Share with Dettol the most disgusting things you’ve caught your children doing! £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[EllieMumsnet]

There’s no doubt that having children can be a pretty messy experience, from having a newborn baby throw up all over you, to having a teenager who hasn’t quite discovered the concept of a laundry bin. With that being said, Dettol would like you to tell us some of the most disgusting things you’ve caught your DC doing.

Here’s what Dettol have to say: “We all know children can do some pretty disgusting things. Maybe it’s not surprising then that kids are one of the main carriers of cold and flu viruses, with 41 percent of cold and flu outbreaks last year reported from schools. With cold and flu season rapidly approaching, it’s important to keep your family safe - both at home and on the go. Dettol Surface Cleanser range provides trusted protection against winter bugs by preventing the spread of germs and bacteria around the home.”

Have you ever caught them using something they really shouldn’t as a toilet? Perhaps you’ve witnessed your DC drinking from the dog bowl. Maybe you saw them lick a piece of cutlery and put it back in the draw without washing it? Or even watched in horror as they licked the hand rail on public transport?

No matter how nauseating the things you’ve found your child doing, share it on the thread below and everyone who comments will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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When DD4 was toilet training, she had an accident in her pants. Got her to the bathroom, whipped off her clothes and it was all mooshed up her back and down her legs (she had sat down once she was finished). Get all the shitty clothes off and put them in a basin to be rinsed out and the offending turd flushed. Go to get a towel to hose her off and I come back and she's gone pure white and has her cheeks puffed out. Mouth full of shit. She had given it a proper good chew as well. Made her spit it out and spent 10 mins rinsing out her mouth. Could still smell it then realised it was between her gappy little teeth. I had to floss actual shit out of my 2 year olds teeth. My worst parenting moment and the only time one of my kids has made me throw up.

My 3 year old was having a merry old time playing in the garden. It was getting too cold so I called him in.... took his woolly hat off - and discovered 3 snails and a slug that he had decided to store in his hat, as 'treasure'. Snail slime is surprisingly hard to wash out of hair........

For some reason my DD was obsessed with poo when she was crawling. Didn't matter where the poo came from whether it was her own or animal poo she was obsessed. Bluegh. Thank God she has got out of that stage.

I won't name which child....

Blowing their nose on the curtains..

I caught DS1 playing with his bath toys in the toilet water. Thankfully there was nothing else in the toilet as well!

Licking a worm

My daughter loves chewing the trolley handlebar, it's disgusting, every time I turn to pick something up she starts, she thinks its a game now!

We were in the waiting room of a hospital outpatient clinic. DD, age 1, was at the little play table when I noticed her crunching something.

Knowing we hadn't brought snacks I went over and checked her mouth.

She was eating a scab that she'd picked up from the floor. It was about the size of a 10p piece.

I'm still thoroughly disgusted when I think about that, and it was 4 years ago.

Eating dropped food off the floor of the tube
Licking hand rails on the tube

When DD was 2 we caught her eating sweet corn out of the cat's (still food spattered) bowl. She had stolen the can from the fridge expressly to pour it into the bowl so she could be a "cheeky puppy". She then licked the floor and wagged her tail (bum) in delight before we could get to her(not envy).

This Saturday morning, both children were blissfully quiet for once. It was because DS (5) was feeding DD (2) a large bogey. It was his.

There is lots of bogey action in our house too. Nose picking, bogey wiping - think they're tied for first place!

My two year old sitting in the cat litter tray playing with the "saaaand" ewwww!!

I watched my nephew, aged about 3, running around with no pants on and stopping to lift up his legs and push Smarties up his bum.

My daughter went through a phase of licking stuff - including one day the pavement which turned my stomach. Eating bogeys is another one I can't stand

My three year old daughter racing garden snails on her bed. Big ones. And some were smashed

My DD started to eat a cats fur ball, I managed to scrape most of it out of her mouth 🤢

Apart from collecting snails and woodlice to live in her room DD isn't really disgusting.
I think I found them all...

I'll never forget looking up to see what my too-quiet DD, then 2, was up to and catching her carefully picking up a (non-food-grade) snail, turning it over and delicately licking the length of its body. Bleugghh!

When the upstairs toilet flush did not work, they tried taking the poo to the downstairs toilet.

Mine would stick anything in their mouths. I've been told I used to eat dirt and tadpoles when I was a kid too. I genuinely think it's good for you. I'm never ill (as in not a single day lost to sickness in the last 25 years).
I agree with disinfecting is hospitals, during epidemics or if you have a specific weakness or medical issue. But for everyday healthy life you want to be working you immune system and not all germs are bad.

I woke up one morning to the lovely sound of my twin boys giggling together in their room. I went in to see what they were up to and discovered Twin 1 had removed his nappy and they were both using the solid contents as plasticine! It was everywhere, on clothes, the carpet, their hair and the worst thing was they seemed so proud of the shapes they had rolled it into! - Not the best start to the day.

Not my child but i caught one of my old mindees chomping on a worm!

My ds went really quiet one day, so I looked out the kitchen window to see him sat happily at the recycling bin licking pb out of the jar. I apparently hadn't washed it thoroughly enough. And we had a new jar in the cupboard!!! He of course did the poo painting as well.

When my twin DS were about a year old we'd just moved and they'd had a bath. Caught twin 2 happily picking twin 1's poo out of a nappy on the side and eating it.