Almost 9 and STILL picking his nose!

[maz]

Im over it!!!!!

I just did something that i absolutely hate but im so sick of it

Ive warned him that I'd slap his nose, his face everything but what how can i stop my almost 9 year old

PICKING HIS NOSE AND EATING HIS SNOT



I just went to show him something on here, and after telling him already 4 times since he came home from school if I caught him again i;d slap his face he had his whole friggen fist up there!!

'slap' twice in a row cause he 'ahhhed' me when i did it the first time!

I am so over his behaviour atm...this is just plain disgusting and i honestly dont know why he does it.

What am I doing wrong? What can I do to make him stop???

[skybie]

ahh maz i feel ya hun, dont have any advice on how u can make him stop it but just wanted to let u know that my DF who is 25 STILL picks his nose and eats it!!!!!!! it drives me BATTY!!! and he gets a crack on the back of the head when i catch him doing it!
His excuse is he's low on protein.....seriously!

[maz]

ahh maz i feel ya hun, dont have any advice on how u can make him stop it but just wanted to let u know that my DF who is 25 STILL picks his nose and eats it!!!!!!! it drives me BATTY!!! and he gets a crack on the back of the head when i catch him doing it!
His excuse is he's low on protein.....seriously!

I think I would get a baseball bat and hit jed over the head with it if he did that ****

5 mins after me yelling, screaming and telling him how disgusted i am withhim..i catch him again.....I jsut told him he'll get worms from eating his snot...lets hope that works

[Lulu]

I think its a career choice at that age....

[New Dawn]

LOL so does mine Maz... even saw him doing it in class doesnt seem to care... I hate the sticky farts mine does when ever I am helping with the home work... he thinks it just sooooooo funny... I am raising a real charmer here, some girl is gonna be sooooo lucky!!!!

[maz]

Tali - see I asked him if he does it at school and he says yes but only when he knows no-one can see so he is very awareof it

Ali - Ive tried ignoring it for 3 years hon...and there is only so many long gooey snots on fingers you can see going into your kids mouth...especially when there are 3 other kids sitting there watching him...VYolett has started biting her finger nails just like him too

Ive just booked him to play basketball twice a week....hopefully he'll be to occupied to worry about the deli up his nose.

[alioops]

Hun if he is anything like me, drawing attention to it will only make it worse (says a long time disgusting person). He will keep doing it and try to only do it when you aren't looking, but of course he will get caught. Please try as hard as you can to ignore it, but do let him know that if you see him doing it, it does upset you. I was always a defiant one, got in trouble for sucking my finger, so didn't stop until I was 8, got in trouble for biting my nails, still doing it at 23.

[Oorki Galoorki]

maybe just tell him to go to his room and do it where you cant see it..
cos i doubt your going to stop it apart from hurting him and yourself...

[aussienic]

My son does this.. I just say Tissue please you know better.. It is so gross.. he doesn't eat it though but my nearly 8 yr old nephew does and it grosses me out