Filed under: 2 years, Toddler"Don't pick your nose, Riley."A tiny toddler hand creeps downward from his snout-hole for .0008 seconds, then dives back in."Do you need a tissue? Let's get a tissue."Obstinately, my boy stares at me, his finger still creeping around his nostril. The sight of my beautiful child reduced to a vacant, booger-mining apparition is suddenly too much, I lose it and raise my voice. "STOP PICKING YOUR NOSE RIGHT NOW."Does he stop? No he does not. We are in a Boundary-Testing Stage, where whatever command I issue is challenged. No drinking juice allowed outside of the kitchen? Then he'll put one foot through the doorway, his eyes never leaving my face. "This?" he asks, grinning wickedly, his cup held high. Is this okay, then, this annoying deliberate ignorance of the rules? "This?"With nose-picking, he gets sullen and annoyed with me, and frankly I get equally annoyed with him because GROSS. God, a nose-picking kid; I love my boy but BLECH.So! Any of you have any advice re: nose-digging? Currently my best tactic is distraction ("OH HEY IS THAT A BIRD OUTSIDE??"), is that the best I can hope for at this stage?Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments



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