8 yo DS loves to smell me

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My now 2 yr old NT son loves to smell my armpits( mostly at bedtime). ( He has an older 7 year old brother with DS/autism) . My friend says"it's a Scorpio thing". Lol My 2 year old was breast fed till 11 months when he self weaned. In thought he was just odd till I googled" why does my child like to sniff armpits" . Apparently we're not alone.

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I thought all kids do this? My 11-year-old talks about "mommy smell" too. She's a typically developing kid. She's curls up against me every night before bed and sniffs away, telling me she loves mommy smell. And in the AM, she jumps in bed, curls up, and sniffs again. She doesn't do this with her dad. It's just comforting for kids. It doesn't have anything to do with your actual boobs. They're just flesh like your arm or anywhere else on your body to a kid. They just love to snuggle and have mom's comfort.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to gently disagree with everyone here. I don't think it is OK. This is an 8 year old boy smelling his mother's arm pits and breasts. I understand it is a compulsion but you need to stop allowing this. Let him smell something else but you do not want your child to go into the tween years behaving in ways that are somewhat sexual and very inappropriate. He will develop all sorts of conflicting feelings if you allow this. And if he ever does anything remotely like this in front of other children, he will suffer socially.

I'm surprised, actually, that you say it makes you uncomfortable but you allow it anyway. What are you teaching your son with that? That you can behave in ways that make people uncomfortable -- that make women uncomfortable? You really, really need to establish some boundaries here. Punish him if he does it. All this talk talk talking is doing nothing and you and your DH are creeped out, but you are allowing it? And he KNOWS it creeps you out?

This does not sound like ADHD to me. I have two children with ADHD and one with Aspergers and it sounds much more like a spectrumy thing. In any event, for your son's sake you need to stop it.

Compulsion? Who said that?
He doesn't do it front of other children.
It's his mother, not other women.

You’re completely wrong this sounds like a child that either has ADHD, is autism spectrum, etc. this is normal any professional will tell you that. It’s comforting to the child and it makes them feel safe, familiar. Truth is even children without the developmental delays or specials needs do this! You sound like a completely impatient, irrational person who’s not mothering well. This saddens me and make me wonder how those children are. I absolutely cannot believe the amount of ignorance behind this comment. The child does not need to be punished. That like a breastfed baby that was breastfed until 3 and at 4-5 they still sometimes want to close to the breast as it brings comfort. It’s nothing sexual at all. Who would think such a thing!? Speak with your child’s doctor and they will let you know it’s a comfort technique. Especially for those with special needs. Just as some children need to be close at times when they are unsure of whatever it may be. I realize this post is extremely old, but it was so ignorant I had to say something so as other mothers coming on here would recognize. So many children with special needs have been mishandled because they have a parent who wants to punish something that can’t or shouldn’t be punished. My gosh I pray your children are ok!

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Anonymous wrote:I have to gently disagree with everyone here. I don't think it is OK. This is an 8 year old boy smelling his mother's arm pits and breasts. I understand it is a compulsion but you need to stop allowing this. Let him smell something else but you do not want your child to go into the tween years behaving in ways that are somewhat sexual and very inappropriate. He will develop all sorts of conflicting feelings if you allow this. And if he ever does anything remotely like this in front of other children, he will suffer socially.

I'm surprised, actually, that you say it makes you uncomfortable but you allow it anyway. What are you teaching your son with that? That you can behave in ways that make people uncomfortable -- that make women uncomfortable? You really, really need to establish some boundaries here. Punish him if he does it. All this talk talk talking is doing nothing and you and your DH are creeped out, but you are allowing it? And he KNOWS it creeps you out?

This does not sound like ADHD to me. I have two children with ADHD and one with Aspergers and it sounds much more like a spectrumy thing. In any event, for your son's sake you need to stop it.

Okay Dr. Freud. <eye roll>

Anyway my 11 year old son with ASD adhd and anxiety did the same OP. He grew out of it a year or so ago.