Almost 7 year old's feet smell AWFUL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We were dealing with this recently. I've found that the easiest way to prevent this is to air the shoes out as much as possible between wears but we also made a super easy DIY shoe spray. A relative significant amount (10-15 drops) of tea tree essential oil into a spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol got rid of odors baked into the show that a washing machine couldn't.

Our 5 and 8 year old are now required to spray the inside of their shoes as part of their weekly chores.

Please say more about the diy shoe spray! Do you spray it right after you take your shoes off for the day, or do you apply to dry shoes that haven’t been worn in a day? Just one or two sprays in the inside of each a shoe to get the spray on but not make the shoe damp?

All of the above. When we first started trying to get rid of the smell (and they were horrible!) I really saturated the inside of the shoe with the spray. I sprayed until the insides were damp and made the kids wear a different pair the next day so they could dry out completely. After 36 hours they were dry and odor free.

For maintenance we've done both. We use to do it right after they took their shoes off by spraying a lesser amount (5-6 sprays or so just to make sure to cover as much of the inside surface as possible) and they'll typically dry out by morning. However, we're trying to get them to do more chores around the house so we just made spraying a weekly chore. We don't have them spray all shoes in the same day in case they're still damp in the morning but alcohol dries really quickly and it really hasn't been an issue. So on Saturday they'll spray all the shoes they wore that week except whatever they're wearing that day. On Sunday they'll spray the Saturday shoe. It sounds like a lot but we keep the spray by the front door and it takes like 30 seconds a day.

There are a few recipes on line for the spray. I forgot to mention we added peppermint to the spray so it was partly tea tree oil, peppermint oil and rubbing alcohol (which kills the bacteria).

[Anonymous]

Darn Tough socks has great all wool socks with fun patterns for kids. The plus is that they have a lifetime warranty so when your kids get older you can replace pairs that eventually wear through for free. They are a bit pricey but they are comfortable and the warranty is great when you get to adult sizes because you can replace the socks for free.

A tip for people looking for wool socks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dial soap make sure she's cleaning between the toes and long enough. Make sure her socks are 100% cotton and breathe.

Not the OP but dealing with the same issue with a 9 year old. Where do you even buy 100% cotton socks for kids? I am unable to find anything thats more than 75% cotton. What brand socks are 100% cotton?

Wigwam
goldtoe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dial soap make sure she's cleaning between the toes and long enough. Make sure her socks are 100% cotton and breathe.

Not the OP but dealing with the same issue with a 9 year old. Where do you even buy 100% cotton socks for kids? I am unable to find anything thats more than 75% cotton. What brand socks are 100% cotton?

Wigwam
goldtoe

Those are not 100% cotton. Wigwam is wool.

[Anonymous]

This is all so helpful. Don’t feet sweat MORE in wool socks?

[Anonymous]

Yeah buddy