OT: Body odor in a young child?

[StitchesGr8Fan]

Most little girls have hair on their legs. You just can't see it on lighter haired girls because their leg hair is blonde.

 

[DSNY4ever]

Respectfully, I disagree about the research here, there are credible scientists on both sides of the aluminum debate, and it is far from "proven to cause cancer". Some research suggests there may be a link but it is anything but definitive.

My point is more that anything that has even a potential risk should be reconsidered before putting it on such a young child. The posters were asking what the fear was, and that is the fear (a potential risk).

 

[Erin1700]

Just saw this thread now. My child is treated for Central Precocious Puberty.
Body odor was NOT a symptom that was ever present before treatment.

We also got a few opinions on treatment for her and no one ever asked us anything about eating organic or if she had formula (she did!). Never was any of this part of the discussion.

Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the condition. She has been treated for the past 6 years and almost ready to stop.

 

[Shelley6]

Yes I have this with both kids age 7 and 5. It's not all the time. We occasionally use a natural deodorant that doesn't contain aluminum. We have also tried changing to organic milk and chicken to see if diet makes a difference. It seems to be more common for younger children to have grown up body odor.

Yes! I used a similar natural product for my kids when they started having premature and unexpected body odor. This one was called Lavilin and was also aluminum-free. I didn't know aluminum was in most traditional deodorants or made such a difference, but this product really worked. After just a few months the odor was significantly reduced even when I hadn't recently put the Lavilin deodorant on the kids. I think it really eliminated the odor from within or something.

 

[my4girls10]

My oldest DD will be 12 in December, and she started wearing deodorant (not anti-perspirant) two years ago. She only has need for a thin sports bra, has no underarm hair, or pubic hair yet. My 2nd DD will be 10 in a couple of weeks, and has no need for deodorant yet...she still smells as fresh as a daisy!

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[tartemis]

Just saw this thread now. My child is treated for Central Precocious Puberty.
Body odor was NOT a symptom that was ever present before treatment.

We also got a few opinions on treatment for her and no one ever asked us anything about eating organic or if she had formula (she did!). Never was any of this part of the discussion.

Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the condition. She has been treated for the past 6 years and almost ready to stop.

Can I ask what symptom(s) caused you to start treatment? My daughter (5, but about to turn 6) has been monitored by an endocrinologist for the past 6 months due to my concerns about body odor and a tiny bit of public hair. Her bone age is slightly elevated -- it showed her as a 7 year old, which concerned the endocrinologist who wanted to do more invasive testing but I instead decided to take a wait and see approach. The results didn't seem to far outside of the standard deviation to me. Also, she has no breast buds and the body odor has actually subsided quite a bit. I'm actually taking her this week for her second bone scan so we will see what that reveals.

I'm just really hoping that she doesn't have precocious puberty -- I didn't get my period until I was 14 years old; the thought of her having to go through that at such an early age, not to mention the stunted growth and other associated problems, is heartbreaking.

It sounds like your DD is doing really well since you are getting close to stopping treatment!

FWIW -- my DD was exclusively breastfed, then almost exclusively fed organic milk, meats, fruits and veggies.

The only thing that the endocrinologist mentioned to us as an environmental risk factor was obesity -- but my DD is within the normal range so she didn't think that was a concern.

 

[pjacobi]

Weight has nothing to do with puberty. I developed breast and had my period before I ever hit 100lbs.

It's not a certain weight or homones in milk that causes puberty. Studies have shown that it is BMI that triggers puberty. High body fat triggers early puberty.


-Paul

 

[cheer25mom]

It's not a certain weight or homones in milk that causes puberty. Studies have shown that it is BMI that triggers puberty. High body fat triggers early puberty.


-Paul

It CAN be ONE of MANY triggers fro early puberty, hormones in milk definitely do NOT play a part. They are present in such low levels they are not even detectable with any reliablilty. Same goes for hormones in meat, but people seem to loike to use them as sacapegoat for everything.