Breath smells of pear drops /sweet tea!!

[Nemo1977]

Have noticed a few times this smell on my DS [2.6yrs] He has never drunk tea or eaten pear drops but the smell is very noticable. I vaguely remember it being an indication of something but dont remember what.

He does not eat much at all but is always thirsty. Drinks a lot of milk and water [about 4 ints altogether in 24 hrs}He goes from a bouncing ball of energy to lethargic but I put that down to a lack of food to sustain energy.

lilly was thinking that..just unsure what to contain it in..should have a pot somewhere..lol

Yeah think any container is fine as long as its clean. Or get a sample pot from the chemist. They can never wee on demand can they!

Oh well, night Nemo! Let us know how you get on.

Ds has an appointment tommorow afternoon. Thing is this morning the smell isnt there..would it be constant or not?

I don't know tbh. He is probably OK Nemo. (I didn't smell anything on dd's breath) Don't worry unduly. You will know one way or the other tomorrow.

this may have been said but my first aid tutor told me a common 'taste' before having a fit was pear drops or the smell of cut grass??prob no help..sorry!

nemo - how did you get on at the doctors?

Hi Nemo, these symptoms sound very very like diabetes to me too. My brother was diagnosed at the age of 4, he displayed many of these symptoms. The most noticeable symptom was a raging thirst though. He would ask for drink after drink of water and then we would find him with his head under the tap, drinking.

He is now 35 and a father of two by the way!

hi all
been to the gps and his ketones are fine so the dr said it must just be one of those things. He did a check over of him but kept asking DS if he was in pain. Tried to explain Ds uses hurting as he is only 2.6yrs but Gp kept asking pain so of course Ds just looking at him flummoxed..lol Hey ho he hsaid to keep an eye on it and bring him back if we need to.

nemo hiya!! FWIW that smell comes when the body burns fat instead of carbohydrate, it can sometimes happen after particularly strenous exercise.
Glad you got it checked out though

thanks chapsmum...we did think it was something like that but it seems to be quite frequently happening which was the only concern.

and rightly so,
If it makes you fell any better I smell like that every time I get home from the gym... which is less and less often theses days.
More fluids and regular snacks may help..

glad to hear you got good news nemo. how is DS?

he is tired and ratty and still smells funny so dont know what it is. He hasnt eaten anything today so will see what happens tommorow.

he will smell like that if he is not eating, try little bits and often.
Perhaps he is having a growth spurt which could explain the clumsyness and the yo yo ing in energy....

Excellent news Nemo! I had my fingers crossed for you earlier!

nemo, just a thought, but sugar puffs make breath and wee smell sweet, and some other wheat based sweet cereals, could it down to this? hope all is ok

hi katy DS doesnt really eat cereal. He will eat some bread or ham but tends to be limited in what he will eat. He will drink milk or water until forever and a day if you offer it he will drink it.