DD1 has always been a nose picker. Never to the point of bleeding though!
I used to just remind her constantly that noone wants to see it & that if she was desperate to go do it in the loo!
She's 8 now & I can't remember the last time I saw her go for it. A few years ago. I'm not sure if she even still does
I'm glad the other 2 haven't thought of it (yet!)
My 2 1/2 year old does this too. He takes it one step further though and licks his fingers right after. So gross, ugh it makes me gag! I've been telling him to stop whenever I catch him and tell him to get a Kleenex instead but now he just hides and does it. I may have to threaten him with a band-aid and see if that helps LOL.
Oh, we just had that phase. She'd walk around with a finger in each nostril and only whip one out so she could point at us and go "pick your nose, mummy!"
My DS started this not so long ago as well and it seems to be losing it's novelty.
For us, we would move his hand and say "yuck Cooper!" and he'd stare and slowly move the hand away.
Then for a bit he thought it was a game and would look at me, slowly put the finger up to his nose and smile.......so I thought I'd try something different.
When I saw him going for the nose, I'd say "hey Coops" and when I got his attention I'd put my finger on my jaw (like I'm thinking) and say "hmmmm" then point up and say "I know, let's go play" and take away his attention to something else.
This worked well and now when he wants to say something, he puts his finger to his jaw and mimics that same "hmmmm......I know!" - so sweet..
So diversion may work at 21 months - my DS was around the same age as yours so I think diversion works better than explanations IYKWIM?
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