I’m one of those people with a really weak stomach.  It doesn’t take much to make me nauseous and get me gagging.

That was the case this morning.  On my way home from the grocery store, I was stopped at a red light.  In the car in front of me, there were two kids staring at me through their rear window.  As I was watching them, they both…almost simultaneously started picking their noses and eating it.  Yuck@!!  I thought I was going to throw up in my car.

That light couldn’t change fast enough for me.  It was one of the longest red lights I’ve ever sat at.  I wanted to berate the mother (who was sitting in the front passenger seat).  First, for not buckling those kids in, and second for not teaching them better than to pick their nose and eat it…especially in public.

When I got home and told my husband  the story, he reminded me that our own grandson (soon to be 3 years old)  has been on a bit of a nose picking jag himself.   Guess when it’s your own flesh and blood it doesn’t bother you as much.  But g _ _ forbid that someone else would ever have to be as grossed out by our grandson as I was by those two kids.

We have reminded him several times not to pick his nose and to go get a tissue and blow it.   That works about 10% of the time.  The rest of the time he just gets too busy to take take out for a tissue, or he doesn’t even seem to know he’s doing it.  To be honest with you, I don’t know what he’s doing with those bugers.

He does have allergies, and I have read that kids with allergies tend to pick at their noses a lot.  Not an excuse…just a potential reason.

So why do kids pick their noses and how do you stop them from doing it.  And further yet…what possesses them to want to eat it?

If you have any suggestions or tricks on how to stop this nauseating behavior, please leave a comment below this post.  I love my grandson, but I don’t want him to make anyone else sick and gagging like I was this morning.

Every year more than  70,000 children under the age of 4 are treated in emergency room hospitals for toy choking accidents.

There are lots of toy testing “gimmicks” sold to help you determine whether or not a toy is a choking hazard for a child under the age of 3.   Save your money!!

Here’s a cheap, quick test that anyone can do without any special equipment, and the results will be the same as those of a tester you purchase.  All you need is a toilet paper roll (yea…we all have those around).  If the item will slip completely through the roll while you’re holding it upright, then the toy is unsafe and a potential choking hazard for children under 3.

There ya go!  No special trips to the store and no money required.  Keep your children safe.  If you see this

then don’t take chances of purchasing this toy for children under 3 years!