BO issue with 7 yo DD

[BeeMyBaby]

My daughter is 7 years old and since she was about 6.5yo I noticed she started to smell like BO. She used to only get a bath every 2nd or 3rd day with DD2(5yo) but now I am bathing her everyday to try to reduce the BO smell. Even though I am washing her every evening, sometimes she will sweat overnight and smell by the morning, any suggestions on how I can improve things for her? Her friends haven't started sweating like this, and I'm worried she will be made fun of at school. I guess it's to do with puberty but she is not heavy (50 centile for her height to weight ratio according to NHS) so I wouldn't have thought this would start so early. Has anyone else had this and what did you do? It's not really possible to wash her in the morning as I go to work before she wakes up for school.

Antiperspirant?

Also at 7 she should be able to wash herself. Even just a quick sink wash every morning if her arm pits?

I posted similar about my 6 yo a few months ago and someone suggested that cows milk contains hormones that produce the enzyme that causes BO. I now only buy organic milk and it does seem to have stopped the problem. Might be worth a try!

Brownear i wasn't sure if there was any soap or antiperspirant suitable for her age, I wouldn't really want to be rubbing harsh chemicals on her. I have tried using just wet wipes with her quickly on some mornings but it doesn't really help. She is very sensitive and she doesn't understand why she is having to wash so much more than her sister and I'm trying not make her overly aware of it as she is very anxious.

Suspended thankyo, I think I will try this, she does and always has drunken a lot of cows milk. Did you cut out normal milk completely? She gets milk at school for snack and at lunch as well as the cereal in the morning and a glass when she gets home from school, so I'm not sure how effective it will be only swapping half of it as I'm sure the milk the school provides is not organic. How long did it take for you to notice a difference?

I understand he caution about using antiperspirant in case it is harsh on her skin, but when you mention soap, do you mean you don't use soap on her?! A wipe with a wet wipe isn't going to cut through stale sweat and BO. I can't understand why hot soapy water on a flannel would be a problem?! I'm sure a wash with this in the morning would help drastically and it takes 2 mins!

If the sister is younger say it's due to her age and that the sister will need to do it when she is older too, or if the sister is older perhaps make them both do it, nothing wrong with extra hygiene!

Simple do a deoderant may be worth considering

Oh OP I could have written this, My 7 yr old has developed this, I use talc and just double check his pits. I'm no using deodorant on a 7 yr old either if I can help it.

Interesting about cows milk mine are both milk guzzlers!

But if your child is perspiring why wouldn't you use an anti persperant?
It's worth looking into parabenfree/ child suitable solution.

Would you avoid it at age 10 also?

There are lots of organic deodorants available, I think I'd be looking to try one of those.

You can get completely chemical free deodorants. Salt of the Earth do one aimed specifically at girls aged 6+ called 'rock chick'. It's literally just mineral salts, noting else.

My DD has been using this for a while now.

I think there comes a time when a bath or shower in the morning is better than one at bedtime. That will mean all the stale sweat is washed off before she faces the day.

I noticed DD aged 6 last year had BO. Realised it was the school summer uniform - mainly polyester which seemed to cause the issue we've since moved to 100% cotton school summer uniform which improved matters and encouraging her to wash with soap/shower gel.

Have you discussed with your GP?

Pre-puberty, children should not usually have the hormones to produce a BO smell.

Have you checked for other signs of puberty?

I noticed the same BO smell with DD1 - 5.5. GP said to keep an eye out for other signs (thankfully no signs at the moment, just BO when she sweats), but we also have a referral to a paediatrician.

GP also questioned whether the BO smelt of fish - as that can be cause for concern.

I am also going to trial organic milk.

My DD had very bad BO at 7 and underarm hair. GP referred to endocrinologist. She has hormone imbalance but not true precocious puberty as breast buds not started developing. They told me this is how the measure the start of true puberty.
She has a natural aloe vera deodorant (no chemicals) as she was very conscious of the smell. It helps but doesn't work like chemical deodorants.

Yes she uses soap, I just didn't know if perhaps there was better soap around (normally it's baby bath stuff as she also bathes with DS most days as well as DD2). I'm a bit worried about her making a mess with a flannel in the mornings plus she is quite forgetful so no idea if she would do it.
Thank you for the recommendations for deodorants and the explanation of what I'm looking for as I had no clue and didn't know what I was looking for. When I was 10/11 all the girls were dousing themselves in 'impulse' deodorant spray and stinking of sweat+air freshener basically so I didn't want to do that, so I'm interested to know there are far better, more effective yet natural, options.
I'm not exactly sure what I'd be looking for re puberty, she has no hair, no breasts at all, just BO.

H2issue yes I think all her school jumpers are polyester so I might look into changing them to something like cardigans but I'll need to check if they aren't secretly polyester as well, arg!

At least she's willing to have a bath. My partner's son as of yesterday hadn't had a bath for at least 6 days. I don't know what he's got against getting washed.
He's 9. He does get asked/told to have a bath (he can run one himself now) but he refuses.

Just to say, I looked into the deodorants suggested and ended up buying the 'salt if the earth' mineral salt one. I can only say it is fantastic and has made a massive difference after trying it for a week. She now no longer has BO at all and she is happy to use it after her bath each evening. Thank you all so much!