Nose picking

God Of Radio

My son, 4 1/2, picks his nose. Its not VERY often, but enough (IN PUBLIC) to make me embarrassed. I know all kids do it, but was wondering if anyone has suggestions on what to say to get him to stop other than - "DONT DO THAT!". THAT doesn't seem to be working.

Latchy

The more you tell him to stop the more likely he will continue to do it (babys as you know have no rules) and to him it's a natural thing to do , so you might just have to wait till he grows out of it .

Nevyn

Gvie him a tissue and get him to blow his nose, explain to him how it's rude, sometimes you just have to keep at it.

Shelflife

a small punishment would do the trick, no playstation for a day or no dessert for a day would soon sort it out. its a habit so best to nip it in the bud asap.

God Of Radio

Thaedydal wrote: »

Gvie him a tissue and get him to blow his nose, explain to him how it's rude, sometimes you just have to keep at it.

Good idea. He KNOWS its rude, but seems a little defiant.

Shelflife

All the more reason to make a rule and stick to it, if you let them away with the small things then it will snowball.
remember youre the person in charge.

Loopy

Leave him be.

All kids do it, as do a lot of adults.. If you make an issue of it he will continuously do it..

kizzyr

My parents used to tell us the story about Joe Quigley, he was a little boy who picked his nose even though he was told not to. One day he had picked it so much it came off his face. The doctors couldn't do anything to put it back on as he had picked the inside away so much, poor Joe was left with a hole in his face as a result.
That stopped us picking our noses pretty quickly.

challengemaster

looptheloop wrote: »

Leave him be.

All kids do it, as do a lot of adults.. If you make an issue of it he will continuously do it..

+1

God Of Radio

kizzyr wrote: »

My parents used to tell us the story about Joe Quigley, he was a little boy who picked his nose even though he was told not to. One day he had picked it so much it came off his face. The doctors couldn't do anything to put it back on as he had picked the inside away so much, poor Joe was left with a hole in his face as a result.
That stopped us picking our noses pretty quickly.

Nice!

lostinnappies

God Of Radio wrote: »

My son, 4 1/2, picks his nose. Its not VERY often, but enough (IN PUBLIC) to make me embarrassed. I know all kids do it, but was wondering if anyone has suggestions on what to say to get him to stop other than - "DONT DO THAT!". THAT doesn't seem to be working.

HA HA HA, i heard a good solution to that the other day and i tried it on my 3 1/2 year old .... he stopped immediatley.

Simply put .. tell him if he picks his nose his "winkey" will fall off. Convience him of this and keep a serious face.:D

luckat

Tell him not to do it in public. Tell him there are some things you do in private and not in front of other people, and nose-picking is one of them.

And... this is probably a pishrogue, but check him for intestinal worms.

Hotblack Desiato

lostinnappies wrote: »

Simply put .. tell him if he picks his nose his "winkey" will fall off.

Isn't that supposed to be a fear of little boys anyway? It is irrational of couse, but why stoke that fear? especially over something as inconsequential as nose-picking. (and would it be ok if a father told a little girl something bad would happen to her private parts if she disobeyed him? No, that would be weird and wrong, but a mother saying it to a boy is ok?)

stovelid

Have to agree that it's pretty inconsequential, unless it's at the table of something. I certainly wouldn't think twice if I saw a kid that age picking away.

I'm sure he'll stop doing it naturally when it become embarrassing to him.