Why can I smell keytones?

[Lilliput]

My ds ( 8 months) has woken in the night the last couple of days and seems a little under the weather but nothing serious, but when I have picked him up in the night I thought he smelt of keytones, my father is diabetic so I recognised the smell. Any idea why?

dehydrated? not eating enough?

sometimes it just means they havent had enough fluid in them, which dilutes everything.

if you are worried talk to your healthvisitor/doctor especially if you have diabetes int the family. it will put your mind at rest

ds's breath always smells like this in the morning. But with a family history I would be more likely to get it checked out.

DD smells ketone-y when she is round the edges of an illness.

Ds smells of ketones when he has a sore throat/cold.

what do they smell like?

Errr... not really sure how to describe, for DD it is sort of sweet and bitter at the same time (if that makes sense) - its only recently someone told me that it was a ketone type smell, for me, she just smells odd.

Ketones usually smell a bit like pear drops.

Or ammonia/Nail polish remover - or have i got that completely wrong!