to mind the smell of toddler poo?

[BroccoliSpears]

I go to a lot of pre-school activities, stay-and-play sort of things, or tumbletots or music groups etc. It's bad enough spending the majority of your waking life involved in persuits for the under-threes, but I just can't be doing with the unassailing stench of poo while I'm winding the bobbin up.

I tend to exclaim a cheery "Oh dear, someone needs a change" and proceed to check out my own children, hoping everyone else will then check the bottoms they are responsible for. If this does solve it I tend to twitter on "Hmm, not mine, ha ha, it usually is, I wonder whose turn it is this time..." until finally someone gets the hint and goes to change their stinky little darling's nappy.

The thing is, I get lots of faces when I do this, and "gosh your nose is good", said in an arch sort of way. Should I just be pretending that I don't mind the smell of shit while I'm drinking my tea and learning to throw a ball into a bucket of other balls?

yanbu
poor kid stuck in a shitty nappy

Id just tell them that you always change your childs nappy quickly and that you rather hoped theyd be the same!!!

Thing is your nose probably is more sensitive than some. I always changed ds as soon as I noticed a poo but I often couldn't smell it unless I was really close.

yanbu, poor kid stuck in a shitty nappy.

Alternatively - wot 2shoes said!

Gosh your nose is good

Honestly though, I think some people do have better noses than others, or are just generally more observant.

DH never notices when DD's nappy needs changing - he says he just doesn't notice the smell.
I do straight away.

yanbu it is disgusting. ignore the faces and be even more direct. 'change that child before i puke, please.' normally works for me.

You can't make people change their nappies, and IME it's usually the fresh ones that stink the worst, so the children have probably JUST done it. I just check my own child and hope that others realise - if it's obvious whose child it is I will say "Ooh, I think he might have done something" - most mums then take them off to change them. If not, not much you can do!

Humans don't have that many receptors in their noses. Once you become accustomed to a smell ie. being around it for more than 7 minutes it is no longer noticed. Just human physiology. If you have a problem go to the administrator and ask for it to be posted that children need to be changed in a timely manner for the health of all present and then have clear directions to changing areas.
Some are more diligent than others. Some just cannot smell it and others just don't care.

YANBU at all. okay to stand you own children's smell but everyone else's makes me gag. I have to keep my breath when helping dd1's friend in the loo. but yes smtimes because one doesn't mind their own it's easy to think it's not that bad and others can bear it... will remember myself in the future.

Oh, I hate it too.
I just say "Code brown, code brown " which seems to get a giggle as well as get the job done.

Lol at "Hunt the shit"