Why Do Kids Stick Things Up Their Nose?

I just can't help but to remember our youngest brother (he's now a hotel supervisor) way back in time when we were kids, who also stuck a button up in his nose. He cried and wailed that my mother really panicked. When my mother tried to pull it out herself by using a puller, my brother who was still six at that time, was so petrified by the sight of the small instrument. Because of his frantic, he sneezed out the stuck button from his nose to everybody's relief! I just can't comprehend it why really kids would stick things up inside their nostrils, except inside the mouth because it's their way of being curious and taste the object..to smell it though, you don't have to stick it up inside, right? Happy posting!

hi ellie-that has given me a laugh -that never happened with mine but my daughter at about one and a half years old decided she would get in the washing machine-being small she got in but getting her out was awkward and scary cos she virtually got stuck! then one morning i got up and both my son and daughter were dpwnstairs-i presumed watching tele-but when i got downstairs they decided they would help me with the housework and had done the polishing with boot polish and it was on the wall!! -blessings littleowl

I do not know why but I know that they also put everything in their mouth! You have to watch them carefully every minute! It is easier to watch them on the bus and train then it is when you are driving! I did not like that, driving with young kids in the car, between the chances of them doing something stupid like that, or listening to them fight over silly stuff, it was not always pleasant to drive anywhere!

Yes we have had this, in fact it was all quite horrible. My son who is now 6 was at the time 4 when we started to notice a foul smell coming from his nose, I took him to the doctors who gave him some antibiotics for an infection. He took the antibiotics for a week and the smell seemed to go, but a few days later it was back and it was really bad, it was so bad that I had to hold my breath everytime I went near him, and so bad that people at school had noticed and so I kept him off. I took him back to the doctors and she looked at it, shone a light up it and then took a swab, then she prescribed him some more antibiotics. So a week passed and the smell was still there, I got the results of the swab and it was showing an infection of some sort so back to the doctors we went and more stronger antibiotics were prescribed for yet another week. Bearing in mind that the smell by now is foul and he is off school for now the third week. So he takes the antibiotics and they are not doing nothing, and I kept saying there has to be something up his nose, so I had a look, I got the big powerful torch we had and shone it up his nose and I could see something up there I was sure of it!! So I got on the phone to the doctors and said I wanted another doctors opinion, as I was convinced he had something up his nose, he was starting to get a bad chest and he was getting really down because no one would go near him. So we went to the doctors again and saw another doctor, he looked up my sons nose and immediately shouted for the nurse, when the nurse came in he made her look up his nose, and asked what she could see and the nurse said there was definately something up there. The doctor said "yes that is what I thought, how on earth could the other doctor miss that, his nose is totally blocked!" He could not believe how long this had been going on and immediately phoned the hospital who told us to take him straight up. I could not go as I had 3 other children to look after, but my hubby took him, they were only there about an hour and when they took the thing out of his nose, it was an inch long piece of black foam!!!! As soon as it was taken out the smell went! He got over his ordeal very quickly and every so often we refer to him fondly as pongo!!!

OMG another incidence. My son, put small sticker bindis all over his face. He was just decorating suddenly a few went into his nose as he sniffed them. I was able to get 3 out. The remaining two went inside as another lady just blew in one of the nostrils to get it out. I got so wild with her as she did that without my consent. Got scared to the core and rushed him to the doc. The doc made a general checkup and gave a big lecture as to why you should not blow into kids nose. As he was our family friend he understood that it was not my mistake. He gave my son some medicines and just asked me to observe him for 2 days. If he had any sweelling or smelly nose, I have to rush him. If he got a fitful cough or constant cold, then too I should rush him. But if it had gone into the food pipe and got into the stomach, it will definitely come out in the stools, he assured. Luckily, I think it went into his food pipe as he didnot get any other symptoms.

