Lafes

Really quickly while its on my mind, I wanted to share something with you that has been a lifesaver for us.

Over the last several months, and we are talking for about the last 6 months or so, Jocelyn has become quiet literally our "little stinky." There are several kids that are simply more "stinky" than others, but in our case, Jocelyn has REALLY strong underarm odor. I'm sure she wouldn't want me sharing this with you if she could tell me and was old enough to care, but for some reason, her armpits are steamy little sweat factories that smell of onions and dirty teenage boys. Its awful!

Being her mother, you don't want to have the "stinky kid" on the block. We have asked her doctors and therapists (and we have a lot of them) and no one could really point us in the right direction of what we could do to minimize the smell or why at only 2 1/2 years old, she has such strong body odor.

Some have suggested it might be a sign of precocious puberty which is when a child beings to mature earlier than normal. Typically in girls, puberty begins between the ages of 10-14, but for some kids, they can begin puberty earlier due to changes in the brain.  With all that has happened to Jocelyn's brain, this could be a very likely thing for her.

Thankfully there are no other signs, except maybe that she is growing fast. It is something we are keeping an eye on, and I am probably going to opt to have a blood hormone level to see if there is anything else going on.

In the meantime, as her parents, we don't want her to continue to smell only an hour after receiving a bath, so I did some investigating myself and ventured over to the health-food store to find this:

Now mind you, many will say that children are too young for antiperspirant and deodorant which I totally agree. However, this Lafes Deodorant Spray only has three ingredients: water, mineral salts and organic aloe vera. I am not going to try and sound like an infomerical, but this stuff is hypoallergenic, no perfumes or dyes, parben and proplene glycol free, no harmful aluminums, is completely natural and completely EFFECTIVE!

I of course tried this on myself first, and it even worked on me which I was shocked because I thought "no way this puny stuff will work on an adult...there's nothing in here!" The instructions say to spray 5-6 times under each arm or on feet, and 2-3 sprays are plenty for Boogs.

Needless to say, this stuff WORKS!

Just in case you or someone you love has a similar problem, I wanted you to know there is someone else experiencing the same thing, and there is something that helps.

I personally couldn't be more thrilled that we found something safe, natural and that is effective so Jocelyn smells as clean and fresh as her sweet little personality.