she's 5...says her boogers taste" yummy gooey"...
2007-05-14 15:45:17 · 13 answers · asked by snozzberries 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
This is how I got ma daughter to stop eating boogs. She was probably about five. I would pretend to pick my nose and ask her if she wanted to eat my boogs too. She really got mad,and embarrassed, but it made her quit!! HONESTLY TRUE STORY!!!
2007-05-14 15:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by totamed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine had the same problem with her son and she just told him quietly not to do that. He asked her why he is so weird and different than other people because he does that and they don't.
She told him everyone has eaten their boogers when they were little because they taste salty but other people don't like it and it grosses them out. So people don't do it when they are big.
I used to bit my nails until I got a job in the pediatrics ward in a hospital and my job was changing diapers and taking care of sick kids. I quit real fast then.
2007-05-14 15:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For biting nails, I explained that the dirt under your nails, even if you can't see it, contains germs and possibly worm eggs. They will grow in your stomach!
Boogers make me vomit so for my 4 children I explained that if they do something disgusting like eating boogers and it makes me puke, they have to clean it up!
While this may be creative parenting, it has worked! And it has also worked for my 3 nephews that I have watched.
And yes, I have thrown up from it!
2007-05-18 14:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by dizzkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you break a person from caffeine or other annoying habits? If you are constantly reprimanding someone, this will make them do it even more. Don't say anything - remove her hand from her nose or mouth everytime you see her do it. Just make sure she washes her hands all the time - too much bacteria out in the community now, in public places.
2007-05-14 15:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by bobbysgirlmeri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to bite my nails, boogers were too salty tho aha ♥ she well grow out of it, dunt make it a big deal, an she wunt either.
2007-05-14 16:13:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dip her booger-pickin' finger in hot sauce...it burns the mouth and the nose.
2007-05-14 16:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
put some sticking plaster on all her fingers or dip her fingers in something that tastes awful but not harmful like the juice of bitter gourd.
2007-05-14 15:56:58 · answer #7 · answered by docshy44 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid my mom told us that there are worm eggs in you booger and they will hatch and grow in your stomach. That cured us. (my brothers and I)
2007-05-14 16:08:24 · answer #8 · answered by metal706 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tell her they will make her sick==but remember too that there are a lot of adults who do the same thing =it is a bad habit and a hard one to break
2007-05-14 15:49:07 · answer #9 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just tell her you won't take her anywhere as long as she keeps up her habit.
2007-05-14 16:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