Reply to: Why do toddlers eat their bogies?

[Old Hack]

True. And that's why your kids will struggle to get into the "University" of East London, while mine will stroll into Oxbridge to do the cleaning

HTH

FTFY

[DimPrawn]

With mop and bucket in hand

He cleaned up at the award ceremony.

[Spacecadet]

while mine will stroll into Oxbridge.

With mop and bucket in hand

[proggy]

Anyone got any idea?

I don't think that's an appropriate topic for your Math PhD thesis

[sasguru]

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree....

True. And that's why your kids will struggle to get into the "University" of East London, while mine will stroll into Oxbridge.

HTH

[DimPrawn]

Anyone got any idea?

Cretinism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cretinism arises from a diet deficient in iodine.

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree....

[gingerjedi]

Don't you remember the double slow snot stream that could be sucked straight in once it reached your lips? A snotty nose doesn't seem to bother my boy when he's manually 'dead heading' flowers, squashing spiders and scattering stones on the lawn.

[OwlHoot]

Anyone got any idea?

Possibly to give their immune system a better chance to sample germs and particles breathed in and trapped in the mucus?

Not entirely clear how, or even whether, the digestive system could be involved with something like that. But you never know.

[SimonMac]

I do remember finding them wiped all up the back of the rear seatbelt. About three years worth. Dunno why he didn't eat them like any normal kid.

I blame the parents!

[SimonMac]

Because we as parents keep telling them to eat their greens

[formant]

I do remember finding them wiped all up the back of the rear seatbelt. About three years worth.

Not sure if or ...

[d000hg]

strengthens immunity system?

Could be, or they could be high in some nutrients that are best not lost - salt maybe.

[Paddy]

Why do toddlers eat their bogies?

Don't give them toy trains then.

[Troll]

It's their way of saying it's din din time?

[mudskipper]

Mine don't. Yours has learned by example I expect. Monkey see, monkey do...

I do remember finding them wiped all up the back of the rear seatbelt. About three years worth. Dunno why he didn't eat them like any normal kid.