Help! 21 Mth Old Putting EVERYTHING in His Nose.

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Well, I've never heard this, but that's ok.........I would contact your childs doctor and see what they suggest. There might be a reason for him doing this.

If you put nose plugs on him, it would be hard to eat and breath at the same time.

Get in touch with your doctor for a remedy to this issue.

Good luck.

My brother loved to smell things as a kid. I don't know if he regularly put things in his nose, but I know once he stuck dried rabbit food pellets up his nose. They swelled up and got stuck and my mom had to take him to the doctor to get them removed. I don't remember any other instances, so maybe that scared him out of it.

I would try a really firm NO and take whatever it is (including food) away from him every time you see it happen, don't give him any other feedback so that he is not doing it for a reaction. You may not want to even look at him, once you have taken whatever it is away. It probably is more of a sensory thing, but you don't want to reinforce the behavior.

My son liked to stick things in his holes for a while. I found a raisin in his ear once. He got over it pretty quickly though. I would worry mostly about the food, and not worry about trying to megabloks up there, they wouldn't fit anyway. Just ignore that completely. Take shoelaces away though if he tries it with things like that, which might actually fit. As for the food, I don't know what to say since he needs to eat, you can't take it away, I saw some other suggestions that sound like they would work. I think my reaction of terror when I saw him putting something in a hole helped my son stop quickly. IT really freaked me out and I let it show. I think it scared him and he stopped doing it, but I guess not all kids would do that, but maybe you could try that if you haven't already. It is almost impossible to watch him every second, but just keep doing your best especially while eating. I hope he stops soon.

Do you sniff or smell your food or other things during the day? I wonder if he has seen someone do this and has started to copy the action but taken it a bit far,, It is somewhat normal to see what fits where, and yes Grandma T is right,,guys do try to put things in holes,,lol. I had this flashback to a party one of my kids had when young, where we bought everyone an animal nose mask. Our favorite was the piggy nose. They had an elastic string to hold the mask on the head, and just covered the nose. It was fun and cute, and I wonder if you found some for him to cover just his nose, would he stop shoving things up it.. Or don't let him eat until he is really hungry and see if he concentrates of getting food into his mouth instead. Do try to feed him a few times when you aren't going to eat, and grab his hand everytime it goes to his nose, and say NO , loud and firm. It might help to take the food from him, and feed him 1 bite at a time instead of a tray full of food. If anything, it will probably be a short lived phase and youll laugh about it later. But you sure don't need the trouble of something rotting up his nose in the mean time. (o:

Just keep telling him "no!" when he tries it. Guys like to put things in holes, haha. He's just made a new discovery. It can be dangerous tho, if you notice a bad aroma it means he has something stuck up in there fermenting. Maybe sit at the table with him and put something in your nose and then say "ouch!' and slap your own hand and tell yourself "No Mommy! That's dangerous!"... It is quite a wierd thing for him to be doing, but he's getting some attention for it and that's why he's continuing. You need to make the pay off not a good one, he'll stop.

Keep doing what you are doing, and keep saline on hand so that you can flush his nose ever so often in case he put something in while you were not watching.

If he is not in any pain, that's a good sign he hasn't put anything sharp inside. Also keep tickling his nose, so he can sneeze out anything tiny that may be there. Hope that helps.