My 2 year old dd's bits smell nasty - what do I do

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dd is 2.3 and is being slowly potty trained. she spends most of the day out of her nappy and goes on the potty regularly. I noticed at the weekend that when she had a wee and I was wiping her, she smelt rather fishy.

The childminder mentioned it today too.

It's quite a pungent smell and she has flushed red cheeks (facial I mean).

Any idea?

just wash her regularly.

I do! She has a bath every night and a strip wash in the morning...I was wondering if she might have an infection.

is she looking sore down there at all?

Er, I'd take her to see the nurse to chech she hasn't put any thing "up there". A friends sister did this at about that age...

No - nothing looks different at all. She has had a UTI in the past and was really out of sorts last week with a cold and cough.

Hmm my Dd2 is often quite whiffy by the end of the day but doesn't seem to be in any pain or discomfort so i just make sure she has a good wash down there if she doesn't have a bath.

Hmmmm, it sounds a bit like an infection. Rather like a thrushy thing. Has she got a temperature?
Maybe take her to the docs, if it's nothing at least your mind will be put at rest.

HTH

omg - I hadn't thought of that but I can't imagine she would. she's a real fusspot about anything not being right with her or her clothes and gets upset if she has a bit of loose skin on her fingers or a rag nail.

could be the tail end of the cold, maybe a slight UTI which may be clearing by now. if your really worried then take her to the GP.

I was thinking of taking her in the morning but wondered if anyone else's children smelled

my kids stink in general, does that count?

My gut feeling is that if she had an infection then she would be complaining of discomfort. My 2.6 year old's knickers whiff a bit by the end of the day, but I think that is the breakdown of urea etc in her urine (she probably gets the odd drop on the crotch of her knickers when she doesn't wipe properly)

You should wash them more often

Misdee - lol!

that was to misdee btw

bath them most nights, but dd2 has apermantly snotty nose and stinks by lunchtime. she is a dirt magnet.

Mine is only 8mnths old, and i've not noticed aything in particular yet, apart from the obvious dirty nappy smell that can be wiped clean with a wet wipe

It wouldn't hurt to take her to the doctors and get her checked out. Fishy smells can indicate infections, and they don't always hurt to start off with.