My daughter is 8. She showers on a daily basis. She has a bad smell though. The smell of her feet will knock you over. I have baught her new shoes over and over and powder and spray, She changes her socks and clothes regularly, i have the pile of laundry to prove it. Nothing works with her feet. Her private area also smells, not that I have purposely tried to smell. Sometimes she will be sitting next to me and I will smell her. Other times I will be sitting and she will be standing next to me and I will have to turn away from her cause she smells so bad. She wipes and bathes and as far as I know washes correctly. Lastly her breath is awful. It will knock you out. She brushes and flosses and rinses with mouthwash at least 2 times a day but this does not help. Her doctor has offered a referal to a specialist but I can't afford that. She gets picked on at school. It causes her a lot of problem and it hurts her feelings as well as it does not make me feel very good to have to tell her that she smells. Could the problem be something she eats. She gets juice and water and rarely drinks Tea or soda. She eats everything that everyone else eats and we dont have these problems. What could be causing these smells?
what about her diet? A lot of time it is something that they are eating or not eating. I would call the doctor.
J. - I read your post and was immediately thinking - internal issues - and as some other folks have pointed out that you should talk to the specialist for sure... but I checked with my (really, really old) vitamin bible and here is what it talks about for bad breath...niacin is a possible deficiency. Also for body odor she may be lacking B 12 (vitamin) and C and bioflavinoids.
You should really talk to your doctor - or a nutritionist - see if she's eating a balanced diet and maybe she's lacking something somewhere... good luck!
It could be a medical issue. Have you talked to her dr?
In elementary school I started to smell adult like and my mom was shocked because I was the only 6 -7 year that had to ear deodorant. she didn't know what to do..the mystery was solved when I started my peiod at 8. Menstration starts at the end of puberty...she might have started puberty...if so that means no more taking care of her like she's an 8 year old now she's a pre teen and needs to learn a whole new set of hygiene rules.
my 9 year old went thru some of that. how i corrected it was by watching her take a bath, which i noticed was not right, i stood there and made her do it the correct way, same with brushing her teeth, you may want to take her to the dentist, halitosious (think i spelled it right) smelly breath, is not that uncommon. i had to sit down with my daughter and explain to her that as she gets older it will just get worse, getting her period isn't that far away. this might not even be her doing, it may be a gland disorder. have another doctor look into it. good luck
You are going tohave to take her to the doctor i think ive watched something about it on tv but you should do some looking on the Computer about it.
It may be a hormonal problem as mentioned, you will also want to get her on a multi-vitamin. I know it sounds weird, but they really will help with body problems, even hormonal. I would also look into getting her on a cranberry pill. You can have her drink the juice, but I find that the pills work better and it's just one pill a day rather than a few glasses per day. The cranberry will help her with any yeast/bladder infections and will clear those areas out so that they won't smell as much. Also, is she eating a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables? That makes a huge difference with young girl's bodies. If they are eating a lot of processed foods they not only get hormonal imbalances, but they will start their menses earlier than girl's that are eating fresh foods and foods made from scratch. I would try those first before shelling out money for a specialist. You may also want to look at getting a new doctor. This problem should be something that her current doctor should try to help with before recommending a specialist.
I would definately make your daughter an appointment with her pediatrician or your family care physician. It is not good for her self esteem to be going through this at school. Your doctor should be able to direct you on how to correct the problem. I wish you all well
L.
Do you have health insurance? have you watched her to make sure she is bathing, brushing teeth, etc. ? My little sister was doing this but my mother wasn't watching her and she wasn't doing it properly, she wouldn't take her time and brush her teeth right and so forth, hope someone can give you an idea of what the problem might be.
I just read this article in which someone had similar problems. Her search turned up trimethylaMinuria (TMAU). Here's the link. http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2287206&page=1 Hope it helps.
I know this will seem extremely far fetched... But I had the same problem after my son was born. Literally, I smelled like I hadn't showered in days about 8 hours after I got out of the shower. The odor came from my feet, "down there" and my arm pits. (I didn't have any problems with my breath.) I mean, most of the time it wasn't embarrassing because I would just shower often, but when that option wasn't available, it was humiliating. Finally, I went to the doctor because it was killing my self esteem and my sex life. It turned out to be a hormonal imbalance. My testosterone was too high and about 2-3 months worth of meds solved it all. I have been off of the meds for about 6 months now and all is well. Maybe it has something to do with her age. Hormones are wild at that age, but maybe it is a little older. Anyhow, I hope that I have helped you some.
Hi J.,
I have never experienced this but a girlfriend of mine does in home daycare and she has 2 kids that are like 2 & 4 and they both have a very very strong odor. She read up on this on websites and consulted her pediatrician to try and see how to approach the parents about it. Her pediatrician advised her that sometimes vitamin deficiencies can cause this. She carefully approached the subject with the parents and suggested a kids multivitamin. She said they still have a slight smell but she has noticed that after a month of vitamins it has helped. Those kids too bathed regularly. Its just something you may want to look into.
I would definitely have this checked out.She prob. has some kind of chemical embalance,not to be personal,but has she started her period yet?I know you may think shes a little young,but she may be going through puberty,and being this young,her body may be working overtime!I would try AND find a way to afford it,children this age are already going throigh enough with hormones,they definitely DONT need to get a negative attitude towards their body image-this could be very damaging later on.Hope this helps,good luck,R.
My advice is to find a way to get her to a specialist. At her age the teasing can be life changing. I am not sure what is causing the smell. I had a friend who had a problem with her feet smelling bad and she got some kind of perscription powder or lotion from her doctor. The other thing you can do is check on the way she is cleaning herself just to be sure. As for her breath try having her use rinse with listerine or a child friendly mouthwash if you don't already. I hope that you can resolve this problem soon.
Poor thing, I know it must be hell on both of you for her to be going through this. My niece has a similar problem and I think it is certainly hormones. The one piece of advice I can add to the others is to try and change her soap to Dove sensitive skin. My mother, myself, my cousin, my aunt, and others in my family are very sensitive to other soaps. I found this out when I called my mom and told her about my own odor. She asked my what soap I was using, which at the time was the scented pink dove bar. She told me about herself and other women she knew who had the same problem and switched to the unscented sensitive dove and have no more odor. Give it a try, it might help at least with the privite odors. As for the feet and breath, I would monitor her brushing and be sure that she is also brushing her tongue, where a lot of bacteria reside. I hope some of this helps, best of luck.
S.
ONE MORE THING I FORGOT: For years, my aunt has been buying my cousin odor eater SOCKS! I didn't even know they had these but she said that they are great, maybe try that. I use Dr. Scholl's foot spray when I wear shoes that cause my feet to sweat a lot.
I have no idea what is causing the smells but I can try to offer some remedies. For her private area, try letting her use "FDS". I know she's seems young for it but read the label, it's probably safe. As far as her breath, they have those "Listerine Strips" that melt right away. Buy her those and have her take one every hour or so. I'm not too sure about the feet though. I hope you find something that works.
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:) jenny
Try increasing her intake of greens in her diet. Liquid chlorophyll found at the health food store is a natural deoderant that works from the inside out.
I would recommend talking to her doctor about it. I know that bacteria's can cause bad oders and there are other medical issues that cause oders.
