“Matt, please don’t pick your nose.”
I’ve always heard myself say this. Plead, actually. But late last year, I observed something out of ordinary (well, to me) with his nose picking. I observed that dear son usually does more of the nose-picking right before he dozes off to sleep. Well, more often than not.
And after seeing him do it nth times, I was led into conclusion that picking his nose. is. making. good. old. Makiko. sleep. Ain’t that cute? Cool ey? Yikes! But no sooner had I formed the conclusion than I started noticing Matt’s been doing less of it already. So I thought - okay, I must be wrong then.
But last Friday, I was with him during his wanted-to-sleep-but-will-fight-sleep time. You know -kids! They are adorable little creatures who love to torture their mothers refuse to go to sleep even if their lids have dropped to the ground.
So I was having one of those moments with Matt. And then I noticed his cute little pointer slowly reaching for his nose. I wanted to tell him “Please don’t.” Half of me wanted to. But it’s almost noontime and to say that I was a little desperate then was an understatement.
I was thinking about our chocolate-stained floor, a stack of used plates on the sink, a huge mountain of soiled clothings in one corner of our house and piles of clothes to fold and stash, not to mention lunch to prepare. They were all there waiting for me. I couldn’t give Matt a sleeping pill so excuse me, I did what a mother should do. And that is to gently put dear son to sleep.
And what better and simpler way to do that than to pick his nose. Myself.
But there’s no more of that today. I have my dear Houston at home. And I trust that he has lots of tricks up his sleeve. So for now, I can chill and let him do all the works. But we’ll see what happens tomorrow (when he goes back to his workbase).
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by Melissa, on February 12 2008 @ 12:41 am
Hope is 5 and we’re still dealing with the picking…sad, huh?
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by Cecily, on February 12 2008 @ 1:35 am
Hey, whatever works! My kids are such naughty sleepers that I’ll use almost any tactic (well, within reason)I can think of. If they slept better after the did some diggin’ for gold, so be it!!
Oh, and Gracie is 6 and still…
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by Pam, on February 12 2008 @ 9:47 am
Kids sure finds the best ways to fall asleep- my daughter used to bang her head to fall asleep….
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by Melanie, on February 12 2008 @ 11:48 am
I say whatever works! If picking his nose helps him to sleep then go right ahead and do it
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by Sandy (Momisodes), on February 13 2008 @ 12:46 am
Aww…I’m sure there are worse things
And I suppose he’ll grow out of it later….Gotta love that pic though 
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by MamaGeek, on February 13 2008 @ 5:11 am
I’m with Melanie. Whatever works! It could be worse, right? Err, ok, maybe not.
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by Ana, on February 13 2008 @ 9:41 am
lol! I remember my youngest brother used to rock his head. What ever works, right?!?!
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by JHS, on February 18 2008 @ 4:51 am
Have you had him tested for allergies? Seriously, he might be trying to clear his airways before lying down because he knows he is congested and is going to have trouble breathing once he nods off. I think I would have him tested just to be safe.
Then again, it could just be a habit. Comfort.
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by Michelle Robinson, on February 22 2008 @ 7:47 am
Well, uh, I can’t think of any parent who could judge you for that–all of us have done stuff like that, I think.
Maybe not exactly that (yours is the first tale of parental nose-picking I have read), but similar things…
Hang in there…you won’t be picking his nose when he is a teenager…I hope…
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by chuck, on February 27 2008 @ 11:18 am
Oh no!!!! That is simply gross. But, when it’s your kid, it’s your kid. I do really disgusting things for my dog…like clean her butt and pick apart her poop. All in a day’s work. It’s all good.
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