Anonymous wrote:OP here,
I met DS classmates and teacher today. I spent a few minutes with DS friend, he is a sweet boy and yes, he does have a strong body odor. DS teacher is aware and I was informed that she has notified his parents and they are working on the situation. The boy is having issues with wiping after using the restroom. Reason why, he has a very strong odor and the kids have been complaining and it has made the child very uncomfortable and it got worse. It seems like DS is the only one that's nice to him. Dh and I will work to help DS understand and have compassion for his friend.

Handled gracefully💗

Anonymous wrote:I’d be a heck of a lot more concerned about the child who smells bad. I’d talk to the teacher and ask if she has concerns about that child’s health or what’s going on at home.

100% The child could have an undiagnosed medical condition.

Anonymous wrote:OP here,
I met DS classmates and teacher today. I spent a few minutes with DS friend, he is a sweet boy and yes, he does have a strong body odor. DS teacher is aware and I was informed that she has notified his parents and they are working on the situation. The boy is having issues with wiping after using the restroom. Reason why, he has a very strong odor and the kids have been complaining and it has made the child very uncomfortable and it got worse. It seems like DS is the only one that's nice to him. Dh and I will work to help DS understand and have compassion for his friend.

Poor kid. I wonder if it’s encopresis. That odor is hard to be around.

OP here,
I met DS classmates and teacher today. I spent a few minutes with DS friend, he is a sweet boy and yes, he does have a strong body odor. DS teacher is aware and I was informed that she has notified his parents and they are working on the situation. The boy is having issues with wiping after using the restroom. Reason why, he has a very strong odor and the kids have been complaining and it has made the child very uncomfortable and it got worse. It seems like DS is the only one that's nice to him. Dh and I will work to help DS understand and have compassion for his friend.

Anonymous wrote:It's actually very hard for a four year old to smell from being "unwashed." Four year olds don't stink the same way adults do from sweat, etc.

Are you sure it's not from cooking smells or from cigarette smoke or the parent's perfume? Or your child is just being dramatic and/or repeating what someone else says?

As the parent of a 5yr old in pre-k who happens to have a very sensitive nose, the smells that bother my kid are food smells. He sits at the very end of the table away from us at dinner when I make certain foods or else he starts reching. He is a very happy, low drama kid otherwise, so we know he genuinely can’t control it.
As a parent of 2 young boys, kids that age can smell. Some kids insist on wearing the same clothes many days in a row. 4/5 is an age where they get self conscious and don’t want help getting dressed or wiping in the bathroom - but still may need help wiping or selecting clean clothes. Kids may also smell like a pet or cigarette smoke. I have a friend whose elderly cat pees in her kids’ laundry/drawers/hamper every chance it gets. Also some kids use hair products with a distinct smell.

No matter what the smell is, the teacher should know. It is very possible that is not noticeable from an adult’s height may be much stronger to same height peers.

Anonymous wrote:omg, you have a very sensitive kid OP. what a snowflake

Anonymous wrote:Why are people so quick to pounce on the OP? My kids daycare once sent out an email asking people to make sure their children were regularly bathed as some of the teachers had noticed odors.

OP here,
I have a meeting with dc teacher Monday after school. My son is not the only one complaining about the smell and the teacher has noticed also, hopefully,I will be able to meet dc classmates on Monday. Reasons why dc was not moved to a different table is because the other kid parents requested he be placed with dc table. I don’t know why? I will update on Monday

OP, you and your DH have issues.

I’d be a heck of a lot more concerned about the child who smells bad. I’d talk to the teacher and ask if she has concerns about that child’s health or what’s going on at home.

Teach them empathy.

Why are people so quick to pounce on the OP? My kids daycare once sent out an email asking people to make sure their children were regularly bathed as some of the teachers had noticed odors.

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Anonymous wrote:These are terrible responses. How many of you volunteer to sit next to the smelly coworker?

I would talk to the teacher. You can’t control other people but you can control YOU. Your son should easily be able to change seats. After the teacher gets a few complaints, I bet she will address it with the parents. This is an issue that’s only going to get worse as the boy grows up.

There were kids in my high school that were smelly. There’s not much you can do.

We are talking pre-school here, not high school. Totally different.

np but why and how is it different? stinky kid is a stinky kid

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