We’ll I’m not exactly a NEW mama, but I’ve only been at it for 25 months, so I could use your help!
What should I do about the fact that my Little Man has been putting spit balls up his nose?
(In case you are wondering, this has been verified by the three spit balls that have come out of his nose.)
Would you….
A). look up his nose with a flashlight?
B). make him blow his nose obsessively?
C). call your husband and exclaim about the gigantic gob of gooey paper that just came out of your two year old’s nostril.
D). Watch and Wait to see if there is any other unusual nasal activity?
E). Call the pediatrician to ask for advice?
F). Whisk you child to the emergency room, and call the elders of your church to ask for healing prayers.
(just so you know, I’ve got A through D covered).
Any words of wisdom?
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No, I really can’t think of anything. I haven’t had to go through this.
Where does he get the paper/tissues he uses to create the spit balls?
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he likes to eat his books…. and he likes his books in his crib. So he seems to be chewing on his books in the crib, and then stuffing it up his nose.
Oi
Ha, ha, ha, ha, HA!
That happens no matter how long you’ve been a mama! At least it’s just paper…
F might not be such a bad idea, anyways.
Yeah…. F seems like it probably should be A. at least the prayer part!
TOO FUNNY! I want to know who taught him to make spit balls in the first place. I would also do A – D, probably over and over – LOL! GOOD LUCK and you can always tell this story to his girlfriend when he is 16.
Too funny! The world of boys….I can say that I am a mother of five boys that have been through this stage. My sister put a bean up her nose and mother fished it out with a crochet hook. He will grow out of it!
Love the comment on telling his girlfriend one day…we love have told things like that to the wife to be!! Enjoy…what a wonderful gift to be a mother,
Janette
……
*small voice*…..
What IS a spitball exactly?
Or maybe I don’t want to know…
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HA!
You literally had me laugh out loud with this one! Good luck with it… Not looking forward to that one…!
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@Alicia…. well, let’s see. A spit ball is when he chews on paper (normally it’s a bit of one of his books. Groan) and chews on it some more so that it becomes a soggy, mushy mess. then he removes paper grossness from his mouth, wads it up in a little ball thing, and shoves it up his nose.
In high school, boys used to do the same things… except, instead of shoving them up their nose, they would shoot the spit soaked grossness through drinking straws (most of the time directed at the prissy girls they were trying to annoy, aka ME!)
I guess you can count yourself lucky that you never had to learn that before!
@Lynn… oh, you are good my friend. I’ll definitely remember this one for future girl friends! Maybe I’ll just let her read my whole blog!
Hi Sharon;
I’ve actually been through this with 1 of our 4 boys. We actually had to go to the pediatrician twice to have small pebbles removed. I was able to get the pussy willow out myself. (Oi!) I think the second time the pediatrician had to tick a long implement up his nose to retrieve a pebble, natural consequence kicked in and he decided on his own not to put anything else up there (except his finger! Again, Oi!) again.
Good luck! Now you have a story to embarress him with, infront of his friends of dare I say girl friends, when he is older.
Could be worse! At least spit balls come out fairly easy. My son (He’s four) recently put a very tiny hollow plastic bead up his nose. No choice but to go to the ER because we couldn’t get it out. And we tried EVERYTHING, sneezing blowing his nose, you name it. It required some very skinny tweezers and delicate doctor’s touch. When asked why he did it….he said he was trying to launch a rocket up his nose. Yes, life is never dull at our house!
Sharon,
When I am in doubt with things like this, I always call the nurse just so I know it is nothing serious. I don’t have kids that would do this but I have ONE that would eat booger… Ewww. Well, that kid has out grown that BADDDD habit! Praise the Lord! (I think it bugged me more than it bugged the kid) 
You know what is in your nose could go down to your mouth. Maybe your little guy has figured that one out and that’s why he is doing the spit and shove thing.
Too funny! Really! My daughter did this when she was maybe 2 1/2 – 3 years old with a coupon. We couldn’t figure out what was making her nose run so badly & couldn’t see anything…and because we were new parents we never imagined she would have stuck something up there. The pediatrician pulled it out with extremely long pluckers and then actually asked if we wanted to keep the booger incrusted thing. Would someone actually want that?? I think the trip to the Dr.’s office was enough of a scare to stop her from doing it again…..then she moved on to a jingle bell in her ear! (she couldn’t hear it well enough in her hand she said) Good luck!
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I say begin to pray because it will only get worse from here!
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Seriously that is funny! What makes it even funnier is the fact that my almost 2 year old did the same thing last month! I thought she had gone crazy! You think I would have seen this behaviour in the 2 kids prior but no. I just left it and tried not to make a big deal about it. If I saw one there, I would hold her down and get it out but if I didn’t see anything, I just assumed all was good. If you start to smell something funky, I would worry but otherwise I think he’ll be fine.
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Ummmmmmm….after thinking long and hard about this one I have to say that I have absolutely NO suggestions other than to wish you luck and watch out when he sneezes!
Can’t wait to hear how you “google” your way through this one!
Oh my… LOL! Sorry to laugh, but my daughter-in-law goes through that every once in a while with my 2˝ year old granddaughter… who loves to put WHATEVER up her nose. If it fits, it’s fair game. Ugh. And she is QUICK enough to get it done right in front of you. Daughter-in-law has actually made 3 ER visits because the inserted object couldn’t be removed otherwise. Kids will find a way to get into things, no matter WHAT you do, no matter HOW CAREFUL you are. Pediatrician said she will eventually tire of the “fun.” It’s been quiet for a couple months. *crossing fingers* the stage has passed. LOL! Hope it ends well for you!
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