Before I had kids I remember looking at kids and thinking how cute they are. How their faces were so shiny and beautiful. Their voices so sweet and inquisitive. I now realize what goes into those beautiful shiny NON-BOOGER faces.
Hard boogies:
The kid may pick their own nose. I have caught both my kids doing this and have corrected them, by saying, "Get a tissue." Knowing full well, sometimes a tissue just isn't going to cut it. Sometimes, you can't clean properly without your finger. Gross I know, but it's a reality some of you are just going to have to face. A kid's nose is tiny and really the extra 1/8 of an inch tissue adds makes it impossible to really get those nasty things out. I have even caught our precious, delicate little girl.....dare I say...
eating one,
or two,
or who knows how many when I'm not looking. I tell her princesses don't eat those. What can you do? I think all kids must do this at some point...right? How else would I know what they taste like? And I swear I don't remember eating nor do I eat boogers, but I know they taste salty...go figure! When you are going out in public, you may find yourself, as a parent, going in to dig out the nastiness yourself. You don't have another option. Have the gross dirty nosed kid, or dig and clean 'em up. I'm sorry, it isn't pretty but it's parenting at it's finest!
Runny boogies:
This is annoying!! The noses run like faucets and the kids just lick their top lip like it's sugar dripping down. You can have them blow and blow their nose until they have dry skin, but it will still run. When they are infants they send you home with that sucker thingy. Really, so gross! And then you have to get the boogers out of that thing. And what if you are out and don't have any tissue near by? I have gotten creative and used receipts, taken off a sock, even used the inside of my kids or my own shirt. Sometimes you just get desperate! Bryce has pretty bad allergies, and will on an average of twice a week, sneeze! Real bad!! He leans his whole body over and the nasty booger just hangs from his nose mid air. The trick is to run and get a tissue before it falls. I'm telling you I have a very luxurious life!
Morning Boogies:
So these are pretty serious and can cause scarring, if not removed properly. This category includes, eye and nose boogers. After sleeping preciously all night, like those beautiful kids do, boogers get really caked on their faces. Like, ridiculously caked on! If you attempt to go at this dry...like with a normal tissue either severe redness or bleeding may occur. The only way to get these stubborn ones is to soak the kids in warm water, get a warm washcloth or if you are mean or in a hurry, a cold wipe will do the trick.
Point of the story is, if you see a cute, little, darling kid with a beautiful face, it's because someone got up into their nose and made sure it was clean. They don't come with a self-cleaning option on kid noses, although whoever invents that will be rich.
Happy New Year and hear is to my kids' beautiful clean faces, and them growing closer to another year that will make them capable of cleaning it out themselves....
without eating them afterwards!
I was going to post a booger picture, but I must be doing my job pretty well, because I couldn't find one! Enjoy their shiny, beautiful faces, the reason I wanted kids in the first place!
