn't the grossest thing in the world. Calling her a "dirty bitch" seems uncalled for.

Wandering, please tell me that wasn't a typo for 'bogies'. PLEASE.

Wow, that's truly disgusting, I wish I could unread that. Boak.

I feel sick. I'm like a PP in that I can deal with any other bodily fluid but snot makes me sick. I had one of those snot sucking bulbs when DD was a baby and it was so handy when she was snotty but I still heaved every time I had to use it. I cannot imagine actually sucking snot out with my mouth.

Aww fuck I really do feel physically sick now.

You think bodies is preferable to bogies?

My stomach flips if I see people picking their nose, if I'd seen that being done I'd have heaved my lunch up!
Similarly people who squeeze one nostril and blow the other one on the pavement. Boak!

My nona was Greek - she did this and showed us with ours - it helps your baby breathe when they have a cold - why on earth would you rather your baby suffered.

(do you find oral sex disgusting too?)

• Also agree that a warning in the title is needed for those of us with weaker stomachs.

Oh god yeah Ive heard of this. I would actually be sick if I saw it.

Hahaha I forget how delicate and precious western people are.

This is perfectly normal in other parts of the world, stop being so dramatic. As PPs have said, I'm sure you've had worse things in your mouth

Well, bodies would make no sense, so I'm assuming she meant bogies. Vomitous.

Let me get this right- she put her mouth directly onto the child's nose...and sucked?

I meant bogies, yes!

Nice, green chewy bogies...

From your child's nose??!

Its probably pretty effective but I don't think I could do it.

If I absolutely had to resort to this I'd make an effort to hide what I was doing though as I don't think it's particularly nice for others to see.

My mother in law did this for my then 5 month old who was all full of cold. She spat the snot out. She was shocked that I wouldn't do it. I was shocked that she did but grateful to have a baby who could breath easy again.