To HATE it that my baby smells of my friend's perfume

[Coffeeinthepark]

Since a cuddle this morning my baby has smelt strongly all day of my friend's perfume. She's lost her own lovely baby smell. I have wiped her head twice with a damp cloth and then bathed her this evening and I still can't get the smell off.

Think I'm probably too polite to ask my friend not to wear the perfume if she visits us again but does anyone else know what I mean?

My kids, now kids not babies, come back from their babysitter smelling, er like their babysitter. I know they've have plenty of cuddles. It makes me happy.

my babies smelt alternatively of baby shampoo, crap, piss, sick, scented nappy sacks and lenor.

I am missing the point.

Well, I think YANBU. DC2 (2.4) comes home from the childminder smelling of the childminder rather than the gorgeous dd smell I love. Of course I am happy she is getting lots of cuddles and affection, but I still prefer her chubby baby smell. But, nothing her bath can't fix .

actually thinking about it dhs suit shoulder smelt of babies sick. quite comforting in a cuddle.

love the napoy sac smell. oh and in my day there was snufflebabe, not sure it's still around, smells like Vic. lovely baby smell.

OP YANBU at all, it's vile when babies don't smell like themselves, it's a bit much to actually ask your friend to not wear her normal perfume but I wouldn't actually ask her, I'm afraid it's another one of those things that you have to put up with when you have children.
For those of you who think the OP is being unreasonable, smell is one of your strongest senses, one of the most important when it comes to bonding, that's why you aren't supposed to touch baby animals because the mother then can't recognise their smell. People are not that much different to animals really.

YY TheBody mine too. Mainly sick. Even now 12 years on if I get a whiff of a scented nappy sack my stomach goes all weird.

gosh so as a cm I had 4 babies/toddlers smelling of me. wow.

quite wierd really. I feel almost famous!

I'd never say it out loud, but I really don't like it when dd comes home smelling of perfume or nursery. I know she gets cuddles and I like that way of thinking of it, but I am still itching to get her clean. I've managed to resist bathing her before she's due one, though.

It's a hormonal/instinct/bonding type thing, surely. I certainly can't help it!

I'm exactly the same op and DS is 8 now! I think because I don't wear any perfumed products I'm super-sensitive to strong smells on him. It feels like he's left the tribe if he smells different!

YANBU - I think the animal part of instinct kicks in with something like this. Just look how farmers bond animals with scent to ensure an orphaned animal bonds with the new parent.

Sparkling yes it immediately takes me back to the kids as babies.

OsMalleytheCat yes I guess it's true. smell is evocative.

mown grass always brings back childhood summers.

must be awful to loose that sense.

it feels like he's left the tribe as he smells different

very interesting view and really fascinating from my view as a cm. never occurred to me but I can see the point.

maybe nurses, nursery nurses cms etc need to think about this.

I don't think it makes any difference what number baby it is either. DD is not in fact PFB but DC3. I've come to recognise the smell of both our nursery and primary school. Nursery was especially strong (and like others I used to like to wash it away) but I've got used to it over time.

Like someone else said we do not use much scented stuff as a family so I am probably quite sensitive to it

My mum's H buys the most revolting perfume for her. It doesn't suit her at all, and reeks basically.

I hated ds smelling of it. I even asked if she'd lay off strong perfume as he was a newborn.

Yanbu

Well maybe a bit, but yanbu2bu iykwim :)

YANBU. I am very sensitive to the strong perfume smell, it makes me feel headachey and sick. I have got off buses before because of it! My sister wears ALOT of horrid perfume. I have always wanted to tell her to wear less... I used my PFB as an excuse to say something! I told her babies didn't like strong perfume so now she doesn't wear any... My dd smells of dd, and I can hug my sister without feeling ill

Ds used to smell of my sil perfume after cuddles and I hated it. Dd smells of dhs 'perfume' sometimes and it really pisses me off!

Ds smells of nursery sometimes and while he smells 'wrong' I'm pleased that he's had cuddles.

A bit U.

Isn't it more important that your friend adores your DD so much she has cuddled her so lovingly