my DD STINKS STINKS STINKS
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my DD STINKS STINKS STINKS
| Wed, 01-02-2008 - 6:37pm |
This might sound nuts but i'm sure that i'm not the only parent of a girl or boy for that matter to have to deal with this. And since i just read a post about girls shaving pubic hair i guess i can post about this.


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Actually, it is my understanding that ALL soap is antibacterial.
YOu are definitely not the only person who has dealt with hygiene issues!
When my DD was in 5th grade and washing her own long hair, her hair just never looked clean. Her idea of caring for it was to stick it in a pony tail. After numerous conversations, I learned she'd been washing it for months without taking the pony tail holder out! There was a gross buildup of shampoo. After getting that part taken care of, we worked on brushing but I was picking my battles and not making a big deal of it. Then she came home one day and said her teacher said she needed to brush her hair! Voila! Never a problem again.
On the teeth, what helped us with DD and DS was a conversation with the dental hygeniest. My kids were brushing, just very sloppily. With DS the trick was to get him an electric toothbrush. With DD, the trick was a talk about cavities - a little bit of a scare tactic - but it worked! I also showed her my mouth full of fillings from poor dental care when I was a kid.
Good luck. I can assure you it will get better at some point!
I think this is pretty age appropriate for some reason.
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I had a hygiene issue with my son. He was using his deodorant, so he said, but he still smelled like a little onion. I felt like I had talked to him until I was blue in the face. I asked DH to talk to him to see if coming from the other parent would make a difference. It did. He was not using it correctly-seems he would swipe once in that general area. Since the talk, he is an onion no more!
I know I don't like to be nagged. I am also a list person and like the list! I might do that for my own!
Good luck.
Amy
1. I read that it doesn't matter if it's antibacterial soap. Keep your dove unscented. Equally, soap is not to kill germs, it's to rinse them off(the nurse in charge or the Juvenile Justice Facility where I work explained this to us when she was telling us about preventing MRSA...she said that regular bar soap is just fine and much better than just using alcohol based sanitaizer).
2. I actually dealt with smelly kid syndrome(my sd). It was so bad that the nurse actually called her down to say something to her because her teachers and friends were complaining...this was what it took for my
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