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Re-post from 12-24...How to stop a nose picker?

PolofskyPolofsky member
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She knows its wrong b/c I keep catching her sneaking off to do it.

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Re: Re-post from 12-24...How to stop a nose picker?

  • avasmommy515avasmommy515 member
    I don't know if this helps but, my DD is really into princesses, so once I told her that princesses don't do things like that, it really minimized it (her finger still gravitates to that area at times, but with a quick reminder she pulls it away).  Good luck!
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  • katlizabethkatlizabeth member
    I offer a kleenex and the kid usually gets mad/embarrassed.  Although this is with elementary students.  It kind of works for ds.  If it doesn't work, I insist he use a kleenex (I figure picking with a kleenex is better than his finger).
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  • Kingston54Kingston54 member
    When LO started doing that, we told him "OH NO, yucky!!!" and made a big deal.  Luckily, it worked!
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  • iteachkiteachk member
    You don't.
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  • Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
    We don't respond to it.  

    When we do, DS will pick more.  As we ignore the behavior, it has become less and less a common occurrance over time.
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  • LizB214LizB214

    Def ignore the behavior or offer a tissue.

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  • Steph_NJSteph_NJ
    When I'd try to get her to stop, she'd laugh and stick a finger up each nostrilTongue Tied That happened at a party and she got tons of laughs, which didn't help. So I stopped trying for now.
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  • kreeper611kreeper611 member

    I just tell mine that it is nasty.  The real kicker is that this weekend, he did it - then held it out to us and said "I got a booger...I eat it."  BLECH!  He must have picked that up from school or something!  I told him that it would give him a tummy ache, and finally he's stopped doing it.  Now he'll still pick them but he will bring it to me to put in the trash. 

     

    However, if I don't grab it quick enough he just wipes it on my pants.  Awesome.

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