To think all toddlers are gross? Mine certainly is. (lighthearted)

[ToastyFingers]

Dd2 (also 2 years old) seems to leave a trail of crust and grossness behind her.

No matter how often I bath and wipe her she is always grubby and delights in rubbing food etc into her hair and clothes.

I parked her pram at the side of an aisle in poundland yesterday, to look at Easter bonnet stuff with dd1, and in less than 1 minute she'd clawed her way into a bag of compost and sprinkled a few handfuls over herself.

Today we were playing aeroplanes and she laughed so hard she sicked a mouthful of breakfast all over my face and then said, sweet as anything ''you need it wipe mummy''.

quite often we'll be having a cuddle and I'll feel a wet patch, only to realise she's been licking me the whole time. she finds this hilarious, obviously.

Are they all like this or is mine especially gross?
When do they stop being so icky? DD1 had/has sensory issues and hated being messy or dirty so I'm not used to this!

She is very cute ☺

DD (18mo) is very generous with her kisses and bestows them on all and sundry, whether they want a trail of snot on them or not. This week she spotted a lovely little sausage dog in the park which obviously needed lots of kisses, but as she tottered towards it, it turned tail to flee...not to be deterred, she kept going, lips pursed at the ready, and got within inches of planting a smackeroo on its little bumhole before I could tackle her.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

You have my sympathy girls! How wonderful that mumsnet lets you know you're not alone. Thank you so much for getting my endorphins moving today - laughed till I cried.

DGS 7mo has spent the last hour using me as a bib. My fresh shirt now looks as if a large slugs has been over it.

He also likes to use me as a human hanky.

This is me! Both of them, even the 7 year old, seem to have an overwhelming urge to wipe their faces on me when they see me (not always dirty, but often enough) - kind how a cat does..

DS once had a poopcident, and rather than tell me, he picked the nugget (gob-stopper sized) up and threw it out of the window (we lived in a flat). I could see it down at the bottom on the top of their patio umbrella! But couldn't figure out which flat it was (complicated layout) to go an apologise (plus, you know.. it was bloody embarrassing)

16mo DS has a cold. This morning he put mashed up weetabix up his nose so he could sneeze it out.

I was always going to have those kids who were pristine at all times. Then I had kids who constantly snot, lick the fucking dog and put precious treasure in their pockets. We should all get a tetanus jab during pregnancy.

This morning he put mashed up weetabix up his nose so he could sneeze it out.

Oh this made me laugh. Amazed my DS hasn't done this (yet).

Yes to being a human tissue - I'm normally to be found with snot/biscuit/banana rubbed in to my top/trousers.

I caught my 3 year old trying to touch tongues with our dog this morning, bleugh

great thread. I don't mind the bogeys. I actually encourage 2yo DS to get them out himself as I have having to watch them get more crusty as the day goes on.

Yesterday though I'd just finished changing his nappy at the loo in the local park and told him to go into the cubicle as I was going to go too. I grabbed the stuff and got into the cubicle just in time to stop him putting a public toilet loo brush in his mouth. It was about a cm from his tongue.

My dd4 taught my ds1 the "bottom dance" which is basically shaking their bottoms at me with bonus points for trumping. I find bogies everywhere, including the front door.

Yep... I asked DS to go say thank you to a toddler group leader today and I turned around to see if he was and he was just standing in front of her picking his nose. I've been considering not taking him back due to misbehaving the whole time and that was definitely the straw that broke the camels back

Oh yes. DD2 has learnt how to blow her nose. But doesn't see the need for a tissue. MMMMM snot bubbles.
And all the crumbs, mud and sticky substances within a 5-mile radius just seem to gravitate towards her. Then she comes for a cuddle.
I love doing laundry.