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Nose picking

CrystalDaunCrystalDaun
in Toddlers: 24 Months+
I don't know what to do. I cannot keep DD from picking her nose. I tell her no, and icky and then she proudly shows me the treasure she pulls out. I grab a kleenex and say "icky, we don't pick, we blow" and then try showing her how to blow....this happens so many times a day I lost count and has been going on for weeks. I'm scared she's going to hurt herself...(stick her finger up to far or something)...
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  • RubypercyRubypercy
    This made me laugh a little, but I am sure it is maddening!  I think you are doing all you can.  I am sure it is a phase.  The other method you can try is ignoring her.  Or being very nonchalant about it.  Good luck.  My DD just yelled from her car seat the other day "I just picked my nose!" followed by "icky."  So hopefully, I won't be in your shoes soon. 
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  • CrystalDaunCrystalDaun

    imageRubypercy:
    This made me laugh a little, but I am sure it is maddening!  I think you are doing all you can.  I am sure it is a phase.  The other method you can try is ignoring her.  Or being very nonchalant about it.  Good luck.  My DD just yelled from her car seat the other day "I just picked my nose!" followed by "icky."  So hopefully, I won't be in your shoes soon. 

    LOL. I really want to ignore it but I really do NOT want boogers on my furniture either! I nearly barfed the other day when I went to change her pillow case. She has been picking her nose & sticking her boogers to the underside of her pillow case! Gag.

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  • JodiandMickeyJodiandMickey
    I can one-up you here... my DS picks his nose and then eats it. Totally grosses me out! The more we react to it, the more he does it. I have no advice... just sympathy as a fellow mother of a nose picker.
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    imageCrystalDaun:

    imageRubypercy:
    This made me laugh a little, but I am sure it is maddening!  I think you are doing all you can.  I am sure it is a phase.  The other method you can try is ignoring her.  Or being very nonchalant about it.  Good luck.  My DD just yelled from her car seat the other day "I just picked my nose!" followed by "icky."  So hopefully, I won't be in your shoes soon. 

    LOL. I really want to ignore it but I really do NOT want boogers on my furniture either! I nearly barfed the other day when I went to change her pillow case. She has been picking her nose & sticking her boogers to the underside of her pillow case! Gag.

    I'm sorry, I know it's not funny, but this totally made me LOL!

    My DD1 likes to hand me little rolled up balls of crusty booger. She whines at me until I take them. I guess I'm just going to be glad that she gives them to me instead of sticking them somewhere!

    I alternate between ignoring it and saying, "fingers don't belong in noses". *sigh* At least I know that eventually, peer pressure will accomplish nose-picking control if I cannot. Nobody wants to be a nose-picker when you hit school age, right? :P

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  • Brina BeanBrina Bean
    I don't make a big deal out of it(like most undesirable but not dangerous behaviors) so that he doesn't do it more just to get a reaction out of me.  I just wait to see if he stops soon after starting so I can wipe his hand.  If he doesn't stop quick enough, I will gently pull his hand down and then wipe it while distracting him with something else...a snack, a toy, whatever is convenient.  Good luck...I totally know how embarassing it can be in front of others.  I'm just glad he doesn't do it often.
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  • sapphirebride06sapphirebride06

    imageJodiandMickey:
    I can one-up you here... my DS picks his nose and then eats it. Totally grosses me out! The more we react to it, the more he does it. I have no advice... just sympathy as a fellow mother of a nose picker.

    Same here.  Ugh - I posted about it a few days ago.  I try to alternate ignoring him and then telling him Elmo doesn't pick his nose so neither should you.  Sometimes it works.  Other times he tells me "Elmo no pick nose"...as he is picking his nose.  The eating it is the worst part.  I'm wondering I might prefer he stick them to his pillow lol

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  • regenabregenab member

    The eternal question "Why does a child pick their nose?" This is the same as asking "Why does a dog lick themselves?" Answer: Because they can. My only solution is ignore, ignore, ignore. I know it is so hard because it is really embarrassing when they do it in public. I find if I give them attention though they do it more.

    I will tell you I find they do it more when allergies are bothering them or they are getting over a cold. I think it is because they feel something up their that is bothering them and they don't know how to blow their nose like we do, so they just jamb a finger up there to see what is going on.

    I do sympathize and like PP said if it continues until they get older, I am sure some other kids is going to say something and she will stop because it will click that is not something to be done in front of others.

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