What did you do with that booger?
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
June 29, 2010 6:13pm CST
My youngest son just came in to show me for the millionth time that he has Mickey Mouse on his shirt (which of course I know because I put the shirt on him) and I noticed he had a booger on his face. No tissues handy, so I just grabbed it with my fingers (I know I'm not the only mom who's done this!!). So then, the stinkin booger is stuck on my own finger. The little one trots off to show his siblings that he has Mickey Mouse on his shirt for the millionth time while I'm stuck debating what to do with this booger! I just sat down and didn't feel like getting up again... oh lazy me. So what do I do? I'm worse than the kids themselves.. I wiped the booger on my desk to be cleaned at a later date!! Yes, I know.. I'm gross.. but hey, with 5 kids in the house there are certain things you tend to let fly out the window, like when to use tissues and where you place boogers!! Don't worry, the booger is not in a spot where I'll accidentally touch it again.. but it certainly will be cleaned the next time I wipe down the desk.. whenever that may be, lol.
Where's the weirdest place your child (or you) has placed a booger? Don't worry, I won't get grossed out if you say the child put it in his or her mouth.. my kids have done that too!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Jun 10
When Dearra was little, she had a whole booger collection on the wall behind her dresser. I'm sure she'd be totally grossed out now....
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
30 Jun 10
LOL.. that is information I would save to use at a later date against my kids.. just like the embarassing bathtub photos! I'm cruel like that, lol.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Jun 10
Problem is, she'd be genuinely hurt if I mentioned it. She is a sensitive little soul...
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
30 Jun 10
Ah... see I pick on my kids all the time and they know I'm goofing around.. they'll goof right back. My 4 year old, one day he amazed the heck out of me, this was at least 6 months ago (and he only JUST turned 4). I kept telling him he was goofy.. and in turn normally they say "No, you're goofy mom".. finally I tell him he's goofy and he looks at me very seriously and says "No.. I'm Mickey Mouse!"
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@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
30 Jun 10
Oh this is a riot! I caught one of mine eating his booger - after I screamed in disgust ( I did not have brothers around)he never did it gain in front of me. I have been in the same situation and just wiped it off on my jeans.
The same with soothers. My husband used to do a wicked immitation of my mothering skills concerning me with soothers. He would tell everyone that with the first baby I had at lest 6 other sterilised soothers ready in case the baby dropped his soother. With son number two he said that I would just rinse it out in tap water and put it back in the baby's mouth. With the third child I would put it in my own mouth for a minute t sterilise it and shove it back into the baby's mouth. He then ended with the story of child number four. He said that it didn't even reach my mouth but I would wipe t in whatever clothes I was wearing that day and put it in her mouth
So I guess that I was the gross onethanks for the memory
So I guess that I was the gross onethanks for the memory@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
30 Jun 10
LOL, most parents are like that. Oddly.. I'm the opposite. I was never nervous, worried, or cautious with my first child.. and I never sterilized any of his bottles or soothers. Each child after that I got progressivly more and more protective.
My youngest right now, he likes doing all the stuff his big siblings do, like running on the playground and going up and down stairs and such.. but these things give me a heart attack and I'm on him like a hawk at all times. I keep thinking back to when my first was this age and I remember when I brought him to playgrounds I'd sit on a bench and just let him go.. wish I could do that now! I won't even let the little one run on cement I'm so worried he'll scrape a knee!
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
9 Aug 10
My mom used to take our shirts and wipe our noses..then we ended up with it on our shirts.. I guess that would be one good reason to carry a tissue always in your pocket. I rarely carry them though.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
1 Jul 10
Funny just shortly after I saw this one in my email my 3 year old announces "Look Mommy, I had a booger in my nose." and she comes up to me trying to give it to me. I told her to wipe it on a tissue and throw it away and then go wash her hands. To the best of my knowledge neither of my kids have ever done anything truly gross with a boooger.
@4ofmyown (1119)
• United States
4 Jul 10
Like you, I have alot of kids in the house and i have found them everywhere. One of my sons used to wipe them on his sheet under his pillow and another would put them on the wall, where ever he was at the time. This made it easy that they "disposed" of them in different ways so I knew who to have clean it up. Then , another son was a flicker... think that grossed me out the most because if I caught him doing it then couldn't find where it had landed, I would get really grossed out. They have gotten alot better as they have gotten older. If it happens now and we are somewhere that there are no tissues or napkins I tell them put in their pocket or on their sock...at least it is not visible and I know it will get washed away in the laundry.
Interesting discussion:)
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
1 Jul 10
The worst situation with boogers is when you are somewhere and there is absolutely no place that you are able to wipe it off, like at the swimming pool. I've had to wipe off Paul's face a couple of times while we are in the water and of course there is no tissue in the water so I will have to shake it off into the water so to speak. Of course, there is so much chlorine in the water that it will kill any germs that are in the booger in a pretty rapid fashion. I've also wiped it onto my desk to be wiped up at a later time as well.
