[mamak05]

What is it with putting things UP your (the royal your) nose? DD, 21 months, has started doing this lately.

See my story below and please add yours. Please note if you have figured out the fascination with this, when this phase might end, and if you have ever had to visit the doctor/ER because of foreign objects up the nose. I HOPE we don't have to go there, but I think DD is determined to get us to the Dr/ER one of these days.

It All Starts...

First, as we were driving home one day, I glanced in my mirror and saw DD stick a raisin up her nose.

"No! Raisins are for eating!" I bellow.
She takes the raisin that was in her nose out and eats it. (Of course!)
"Eye?" she asks hopefully, holding up another raisin.
"No. Raisins are for eating." I am calm now. I take away her raisin box.

We arrive home about 10 minutes later and I suspect a raisin is still in residence in her nose.

"Do you have a raisin in your nose?"
"Yes."
"OK. We need to get it out."

I get the blue bulb thing you can use to suction babies noses and hold her across my lap and peer up her nose. I can't really tell if there is a raisin in there, but decide to pursue one anyway. I suction a little, then have her blow her nose and pop! out comes the raisin! Thankfully she can blow her nose, because there's no way the blue bulb was going to work.

On another occasion she stuck a pea up both nostrils. One was up there for TWO hours (throughout our grocery store trip) before I realized it was in there.

Lately she has also tried to stick a quartered strawberry, a mushroom slice and the sharp end of a spoon in her nose. I stopped the spoon and just watched her try to mush the berry and the mushroom up there.

Please share! I really would love any tips for bringing this to a conclusion. I have told DD that food is for eating, not for putting up in her nose. But obviously that message hasn't hit home yet!

 

[zen_monster]

My 2 yo ds recently discovered putting his finger up his nose.... can't wait to see what is next

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[Wittyone]

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My 14 month old is doing this...and saying "bats!" (our code-word for boogers). Right now it cracks me up and I think it's pretty cute (that little voice saying bats!) but I know it's going to drive me

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OP - I shoved an M&M up my nose when I was little (I don't know the exact age). My mom took me in to the very laid back family doc who took a look, determined it was too far up to retrieve and reassured her that it would eventually melt

For your sake I hope your dd's fascination with this trick ends soon!

 

[rachelsmama]

After reading that I don't think my daughter's nose picking habit is so bad after all.

On the other hand, I can say from personal experience that those little coloured stoppers on the back end of Bic pens are perfect for sticking up your nose if you happen to be a child, and they can be removed with tweezers.

 

[Dov'sMom]

My little sister had this fascination too.

She's only two years younger than I, so I don't really know what my parents did about it, but my strongest recollections are the time she got a crouton stuck up there and everything my mother tried to get it out just pushed it further up so she waiting a few hours until my sister sneezed.

Then there was the chewing gum. Serious ick.

 

[momto l&a]

My oldest when she was about 3 got tired of having a runny nose and stuck a small bit of Kleenex up her nostril.
I didnt know she had done this.
Anyway that night I heard her snoring and though that it was a very strange sound for her. The next morning she has this NASTY green snot coming out of one nostril and she sound really stuffy. I got her to blow and out popped this ball of green Kleenex.

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I guess she was thinking i used tampons she make something similar for her nose

 

[KyleAnn]

Ds has always been sticking things in there as long as I can remember...but just the other week, at age 4 now, he stuck a teeny tiny lrgo piece up there really far.

I couldn't get in there enought to get it out so I had to take him to a nurse who had these long rounded thin-like tweezers and they were able to extract it.

NOT fun...keep a close eye on those little noses!

 

[healthykidsinNY]

LOL! When our oldest was about 3, I was getting her ready for bed when I noticed her nostrils looked fuller. I grabbed a flashlight and could only see peas! Lucky for me DH was home, and he helped to hold her still while I worked my tweezer magic. About 5 peas and 1 diced carrot chunk later we were in the clear.

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[mamak05]

Oh mamas! DH and I are rolling! Croutons, M&Ms, kleenex, various things made of plastic, LOTS of veggies at once - thanks all I really needed the laughs!

Seriously, I don't have a problem with fingers up the nose. At least those aren't going to get stuck up there!!

 

[LianneM]

omg, such perfect timing

DS put peas up his nose the other night. He even told me - "Mama, peas in my nose!"

I didn't believe him.