Why do adults stik things up their... no just kidding... I guess its out of curiosity.. They will only learn from their mistakes. I guess the only thing we can do is to keep an eye on them to make sure that mistake will not permanantely damage them

My Daughter did but it was nothing drastic like that she shoved Yoghurt up her Nose and I mean literally up her Nose well you can imagine the Mess I had My Son who was 5 at the time came to me quite Innocently and asked since when do you eat Yoghurt with your Nose because Mel is Well she was a mess and of course it made her Sneeze, she was a Lovely Baby

when I was a kid I stuck a dime up my nose and it was really hard to get out but my grandmother finally got it out and then told everyone about it and I was so embarrassed never tried that again. I think kids just like to fill empty holes, like putting sand in a pail.

luckily we kept the kids away from small objects for just this reason. Why this is he case I just dont know but i would imagine its all part of kids exploring their own body. Yes it scares them, yes its all part of growing up. Thankfully he is ok blessed be

I'm not sure why kids like to stick things up their noce. I am glad that everything is okay now though. Your child may have been anle to blow their nose also and get it to come out of there alot quicker too. I'm glad he realised that is not something that you should do. I bet he never does it again either. Ouch!

I have no idea but if ther is an orifice a child find something that will fit in it... We've has some scary ear issoes also... xoxoxoxoxoxoo

Dear Ellie, Some children are very naughty. Now when my son was about the same age, put a piece of rubber ( Eraser which he had cut into a small bit ) into his ear. I didn't know anything about it at all. My husband was away on tour. He was expected only three days later. Later about 6pm in the evening, that too Calcutta gets darker by four and five in the winter evenings. I had to take him to the hospital because I couldn't see where it was. I was also very young and no elder with me to help also. Our doctor was there at his clinic. He took it out with the help of tweezers, which then struck me that I could have also done, if I had not panicked. Once he put a jasmine flower into his nose but I saw him doing it and immediately pulled it out. My son was very very naughty. God Bless

They do it to see what will happen. My son shoved a block in his nose, this was not a pretty sight.

I don't know why they do it, but it seems like they all do. With my son, it was candy corn. Strange, 'cause that's pretty big to go up a little guy's nose. When we were kids, my brother and sister didn't put things up their noses. Instead, they ate coins. My sister almost choked on two nickels.

Awh bless Ellie hun, I did chuckle at your post and I'm sorry, I know it was very scary for you at the time. I have heard this so many times over the years from my friends and relatives of their kids shoving sweets and small toys up their noses and even penny coins. God knows what satisfaction they get from doing such a stupid thing but they're kids and until it's happened once they don't know how painful and ridiculous an idea it is! Kids even shove things into their ears so watch out for that one. But I guess your lil un knows now not to do that again as he "nose" (sorry awful pun I know) from first hand experience that it damn well hurts! xx

My granddaughter just stuck a rubber band up her nose and they had to take her to the doctor because they couldn't get it out! But when she was in the doctors office she sneezed and it came out....would have saved them a bunch of money if they had just taken the pepper out of the cupboard! Anyway I think most kids do it! LOL...my sister stuck a pea up her nose when we were little and it rotted in her nasal passages...she stunk really bad....she got a trip to the doctors office too and my brother stuck an eraser in his ear...another office call! LOL

Well I currently do don't have any kids of my own. But I do have a funny story to tell about my husband. He had told me when he was younger he stuck a crayon up his nose. I was trying not to laugh at him about it, but it was just funny. Especially because my mother in law had told me the story when I came down to meet her for Christmas. And the fact that he even remembered what color the crayon was that he had stuck up his nose. What makes it even funnier to me, since you said your son is 4, my husband was 4 when he did it. Maybe that is the age to where kids start getting suspicious about objects and placing them up their nose. I don't know if I did, my parents never told me anything about that, other me picking my nose, but I'm sure every little kid has done that.

My daughter done this when she was about 3. She stuck a screw with a rubber washer on it up her nose. And whatever we did we could not remove it. Wasn't too sure what she had stuck up there at first, as she came and told me that she put something up her nose. So we ended up taking a trip to the hospital. They removed it with no problem. Now we can look back and laugh at it. But i still have no idea why my daugther did it.

I'm not too sure why kids do this, maybe it's just a feeling out of curiousity? Or maybe they like that panic feeling? I'm lucky that my son has not done this but I sure had the experience with my younger brother when we were kids.. he would stick things up his nose all the time. When we would stay at my Aunt's place for the weekend she had a game called Mastermind and he would love to stick the game peices up his nose, and also peanuts! Hopefully your son's experience is not repeated but when it came to my brother he was fearless!

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