I never realized that baby sweat can stink so bad.

[purbeast0]

my fiance brought over her nephew last night and he stayed with us. he's like 7 or 8 months old.

her brother (his father) was telling me a few weeks ago about how sometimes they have to give him 2 baths a day because he's so active and just gets sweaty and smells.

so yesterday i went to help my fiance get him out of hte car and he was all b undled up and he had been sweating. immediately I could smell him.

then we carried him upstairs and when he got out of his winter jacket and stuff man he sure did stink still.

i just did not realize that baby sweat stinks. so my fiance gave him a bath and got him cleaned up.

does all baby sweat stink bad or could this be a problem with him and personal hygene?

 

[Jules]

My nephew is very active and he doesn't smell that bad.

 

[zinfamous]

something disturbing about that title....

 

[MrChad]

Our baby's sweat smells like roses.

Seriously, our 4 month old has only gotten sweaty a handful of times, and I can't remember a strong odor at any of those times. Of course, there's a world of difference between a 4 month old and an 8th month old (your nephew is probably eating a lot more solid foods), but that's just my experience.

 

[moshquerade]

i've never smelled a sweaty baby and i have 6 nephews and 6 nieces. all i've smelled on them is spit up or a messy diaper, but luckily most of the time they've just had that beautiful warm baby smell.

 

[jdini76]

stop feading him garlic!

 

[SearchMaster]

A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

Same here - in all seriousness, a bad smell is likely a product of an odd diet or a health problem.

 

[djheater]

Did he smell fishy? Mousy?
Baby sweat generally does not smell... the fact that you noticed a bad odor may be a sign of something.

Phenylketonuria
trimethylaminuria

^for example... both are quite rare though...

 

[se7en]

My son plays pretty hard but doesn't have any kind bad smell except for his feet. When he is in shoes for a while playing his feet can get a little smelly but I'm sure he might have gotten that from me.

That's about it though.

 

[Eli]

Does it actually smell like BO?

That would be odd.. I don't think I've ever noticed a baby with BO.

I'm going to agree, what are they feeding this kid?

 

[rpanic]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

Same here - in all seriousness, a bad smell is likely a product of an odd diet or a health problem.

Same here also, I love the way my baby smells. What are they eating? My 10 month old is constantly moving from 6am to 8pm, maybe they are getting to hot with what they are wearing.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

yea it's mainly from his head. like he was all bundled up yesterday and his head and hair were all sweaty, then when we took his jacket off WWHHEEEWWW!!

EDIT:

and no it's not a BO type smell.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

yea it's mainly from his head. like he was all bundled up yesterday and his head and hair were all sweaty, then when we took his jacket off WWHHEEEWWW!!

EDIT:

and no it's not a BO type smell.

could be a by-product of cradle cap.

 

[Tylanner]

puppies smell like cappuccinos

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

yea it's mainly from his head. like he was all bundled up yesterday and his head and hair were all sweaty, then when we took his jacket off WWHHEEEWWW!!

EDIT:

and no it's not a BO type smell.

could be a by-product of cradle cap.

OP, is the baby's scalp crusty? Cradle cap can have a pungent smell.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
A baby's head is the sweetest smell on earth. Seriously.

I can't ever remember any of my three boys having 'body odor'. The only time they smelled unpleasant was when they spit up, pooped, or peed themselves.

No kidding we had the two grandchildren over the weekend. The youngest is 4 months. I had forgotten how good babies smell.

btw-that youngest one I call the miracle baby because she had open heart surgery two months ago. She's such a treasure.