How does one go about teaching their toddler to blow their nose...?!?
this may sound silly but it worked for me.
I had my daughter use her mouth to blow through a straw in a cup of water, and then told her to blow the air through her nose like she did the straw and she got it no problems after that! Good luck!
Tell them to act like they are blowing out a candle with their nose
I just hold the tissue over their nose and tell them to blow w/ their nose and they eventually got it.
I laughed at this question because we had quite a time with this! My son did not want to learn, and he hated "the boogy sucky" (blue bulb aspirator), so it was a battle every time he had a stuffy nose. It has been so long I honestly cannot remember what worked for us. It just seems like I made him blow hard out of his mouth a bunch, then close his mouth and do it out of his nose into the tissue. Eventually, he just got it.
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It's gross but it works. I stand over the bathtub while they are watching. I say "This is how you do it" and point at my nose. I just blow without a tissue. Then I stand them in the tub and have them practice. Then we use a tissue there after. It took once for the oldest and three times for the youngest (he is stubborn, he still hates to blow his nose.) cb
Not sure how old your kiddo is, but my son didn't really catch on till he was about 20ish months. I think it helped that I had a cold and he constantly saw me doing it.
try to make it a game. tell him or her to keep there mouth closed if they are having difficulty. show your toddler how to blow air out of your nose and see if they will copy you. if they suck in then tell them no push air out (sounding silly like it is a game) and try again. give up after a few tries at a time, then later or the next day do the same little game.
hold the tissue over their nose and tell them to blow. It takes a little practice, but they will get it.
Blowing bubbles in the bath. Have them get their nose as close as possible to the water (mouth under) and have them hum. The air goes out their nose and they blow bubbles. (Useful swimming trick).
Then for blowing, same thing, but to pinch one nostril shut, and to blow really hard, not to hum. Then switch nostrils.
