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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My little princess eating a good chunk of cat food complete with jelly.....
Nice.

I have a large family and I've seen some pretty vile things down the years. One has asperger's and used to lick everything...windows, counter tops in shops etc. My youngest boy once used the display toilet in B&Q...he was 2 and potty training, we were looking at something with no idea there were bathroom displays in the aisle opposite behind our backs...I was so embarrassed as I never thought that would happen. My eldest has ADHD and autism and was very impulsive, on the way home from nursery when he was 3 he told me he was thirsty, before I could open my mouth to say I would get him a drink when we were home, he bent down, scooped up some water from a puddle full of leaves and drank it. I had my mouth open in shock as it was so unexpected. He spent a day with my mother in law when he was a toddling baby and she reported back that he had eaten some of the cat food :-O , but the worst thing was when my hubby took him aged 3 to a cafe toilet which was filthy, while my hubby was washing his hands he quickly whipped a straw out of his pocket and drank some toilet water. My hubby couldn't believe his eyes. He didn't seem to suffer any ill effects, but it was so gross and none of the children have done anything even close to that.

Playing with a bucket and spade in the cat litter tray, and i wish i was joking!!!! I was horrified!

My son used to love to point out dog poo when we were out, pointing and saying 'poo'. He was only about 2. Then one day we were walking through the park and I was slightly ahead, and I heard him say 'poo'. When I turned round, to my horror, he had the poo in his hand and was proudly holding it out to show me!

My DS used to poke at his poo when we lived in Germany as they have the shelf in the loo!!

DD used to eat mud.

Seems I have gotten off lightly when it comes to kids doing disgusting things... The worst I've had is my daughter insists on picking up bits from tables in cafes and sticks them in her mouth - which I find totally disgusting!

When I was living in the Middle East I saw my toddler son sitting with something in his hands and he was biting it, I rushed over and he had bitten the head off a lizard!

1 of my 5yr olds is going through a licking stage in just the last month ive stopped her licking everyone of us who live with her the tv the seat on the bus and the bottom of her feet .it make sme feel sick

I caught my son ( when he was little ) sucking a worm!! #gag

Mine "found a toffee" on the ground and tried to chew it, before I recoiled in horror and grabbed the USED (boak) piece of chewing gum from her sticky fingers......

The worst thing DC did was to play in somebody's garden and come in with their boots plastered in dogs mess and proceed to walk it through their house. They cleaned that up, but I had to take them home barefoot and clean the boots with lots and lots of Dettol wipes when I got home. It was grim.

my little one enjoyed licking a lamp post a few weeks ago. he said it was lovely and cold on his tongue

This is pretty gross, but my DS did confess, aged 5, that he had tried his own wee when he was younger! And I just thought he had a bad aim!

My son eats anything he can get his hands on sand soil and stickers. This time of year he keeps it relevant and is eating glitter and tinsel.

My four year old wiped her nose on the curtain. She’ll pretty much wipe it on anything as clearly all objects are there for her divine use.

My youngest (then 2) licked the trolley handle when we were out shopping. I guess it was most convenient to reach from the child seat Anyhow, as mortified as I was, my instant thought was that this is exactly how you get a sick bug - and I was right, exactly this happened the next day

My son found the sudocrem and tried to eat it thinking it was icecream, luckily I found him just before he put it in his mouth. Or Ive even had vaseline spread all over my cloth cream puffe before, but nothing too gross like poo or anything.

I was washing up one day and out of the corner of my eye i could see my naked 3 year old drawing with his finger on the patio door that was sort of at a right angle to the kitchen window. I couldnt see what he was using as paint but it was definitely leaving a smear. I sneaked round to have a look and he was sticking his finger up his backside and using poop for paint! i was gagging cleaning that glass xx

Same stinky son again - every time he had a bath he'd poop. I've found him eating a poop like a chocolate bar, using floating poop as bath toys and soggy poop on his head where he'd dunked himself xx

I asked my 4 year old to go and do a wee before bed recently. Came into the bathroom a few seconds after to find him weeing into the bath. When I asked why on earth he chose to do it his response was "I just wanted to". Boys sighs with antibacterial spray attached to a holster at all times

Eating cat food

DC, when she was little, I found her with her hands in the potty, spreading her number-two all over her face! I nearly threw up!

When we was visiting the in-laws in Istanbul my youngest daughter Alaina was about 10 months old at the time, she was just learning to find her way around the floor on her hands and knees, my mother in law had been knitting some socks in black wool and left her knitting on the sofa while she went to make a drink, when I came out of the toilet I saw what seemed to be a piece of black thread dangling from Alaina's mouth. I grabbed the end to pull it out and to my horror it was a long thin creepy crawly type bug, like a worm or centipede... ughhhh! although she found my reaction funny it still makes me cringe to this day.

my son has had a wee in bq toilet once. i was mortified.

I caught my youngest adding dog biscuits to all the cereal boxes. I don't eat cereal and the older children usually pour their own in the morning. I am hoping it was just a recent thing because the Children have never complained about any extras in the bowls in the morning!!