Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Behaviour/development

Talk to others about child development and behaviour stages here. You can find more information on our development calendar.

Flip

Original poster

What age for blowing nose?

12 replies

usernametaken · 20/09/2008 18:09

When did you children manage to blow their own noses?

DD hasn't been ill often so the opportunities for snot wiping have been limited. The last time she had a cold she became an expert in wiping the snot half way across her cheek so that her hair stuck in it!

Am I expecting too much from her to be able to blow the snot out herself?!
Many thanks!

OP posts:

TheRealMrsJohnSimm · 20/09/2008 19:20

how old is your DD? DS1 is 8 and cannot "blow" his nose yet (despite some rather lengthy demonstrations by myself and DH) but has been able to "wipe" his nose on tissue since around 4 yo.

lizandlulu · 20/09/2008 19:23

my dd 2.10 has had a runny nose now for about 4 weeks and does the same, wipes it across her cheek and leaves trails on her arm.
went to a wedding last week and mil pointed out 'oh my boys were always good nose blowers'

what a good charachteristic to have

artichokes · 20/09/2008 19:25

If given a tissue and told to use it to blow her nose DD manages just fine. She is 2.1 but has been doing this since 18 months.

CryingMyselfToSleep · 20/09/2008 19:27

about 3-4ish...

ruddynorah · 20/09/2008 19:34

dd could do it from about 20 months. didn't really explain it she just did it.

kwaker5 · 20/09/2008 20:03

My ds is almost 2 and he tries to do it but ends up blowing out of his mouth, so it sounds good but is useless!

quinne · 20/09/2008 23:15

My GP told me they learn this around 5 (she said not developmentally ready before 5). That was four years ago. Would have to say that my DS is 6 now and still not great at it...

LunaFairy · 21/09/2008 08:19

Since my ds was 2 he would go to the tissue box, take a tissue and put it over his nose. I would hold it and say blow and he would. I've been teaching him since a very early age. He does it himself now.

franke · 21/09/2008 08:31

dd (just turned 6) has learnt in the past year. I actually started a thread on here about it and how to teach this important life skill and got a few good suggestions. In the end I got her to blow a feather along the floor without using her mouth - she soon got the hang of it.

TheGoddessBlossom · 21/09/2008 08:35

DS1 got it about age 3.5 - I used the example of holldng his breath like he does when swimming and blowing the breath out his nose, keeping mouth closed. Did the trick...

TrinityRhino · 21/09/2008 08:38

dd2 is 3.4 and has mastered bloewing and wiping jst recebtly
al thanks tot the lovely nursery ladies

miaik · 05/02/2014 08:43

Wnen a child is about 7-8 he already can read and write, but sometimes can't blow the nose without a help. He needs somebody to hold a handkerchief for him. As I remember, I myself began to blow my nose when I was 12. When I was younger my nurse hold a handkerchief for me. I blew my nose only with her help.

Flip