Picture a little girl tilting her head back in order to eat a long spaghetti noodle. The noodle dangles just above her lips, swinging gently...her little tongue pokes out to catch the end of the noodle so she can suck it into her mouth. Picture a big juicy booger in place of the noodle...NOW firmly implanted in your mind is the vision of Repeat getting ready to eat a prize winning booger she'd just carefully removed from her nose...AT THE LUNCH TABLE!!!

The question on the reality shows shouldn't be can you eat fermented meat...it should be can you eat a booger.
Boogers are an all natural snack and there really isn't any harm in eating one (if you're so inclined). Putting a dirty finger into your nose and spreading germs is the real health issue.

Let's face it there's always one kid in the group who eats boogers. In my daughter's kindergarten class it was "S" and I jokingly told my husband, "We should keep a list so when she starts dating we can look up the boys' records" after all we don't want her dating a booger-eater...right?

Now I have Repeat...sweet little Repeat...extremely intelligent child...eating her boogers at the lunch table! There's a moment of shock when you look up and see a sight like that, when your brain refuses to acknowledge the horror of what your eyes are seeing.
Once my brain accepted the vision before me my mouth went into action, "Hey, Hey...Nooo Repeat!" Arms waving frantically in Repeats direction I'm yelling, something I don't normally do..."DON'T YOU DARE EAT IT!"
Did she stop? NO! She looked at me turned her head back to the dangling booger and slurped it down, UGH! I sent her straight to time-out where she defiantly ate another one. Kind of defeats the purpose of time-out when they can take the 'toy' with them. Blah! Yuck, yuck and double yuck.
Needless to say I skipped lunch...

When Repeats grandma arrived to pick her up I explained the situation and asked her to relay the message to Repeats mom. What to do, what to do? Anyone have a reformed booger-eater out there? Share some wisdom...how do you convince a child that boogers are gross and nasty! This has been an ongoing battle and I thought I was making some progress...guess that's what I get for thinking. Talk at ya later, T.