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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HEs white young still but grabbing his dirty nappy and trying to eat it 😭

The amount of times I've caught my daughter drop food on the floor in public places and try to eat it is ridiculous. No matter how many times I tell her not to eat it, she still think's it'll be ok if she picks it up quick enough!!

Not my kids but my sister launched a flotilla of Brown ships when I was in the bath with her.

Oh, DS washed all our gravel for us...by mouth.

MrsKnightley I think one brown ship would have been enough, but a flotilla! 😷

When my son was about 2 years old he took his nappy off and smeared it all over himself, all over the walls - it was EVERYWHERE! It took ages to get rid of the smell, even thinking about it now I can almost smell it. I didn't know what to tackle first, I donned some gloves and put him in the bath. Once he was clean I tackled his bedroom, in tears!

I'm turning green just recalling this. My daughter at around 2 1/2 years old ate her baby sisters poop from a sample bottle I had collected for the doctor.

When my son was a toddler, I caught him eating the dog biscuits out of the dog's bowl.

My baby put her hand in her sisters potty, luckily it was empty and washed

Not mine - but one of my friends children, as a toddler, did a VERY dirty protest with both hands full of poop down another friends brand new conservatory doors. Shocked/stunned/and not overly thrilled was the generally reaction - although we did eventually have a good long laugh about it!

Not my children, but one of the neighbourhood kids used my side passage as a toilet. He only lived 2 doors away.

I remember enjoying a rare bubble bath when DD was small. I wasn't alone for long, she came into the bathroom and sat on her potty for number 2. Oh the glamour.

When she finished she picked it up and looked at me. I said ' Don't you dare!'.

She said 'I dare!' and promptly emptied the contents into my bath.

I got out that bath pretty sharpish.

My daughter is older than a lot of the children mentioned but still has some disgusting habits. She “ picks” her bottom, ending up with poo - smelling hands, and has to be told to go & wash them. She has also been known to leave poo stained clothing in a drawer instead of the linen basket or washing machine. Lovely!

It wasn't my daughter, but I saw my friend's son licking the park bench the other day to lick the rain water!

My toddler will eat anything off the floor. We do clean up (honest!) but she still manages to find old cheerios/half eaten toast/snacks she tucked into the bookcase three days ago.
She's only 18 months but we reckon she could survive in the wild by foraging.

Used a nasal aspirator on my little girl. Caught my 2 year old sucking the end of it whilst watching Fireman Sam

Yesterday: caught 5yo DD drinking from a discarded coffee cup at the swimming pool

My 3yr old grandson developed a taste for ceramic door knobs, in particular the brightly coloured ones on our bathroom dresser. He would simply stand in front of it and put the whole thing in his mouth & stay there until his was forcibly removed. My concerns were him damaging his lovely new teeth but thankfully not with him catching a virus or ingesting germs as I always use Dettol anti-bac spray 😉

My niece bathing her dolls in the toilet bowl

I lifted baby ds in the air and he puked right into my mouth eugh.

I crinched when my daughter decided to poop in the swimming pool showers

I have so many of these. I'm the park one day, 2.5 yr old DS comes up, saying "dis for you, Mummy". Foolishly, I put my hand out to take it BEFORE asking "what is it?"
"Poo". It was. Dog poo. V dried out but STILL.

Pooing that uniquely newborn liquid poo into my face as I was changing on a shoulder height changing table (don't ask). There was an outline of my head and shoulders on the wall behind me that took some scrubbing.

😂😂😂😂

My daughter likes to eat sticks she finds in the garden.