Nose Picker

Can somebody please tell me why toddlers are so obsessed with picking their nose? Because I’ve been trying to figure it out since Ev mysteriously figured out he can shove his fingers up there.   Just recently we watched said picking finger casually travel. down. into. mouth. AHHHHHHH!  Could we have a booger-eating boy?!!!!!!!!!!!!! My (booger-free) fingers are crossed he is NOT and will try my best not to make a big deal out of this gross stage our toddler is in.

Everett gets a lesson on picking his nose with a tissue.

The Grim Demise of Jimmy Price

foolish boy named Jimmy Price

refused to take his mum’s advice

and kept on poking up his nose

his fingers, thumbs and, once, his toes

nose picking gave him endless joy

oh what a frightful, horrid, boy

his mother told him that his head

would cave right in and he’d be dead

but Jimmy knew that this was bluff

“it’s such an awful lot of guff

there’s really nothing wrong with snot

I’ll pick my nose and eat the lot”

he scraped and plucked his nostrils clean

it was a truly gruesome scene

ignoring every sign of pain

he rummaged ‘til he found his brain

which out he pulled without a thought

and that’s the end of my report

for Jimmy died right there and then

he never picked his nose again

Moral

It’s most unsatisfactory

to eat what is olfactory

Paul Hughes 2008