Pant sniffing!

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Ds 6 was in trouble at school today for grabbing his sister 4 and trying to sniff her pants!
When questioned by the teacher as to why he was doing it he simply said he wanted a whiff!

In his defence, dd has had a lot of poo accidents recently as she's had a tummy bug, and he said he was useful smelling her the other day as she'd had an accident and was able to tell the teacher (dd too embarrassed to say!)
Anyway what my question is, as i'm losing all sense of reality in my quest to have him referred to a paed is, does that sound like something an nt child would do or is this worth adding to the list of his "quirks"? We have had a talk about it not being appropriate but he was genuinely shocked that he was told not to do it by the teacher! He thought he'd get a pat on the back for checking for poo! He's in y2 but august bday so the youngest in the year

Hmm, this kind of thing is tricky because it could be a lack of understanding of social rules.

It is definitely not usual for children to go around sniffing peoples pants but then again he thought he was helping.

I would note it down because in a bigger picture it would certainly qualify as quirky

Its the sort of thing my DS (8) would do!

(has never actually sniffed pant though!)

Its all part of the not understanding social boundaries. He does things because he knows they are helpful without realising they are also socially unacceptable - can't differentiate between in private and public.

Thanks for your replies! The poor kid is under constant scrutiny for anything i can write on my list!
I was thinking about his classmates though and although he is the youngest, i do think the other children would not sniff pants willingly!
Just had another chat about boundaries in general and he said now i understand the use of the word privates so i know they are not my business (his words!) but if noses are not called private is it ok to sniff them? Is it ok to touch shoulders? I know it's not good to touch boobies but do you think sometimes i could have a wobble of yours?

Not sure i'll add the last part for the gp's letter!