My little girl has BO!!

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Looking for a bit of advice here, my 7yr old has just got out of the bath and while i was drying her off ready for bed i got a whiff of BO.

She is developing very early and i just wondered; should she be using deodorant/anti-persperant? Which one is best for young children? Should i just wait and see?

How do i stop her from growing up so fast😥😥

By the way it definately was coming from her armpits not mine.

Op both of my girls got a bit whiff at their age. Eldest is 15 now and youngest 10.

I use antibacterial bar soap for ten year old rather than shower gel and it does the trick.

I also buy her myself and her ds the Mitchum ladies roll/rub on as it's very light but works.

BO is from stale sweat - she's not washing properly if she smelled when she got out of the bath. Is she using soap to clean herself?

Oh and check the smell isn't from the towels not drying between uses.

Get her a deodorant and into habit of using one in the mornings. I would look at the mineral salts/rock one as I wouldn't want to put chemicals in their body so young. And yes, as PPs have said, use soap to wash properly and a quick shower after a bath.

Well I'd make sure shes being washed properly..if she was just out the bath she shouldnt of smelled of sweat if washed correctly.

Are you sure it wasnt the towel that had been damp previously and smelled. I have had a towel I picked up in my daughters room smell like that.

I started both my daughters on sensitive roll ons. With regards to her developing early. Seven is very young to be starting puberty, if that is what you mean. You could always go speak to the nurse or gp. However it depends how advanced she is. They often arent keen to delay puberty as it can stunt growth I believe.

@wowfudge no definately from her armpits but yes she a lazy so and so and will just sit and play rather than wash herself if not watched.

@marblesgoing thanks ill have a look out for that in the shops. Thanks for the reasurance too, i was worried as it seems very early.

Time for a chat about washing properly then.

@argueifnecessary thanks for that recommendation, ive googled it and they sell it in holland and barratt so will have a look this week👍

@wowfudge yep, i put her in the shower and explained again about how to wash all her body. I might just hold off getting deodorant and make sure she is washing properly every day.

Everything is chemicals though - I'd be more inclined to let her choose some soap and deodorant she likes the smell of as she's more likely to use it. Make it as easy as possible.

I would swap bath to shower during the weekend just keep a bath for weekends for playtime. She then has to learn to wash herself better.

I would also swap shower gels if you still use a baby/child one.

Another thing which worked wonders for DD was swapping all tops incl. school shirts to cotton only.

We use lush natural deoderant in our house. My 10 year old can get wiffy. She is in a really good hygiene routine now and is up at 6.15 every weekday morning for a shower (her choice) we used to have to battle to get her to shower daily but she is more than happy to now! x

My DD got quite stinky at a similar age. She was very fussy about the sort of deodorant she’d use. I bought her very expensive natural ones and she didn’t like them because they stung. The deodorants that’s weren’t any-persperants didn’t seem to do any good. Her pits just smelt of BO and perfume. I went shopping and bought about 10 different types of anti-perspiration deodorant. She tested them all and chose the one she liked best. I used up the others!

I talked to a breast surgeon about aluminium in deodorants. Her answer was that she’d read all the research and she used aluminium anti-perspirants. Good enough for me!

We also bought some unicorn/flamingo/Refresher shower gel which she uses in the shower.

A fresh flannel for every wash and a clean cotton t shirt daily helps too.

Dd smelt a bit around 7 but then it all went away and she still doesn't at 10. I'd hold fire for now on deodorant, plenty of washing first. I assume it was a little hormone surge.

It’s not necessary to shower after a bath! What a waste of water! All you need to do is show her how to wash her armpits properly in the bath. If you can’t trust her to do it, either stay there and watch her or check her afterwards and if she hasn’t done it just tell her she has to wash them. It’s not complicated.

I would assume the bath had drained when the OP noticed so therefore put her back in the shower to wash quickly rather than running another bath

My daughter was the same from about 8. She isn't a particularly early developer - still not far into it at 12. She needed reminding what to wash and still needs reminding to actually take a shower. We started with natural products eg lush deoderant bar until she was a bit older. She likes bionsen roll on or body shop roll on nowadays.

I use scrubbington deodorant on mine.

If she just got out of the bath she should smell clean. Does she use soap at all? Some people just put their kids in a bathtub full of plain water for soaking, without any bath gel or soap. Grim.

I'd definitely focus on washing first, use normal bar soap (not dove, I read on here that shower gels and soaps like dove leave a residue that affects the effectiveness of deodorant)

If that doesn't sort it go for a natural deodorant, lush do one and you can also find some online. Most are baking soda and/or essential oil based. I've read before that the rocksalt deodorant isn't necessarily the 'healthiest' either as it still contains a type of aluminium, but I haven't looked into these things in a while so could be wrong.

Earth conscious deodorant is brilliant - my DD has just started using it. I’ve been using for about a year.

Does she use those scrubby things to wash with in the shower ? I remember when I was around 6/7 mum got me using those and it just helped wash my armpits better . I didn’t develop until I was around 15 (didn’t start my period til then either!) so it was just a slight whiff from not scrubbing properly as I wanted to play with my toys !
Try using a different soap and those scrub things (can’t remember what they’re called !)

I think it because at that age they just play in the bath and wash there hair and done actually use soap under there arms, just buy some nice smelling soap for her to use maybe pears.