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 LO ate some dog food when she was a toddler

My DS ate the dogs food I put it out for the dog and my son is only 9 months he is into everything at the minute I put him on his play mat with his toys whilst I was sorting the washing turns around as I thought the dog was being very noisy with his food and yep you guessed it dog food in mouth and the rest poured on his head and the dog trying to lick it off him.....

My daughter had a thing for kissing slugs when she was a toddler.

Oh god - so much!!!! dropping their toothbrush down the loo then trying to use it!!!! EEK!!

I'm not saying that potty training isn't going well, but I caught my son widdling himself in the yard recently. Understandable, perhaps...but splashing through the puddle with such glee?

His slippers were soaked.

My DD is constantly trying to eat out of the dog's bowl! Must smell tasty...

My son loves chocolate but hates nuts so one Christmas he sat watching Dr Who and sucking the milk chocolate off of the milk chocolate covered nuts and then putting the nuts into a separate bowl. I told him this was disgusting but let him carry on as I had another whole bag of these and it was Christmas after all. HOWEVER, the worst thing is that 20 minutes later I came back into the lounge, my son had gone upstairs and my daughter was sitting there nibbling through the nuts he had sucked!! I didn't have the heart to tell her where they had been!!

Dd wiped her nose on my coat the other day, properly as well like you would with a tissue then said, "you'll need to wash that now, Mummy".

I have had to loudly tell her "stop licking the bus shelter".

She once casually walked out of a small soft play area eating a biscuit she found.

At a wedding I saw my 2 year old grandson reach up to the buffet table, and help himself to the first thing he touched. He sniffed it licked it, turned his nose up and plonked it back on the plate, but I didn’t see where so I couldn’t remove it?

drinking water from a dog bowl

As my little girl is only 4 months, she puts everything in her mouth! My hair, a blanket, shampoo bottle. You name it, she's had it in her mouth!

I was clipping my nails and just left the naild on peice of tissue to throw away, i just turned to put the clipper in its case- must have been 10seconds and my toddler was earing her waytbrough my nails 😷

Eating away at my nails*

Our street was a new build and all the neighbours moved in at the same time, with the kitchens on the front it was easy for everyone kept a watch on all the children. However one day my son who was about 7 came running in, upstairs & into the bathroom, then I heard the bath running. I went upstairs to see what he was doing only to find to my horror a condom floating in the bath. Gagging I disposed of the item, he never gave a reason why. Even though he is grown up now its something I prefer not to think or talk about UGH

DS liked to ask lots of questions as a toddler. For a few months there were some which had predictable answers.

“Mummy, do you know what’s on my finger?” Snot, because you’ve stuck it up your nose.

“Mummy, do you know what’s on my thumb?” Poo, because you’ve realised your bum is itchy and scratched your arse down the back of your nappy.

He came out with those so often my first response would be “don’t move, I’m getting a wipe!” without even turning to look.

I couldn't work out why the bathroom smelt so terribly of poo the other week. I seriously thought there was a big crack in the soil pipe or something. Then I found a poo hidden under a flannel in the bath....

My darling daughter, in her younger days, was known to have a root around the cat litter tray with her tiny fingers!! xx

Caught the DD making mudcastles once and in the bucket were at least 3 cat poos! How she didn't notice the smell I don't know!

My DD once tried to eat a mouse's gall bladder. The cats had - wisely - left the gall bladder on the floor after eating the mouse and she'd helped herself to it.

I dont think it gets much worse....

I was changing a nappy with a white house coat on, lifted the legs to but the nappy under and they hadn't properly finished, ended with my nice white house coat being very brown!!

My son had a toy bin lorry. He once wee'd in one of the bins, hooked the bin on the side of the bin lorry and launched his wee into the back of the bin lorry. He was recycling.

My 5 year old insists on gripping the toilet bowl with both hands and lowering his head in the loo, after he's just been. I cannot convince him to stop.

i once caught my daughter emptying the contents of the cat litter try into her potty, when i asked her what she was doing she said she didnt like the potty and anted the litter tray!!

My lad managed to go through to our friends dining room and eat a decent portion of their dogs dried food once, we thought he'd been more quiet than normal :-)

my daughter decided the outdoor watering can was an ideal place for a wee eewww