When I signed up for the “mom thing,” I surely didn’t imagine I’d be growing out my pinkie fingernail for the sole purpose of working as a booger excavator. Not my own, but NaNa’s and Bear’s. Is it bad that I get satisfaction from chiseling out a whopper of a boog?
My girls even differ in their willingness to be groomed. Bear screams and wriggles when I try to change her diaper, fix her hair, put on her shoes, get her dressed, wipe her face, or dig out boogers.
NaNa, on the other hand, will come to me very politely and say, “Mama, I have boogers in my nose.” That’s my cue to put down everything and focus. Focus on the task at hand.
Spelunking into the nasal cavity of a toddler.
I tilt her head back, get the light in juuuust right, and see what is up there to be excavated. I put my extra long pinkie nail into action, and remove that pesky booger.
Oh, the satisfaction of the adventuresome joys of motherhood.
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You’re not alone! I totally go after every bogey that dares poke it’s head out of any of my kids noses. My husband hates it when I do this….but it drives me crazy and when I see them I just have to get them!
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I have removed more boogers than I care to remember. In fact, I removed one from my seven year old last week. She doesn’t like to touch them. She doesn’t have a problem with me touching them.
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Ugh. Reminds me of when DS had a sinus infection as a preschooler and he’d be so crusty in the morning that even nose-blowing wouldn’t clear the way for him to breathe. We learned nose-massage to loosen things up so I didn’t *have* to go after them for him, but some were so hardened that they had to be scraped out. Ick.
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I am so glad I am past the nose picking stage with my kids!
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Sadly, I know and enjoy, to the same degree, the sense of satisfaction you can get from clearing boogers from your kid’s nose. I use that blue bulb syringe that came from the hospital or a pair of tweezers if the boogs are crusty.
Just a tip for you if you get tired of using your pinky fingernail.
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You are not alone. I do this all the time
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The other morning my dd told me she had “a big booger in her smelling thing and she snorfled and snorfled until she got it out.” After I picked myself up off the floor (I HAD to laugh) I walked over to her to find her “big booger” crusted to her nose. Oh yeah, good times.
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Love the photo - cute.
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I’m cracking up!! I don’t have long nails, but I’m lucky the kids have an aunt who does. She is the designated booger-picker whenever she comes over. I know this sounds awful, but my son stays very still because he’s had a lot of medical procedures and understands when we tell him not to move…so I sometimes pick his boogers with a toothpick! You gave me the BEST idea for a blog post!!
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I am so glad to be past that stage. Mine are 21,18, and 8. That is one “mom” thing I don’t miss!!!! Found this through Dawn’s blog, I will be back to read again!!!
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I knew I was right!
Oh the glamorous life of a mom!
You should get onto Glamour.com for your glamorous booger picking pinkie.
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EH heh. Eh heheheheh. Hehehheheheh.
I LOVE to pick the Munchie’s nose. Alas, he doesn’t love it.
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