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My son should like that – using his nose to hit the cat – I hope I just don’t laugh i front of him if this occurs! Thanks for the tip! Kim
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Another quick question! How do I tell my 3 year old to blow his nose ? I >have explained it a number of ways but he still is confused. Any tips ? > Try the "farmer blow". > Close one nostril and blow through the other. The … product > will be expelled onto whatever is nearby (friends, pets or the > floor). > OK, not socially acceptable in most areas, but once he has that, > you can introduce him to tissues. > — > Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss’s job. > It is your job to find ways around your boss’s roadblocks.
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>Things like blowing noses and bubbles with bubble gum are hard to teach!
You’re not kidding! I’m 25 and STILL can’t blow a bubble! Rebecca
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<re: "farmer blow> >My son should like that – using his nose to hit the cat – I hope I just >don’t laugh i front of him if this occurs! > Thanks for the tip!
It would be easiest for him to get if you demonstrated for him. Glen (get the cat to hide, first) Appleby — Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss’s job. It is your job to find ways around your boss’s roadblocks.
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My 2 yr old got it quickly after playing a little game where you sniff through your nose really fast (like animals do when they snif you) and get your child to imitate you then tell him that he’s blowing through his nose and how cool it is. — Christine
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My son should like that – using his nose to hit the cat – I hope I just > don’t laugh i front of him if this occurs! > Thanks for the tip! > Kim > >Another quick question! How do I tell my 3 year old to blow his nose ? I > >have explained it a number of ways but he still is confused. Any tips ? > Try the "farmer blow". > Close one nostril and blow through the other. The … product > will be expelled onto whatever is nearby (friends, pets or the > floor). > OK, not socially acceptable in most areas, but once he has that, > you can introduce him to tissues. > — > Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss’s job. > It is your job to find ways around your boss’s roadblocks.
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>Another quick question! How do I tell my 3 year old to blow his nose ? I >have explained it a number of ways but he still is confused. Any tips ?
Try the "farmer blow". Close one nostril and blow through the other. The … product will be expelled onto whatever is nearby (friends, pets or the floor). OK, not socially acceptable in most areas, but once he has that, you can introduce him to tissues. — Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss’s job. It is your job to find ways around your boss’s roadblocks.
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That is very true Kim! Children do correlate their mouth being covered with not being able to breath. They don’t realize their nose can breath also. Complicate that with a stuffy nose that won’t breath either. Probably feels like he is being smothered. Michael is 4 and I can get him to blow his nose, he learned at around 3 yrs. old. Deanna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I think he will wipe his sleeve like he is now :}! >I agree too that perhaps age will play a part in this. I think he is a >little afraid of closing his mouth for long and breathing out a clogged >nose. It isn’t the greatest feeling. > Thanks for the tip! > Kim > > Another quick question! How do I tell my 3 year old to blow his nose ? >I > > have explained it a number of ways but he still is confused. Any tips >? > > Kim > I am sure you probably don’t want to hear this but, most kids don’t really > get it until they are somewhat older. Even then I sometimes question how > much they get it, based on behavior avoiding use of same tissues! But, > patience and consistency and demonstrations will aid in finally teaching > your little person to blow his nose. The next question is, will he use a > tissue or wipe on his sleeve, *after* he learns how to do it right! > -Aula
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I had this same problem once and then I read a thread on this NG suggesting something, and it worked for me. Someone said that you should put a feather in your child’s hand and get them to try and move the feather just by blowing through their nose, not their mouths. Once my daughter saw that she could move the feather that way, blowing through her nose seemed to come much more easily. Something to try, anyway!
> Another quick question! How do I tell my 3 year old to blow his nose ? I > have explained it a number of ways but he still is confused. Any tips ? > Kim
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Heh, thats a good idea. I did show him while I was holding a kleenex but he probably didn’t see any thing. Thanks for the tip! Kim
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Umm… the only way I can think of is kind of gross… but show him > yourself. Sometimes it’s easier for kids when showing them how is by > holding one nostril as air is forced out the other into a tissue, then > repeating for the other side. > — > Jackie M. > P&PSAHM to three wonderful kids: 9 (girl), 7.5 (girl), & 18 months (boy)… > … and #4 (Brendan Patrick!!) due December 17, 2000 > If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a few payments!! :-
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