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.

This is all disgusting. Google what snot actually consists of. Its how the body cleanses itself. It's mucus full of bacteria, it's not like semen Ffs.

More like eating poo.

I think I just vomited in my mouth a little.....

Did you spit it out Polly?

I grew up in Africa, and this was very common amongst the local mothers, perhaps one of those cultural differences that will always divide people?

A bit of snot and bogey eating is fine - especially for kids - builds up their immunities!

This actually just made me vomit, that's truly vile.

Can't get excited about this. Actually it sounds like a good solution to the baby full of snot problem. Too late for me to try now, but I would have given it a go.

I've heard of people doing this to clear their baby or toddler's nose but frankly unless they were at immediate risk of suffocating or choking to death on the mucus it's not something I'd ever be doing and I am at people who do.

And even then I would definitely spit.

When I was a nanny in France the parents used a contraption with pipes, one end in nose one in parents mouth and suck but it had valves and such so no snot in nose! Poor thing wriggled and screamed and was in such distress, took both parents to do this and I told them I'd never do that sorry. They were aghast I wouldn't and asked what I'd do- I told them about the little nose suckers with a bulb or just leaving it.

Actually, I am reading a British book about babies and it is recommended in there to do it that way. Apparently babies hate that thing with valves :)

I do it. Not in public though. Just seems to come naturally. Oh and I swallow. Hate giving blowjobs but don't mind sucking down baby/toddler snot. Not sure what that says about me.

😂 at the delicate ones who are saying there should be a warning in the title.

Did the words "absolutely fucking vile" not help then?

I've had to stop reading this thread

I am also a person who DOES NOT UNDERSTAND about picking your nose and eating it. Even as a young child I could not understand the appeal but when I hear of grown adults doing it (or even worse, seeing them ) I am totally and utterly freaked out.

I can't see the problem, I probably wouldn't swallow but that goes for most bodily fluids... it's just your baby's snot and it helps them. I'm not easily grossed out by things like this though

your title needs a trigger warning or something. I feel physically sick.

Ugh, I feel quite sick now.Fucking grim.

So you see something gross and think everyone else needs to hear about it, even though it made you feel sick. Weird.

Urghh
sorry OP - have to hide this now
absolutely disgusting

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

This is absolutely common for babies. Except we have devices these days that let us suck it out without it going in our mouths.

A toddler, however, should know how to blow their nose. So the sucking it out thing would be unnecessary, and letting it go into your mouth even more so.

A couple of my Chinese friends were joking about how their mum used to do it to them ( they don't). No idea of it was spit or swallow though

Oh dear. I so wish I hadn't read this

Ooh I loved the snot sucker days (with device) I'd revel in the amounts I could get in the chamber to show a very unimpressed DH meh, it's baby snot - can't get too worked up about it but I do have a cast iron stomach.

I never knew about this and my children are grown up now, but I would have given it a go if my baby really needed it. I'd try it through muslin first though to see if that would work.

Surely if your baby is really suffering you overcome your squeamishness and help them.