About 15 min later we jumped in the shower and he sniffled - I looked down and saw a pea! OMG! Then a little while later it happened again. That's when we pulled out the flashlight - didn't see anything, so it was just two. But my gosh

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[zmom]

This is not a story about my DD.

When I was about 4 or 5, I was at preschool and I had a ring with a golden egg on it. I LOVED that ring. (This was in the late 70s so it was metal or something.) Some boys were chasing me around the playground and either they said they wanted my ring or I thought they did but I took the egg off and shoved it up my nose. (What better place to keep it, right?) When I came home, I was sniffling and talking funny and my mother finally figured out that I'd put my golden egg in my nose for safe keeping. She was set to take me to the doctor but my dad (never one to mess around with doctors) went and got a toothpick and popped it out himself.

For some strange reason, I've always found that story horribly embarrassing!

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[KLK7]

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Originally Posted by Wittyone : OP - I shoved an M&M up my nose when I was little (I don't know the exact age). My mom took me in to the very laid back family doc who took a look, determined it was too far up to retrieve and reassured her that it would eventually melt

Did it eventually melt? What about the protective candy shell?

I can see it now, M&Ms new slogan
"M&Ms melt in your NOSE, not in your hand."

 

[BensMamacita]

These are so funny! When my brother was little he shoved a chocolate covered peanut up his nose. I remember watching the doctor spin it around with her fingernail so that the chocolate would melt, and then it just popped out. I have a feeling he still sticks things up his nose.

 

[sleet76]

My son had a trip to the Dr. last month for sticking a soy nut up his nose. He also suggests other places to stick food like the OP's daughter--"in my eye?" or "in my ear?". In his soy nut case, I saw it there, then he pushed it so far back that it disappeared, and the Dr. couldn't see it. We then waited, hoping that he'd just pushed it back into his throat and swallowed it, and not inhaled it. He never got sick, so we assume that he swallowed it.

 

[ewe+lamb]

My little brother shoved nearly everything imaginable up his nose we very rarely went to the doctor - my mum was great at fishing things out! oh and then found that he could get spaghetti up his nose and round by his soft palette and then out of his mouth and he used to pull it back and forth - he was really popular in the dining room at school

This thread has really cheered me up

 

[mamak05]

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Originally Posted by ewe+lamb My little brother shoved nearly everything imaginable up his nose we very rarely went to the doctor - my mum was great at fishing things out! oh and then found that he could get spaghetti up his nose and round by his soft palette and then out of his mouth and he used to pull it back and forth - he was really popular in the dining room at school This thread has really cheered me up

Oh my goodness! Spaghetti. That is quite a trick. I'm not going to mention it to DD! Does your brother still do this?

 

[mamak05]

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Originally Posted by zmom This is not a story about my DD. When I was about 4 or 5, I was at preschool and I had a ring with a golden egg on it. I LOVED that ring. (This was in the late 70s so it was metal or something.) Some boys were chasing me around the playground and either they said they wanted my ring or I thought they did but I took the egg off and shoved it up my nose. (What better place to keep it, right?) When I came home, I was sniffling and talking funny and my mother finally figured out that I'd put my golden egg in my nose for safe keeping. She was set to take me to the doctor but my dad (never one to mess around with doctors) went and got a toothpick and popped it out himself. For some strange reason, I've always found that story horribly embarrassing! :

Awwww. I think it is a pretty sweet story and I'm glad it turned out well! Do you know where the ring is now?

 

[MamaJenese]

My older sister stuck a lite brite peg up each nostril. My mother tried to get them but they eventually landed at the doctors office. Needless to say my younger sister and I were never allowed to have a lite brite....

 

[hapersmion]

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Originally Posted by mamak05 Awwww. I think it is a pretty sweet story and I'm glad it turned out well! Do you know where the ring is now?

Up her nose!

Heh, my ds only sticks fingers in there so far, I'm going to keep him away from this thread!

But back before he was born I worked at a daycare, and one day one of my two year olds came up to me on the playground and kept saying "Nose, nose!" I kept telling him, "Yes, that's right, that's your nose..." Finally he reached up and pulled a rock out!

It was a good thing he got it himself, because I thought he was just learning his body parts...

hapersmion

 

[Wittyone]

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Originally Posted by KLK7 Did it eventually melt? What about the protective candy shell? I can see it now, M&Ms new slogan "M&Ms melt in your NOSE, not in your hand."

Well, 25+ years later I'm assuming it did...I sure hope so anyway!