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 I used to have a horse up at the stables, I caught them having a horse poo fight, throwing it at each other. It was totally disgusting, they however, thought it was very funny! They stank!

DS (7) had 3 friends for a sleepover at the weekend. They were all naked while changing into their pyjamas and sticking their fingers up inside their foreskins. They were then sniffing each other’s fingers!! Horrified doesn’t come close!

Ds put my toothbrush in the toilet. Needless to say I threw the toothbrush away

Was at a local park where horses are also allowed to be ridden. DS jumped over a log to show me how fast and strong he was only to fall in some fresh horse poop. Carried him to the car, opened hatchback, folded rear seats and strip him down and them used a packet of wet wipes until he got home and then showered. Not nice for either of us

My daughter was 2 at the time and she use to take her nappy off when she done a poo and cover herself in the poo as well as decorating her cot, we used alot of dettol.

My eldest used to eat the biscuits out of the dog's food bowl

Eating off a dirty floor

I caught my son eating dog food. He said it just smelt so good!

Trying to eat his own poop from the nappy...it's not chocolate!!!

When my youngest was 3, my cat brought a dead mouse to the kitchen door. I went to get the dustpan & brush & came back to find him swinging the dead mouse round by its tail 🤢

I caught my eldest eating the cats food as a baby. He also liked to eat sand at stay and play, yet he wouldn’t touch a nice roast dinner!

My son is only 14 weeks old but the last week we have experienced his first cold. The other day he sneezed what can only be described as a mixture of milk and sticky snot in my face whilst feeding.

Good thing he is my son because this was by far one of the most disgusting things have happened to me yet. Luckily my mouth is closed 😳

Shoved his hands in his poo

DS is on the autistic spectrum and we had a major problem with him licking the soles of his class mates shoes every time they sat down for story time!

Stomping in their poop!

DD was watching our neighbour change her new baby's nappy when her umbilical stump fell off. Quick as a flash she'd popped it in her mouth and begun chomping... Bleurgh!

licking the floor in toilet

I found a poo covered sock hidden under a cushion on the sofa once when they were toddlers. That was pretty revolting.

When my son was 3, he was helping me put the cutlery from dishwasher to drawer and I caught him popping the ends of the cutlery up his nose to scratch it before putting it in the drawer! Gross!! - And I had to put it all through another wash!

No word of a lie I found my 10 month old under the kitchen table eating dog sick. What can you do?! (Apart from gag a lot and shower child off from a safe distance.)

Oh dear lord mine doesn't seem as bad now I've read the full thread.

My son used to have this thing about licking the trolley handle when he was sat in the toddler seat of it, I used to have to watch him closely and then tell him about how many peoples dirty hands had been on the rail.. yucky.

My baby was 1.5 years old. Had her little mates over one summer afternoon. All lovely and chilled in the garden. Paddling pool out. In get the 3 babies. My baby does epic poo which floats to surface like thick oil.. Nuff said. It was gross.

My son, who is autistic, regularly smeared his faeces around his bedroom. What a mess to clear up. I eventually got special Houdini suits for him which are like an all in one pj with a up the back so he couldn't remove his nappy. Also remember when he was very young crawling into the toilet at the baby toddler group we were at and eating the poo out of a potty that another mum had left in there with the contents still in it. Ugh!

I actually found my 4 year old in the bathroom (hold your stomachs!!) put his finger in a brown patch on the floor and put it in his mouth THANKGOD it was a piece of chocolate that had melted by the radiator and was not something else brown !! I've also caught my boys wiping snot on the bedroom wall right by their bunk beds!