Seriously now - how have you discouraged nose picking?

[handlemecarefully]

...and eating it, in your 3 yr old? I've tried "Yuck - that's disgusting and vile, don't do that darling it's dirty" but to no avail.......

It's trivial I know, but I do feel a little embarrassed when she does this in public. Did your lo just stop one day? How did you get through to them?

wish I knew an answer - dh still does this occasionally !
did you brush your teeth in the end btw???

dd is 19 months and picks like a miner I haven't discoraged her yet as I thought she'll give it up in public when later and it winds my mum up
although now she profers soiled finger to all foolhardy enough to pick her up. [eewww]
No real answers though, sorry, other than to keep reinforcing the message., isnt this one of those things that's sorted out by peer pressure ?

dd was persuaded at 3 that some people didn't like it (it doesn't bother me) and thus to only do it when on her own. All I did was keep explaining this.

there is a book called Dirty Berty (I think) - DS1 was read that at a library session once - the boy does all sorts of yucky things - eg picking up food off the floor (covered in dog hair I think) - to a chorus of "that's dirty Berty" - one of the things he does is nose pick (I think that is the only one he still does at the end of the book - but no longer in public .

Anyway - I think it helped get the message across in a way us nagging didn't !

I shout "Dont pick yer nose!" regularly.

foundintranslation - no I didn't brush them last night and had a very furry mouth this morning! - perhaps I should read the Dirty Berty book.

Actually the book is a good plan - I've previously had success with getting messages across to dd by reading books to her (for example "Barney says please and thank you" lead to a radical improvement in manners) so I think I'll try that one. Thanks

Younger children pick their noses because they can't blow them, they get uncomfortable and they have to get the crap out somehow.

Eating it is a different kettle of fish altogether, and I just banged like a stuck record about "that's not for eating; it belongs in a hanky", and finally it sunk in.

ha ha!.. mine had "found" her nose as she just leave her finger in her snotty nose and walk around with it in! (she is 13 mths old)

Mine does it lots too... when I tell her not to, she grabs my hand and says "Mummy do it"

My 3yo picks and eats too. I just say "urgh don't pick your nose, dirty" tbh it doesn't really bother me too much.

She found out ear wax tasted yucky on Saturday, it was so funny! especially when she had a second and third go.

but is it really disgusting? I mean if it is necessary?

We were at the queue in the barber's this morning and ds1 4.5yr, had his finger up his nose. I made the "don't do that dear" noises and he replied " but mama, I have a bogey up there and I need to get it out"

Fair play to him, so I just got a tissue and helped him.

oh god he never eats it though, is that what this thread is about?

I bought DD1 a little set of hankies with flower fairies on and did the old fashioned thing of making sure she had a hanky in her pocket/up her sleeve. I personally hate hankies as they are hardly the most hygenic option but it worked a treat with DD1 stopping the nose picking fiasco. We made a big thing about it being for "big girls and boys" and how lucky she was to have a hanky blah blah and she has not bothered since!
I remember at secondary school our science teacher got petrie (sp?) dishes with agar jelly and grew the bugs off one boy?s bogeys...Hmmm, succesfully put us all off, truly gross moment! Shame they can?t do that experiment at playgroup really

Mine will eat anything... nose pickings... belly button fluff....

In this weather they could wear gloves when they are out and about. Then it would be impossible.

I think nurseries actively encourage bogey consumption to save green fingers being waved in their direction .

Had this with both DDs and made it clear that only babies who don't know any better eat bogies. Neither does it now.

Had that same convo with my DD Suzy, and I agree you can't really argue (have even been known to drag the odd bogey down for them)