Do You Do the Baby Butt Sniff?

Usually i can tell by their facial expressions, and later by their activity previous (hiding in a corner, or staying still a long time) but yeah ive done the butt sniff and ill do it again!

I also do the" peek down the butt crack" maneuver.

So much better than tugging at the diaper to see. How many times have I gotten a little poo on my diaper from that.

But usually, I can tell just by feeling the diaper, but sometimes the sniff test is the best indicator.

Yeah I learnt that from a nanny when my son was abt 6 months old. Until then I always used to change him thinking he might have pooped and then he wouldn't have, but still got a fresh diaper. Sniffing works. I am so used to it now , that I sometimes do it at public places too. And then wonder what people think when they see M. sniffing my son's butt. ;)

Well Good Lord, would he rather you stick your finger in there to check?!
Of COURSE I was always sniffin' butts! Now they're teenagers, I go around sniffin' SNEAKERS!

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Do it about 50 times a day!! Ooh I love my baby girl, poopy bum and all!

Guilty! I so do sniff........I think it's safer than sticking your finger in too far by accident. Normal Momma Move honey...take care!

Uh, it's better than doing the check by pulling the onesie aside and risk sticking your finger in it--besides the poop odor is often covered a bit by odor protection in diapers so it's not like a full on nose full just a "whiff" of something not pleasant. Totally normal mom move.

I don't think it's weird, but it's not the way I check because I wouldn't want a nose-full of poopy smell. I either look in the back of the diaper and feel their bum--- all while holding my breath. :)

My daughters both do this with their children, but I never did...a combination of not that great a sense of smell, and not wanting to stick my nose in a poopy diaper...lol. I always just peak or feel for "fullness"...

totally normal, both my hubby and I do it. my husband doesn't even care where we are, he will do it in public if he has too.

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Butt sniff all you want.Totally normal and not weird at all. Although my husband thought i was weird at first too with the first kid.We got 4 now and we BOTH butt sniff all the time between pull ups,underwear accidents and diapers.All our children are 81/2 and under.One advise though ,do not butt sniff too close :you could be unhappily surprise.lol
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Never needed to. I have a really sensitive nose. Most people do, though.

I always do, and my mom thinks it's the most disgusting thing ever. Funny that she won't answer me when I ask how she knew a diaper needed changing- maybe she got a poopy finger one too many times?

This is a normal Momma and Daddy move too. Both my daughter and I do the sniff test and so does her husband. The only other test I know of is to stick your finger in the diaper and who wants to get it poopy. And if the baby has pants or leggings on, one has to remove them to get to the diaper to put the finger. Too much work. A quick sniff is quick and efficient.

Sure do! My boys were older(8 & 5) when their sister was born and even they learned quickly to do the sniff to let us know she needed changing when they were playing together.
I can think of a lot worse ways to check to see if they are poopie!

Lol totally normal! I always did that with my kids when they were in diapers. I even do it now with my little nephew. Never really thought anything about it! Definitely easier than undressing them..just to find out they DIDNT poop and have to get a squirmy baby all dressed again :)

What, I thought that's how ALL mom's did it. A sniff and a peak in the diaper lol.

EVERY Mom, does this or has done this.
Gawd no, it is not weird.
Your Hubby is a Dad now... does he always know when his child is poopy? If he doesn't, give him more practice changing the diapers.
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Ah yes, did it a couple of times today. Sometimes I want to gag when there really is a poop in there though.

Who doesn't do that? :) I even enlist my 4 and 5 year old to sniff my two-year-old's butt.
My husband is the real pro though, he lifts her all the way up to his nose level and sniffs un-apologetically. He's so NOT coy about it, people rarely notice! He dose it anywhere. No one double takes.

Every mama I know does this---:)

Always do the sniff check, heck the rule was before you passed baby to the next adult you had to do the sniff check ... daddy called it after I passed stinky baby to him too many times! Ha! Gotta love it when we get one passed them - in the end he was victorious. But anyhow yes, sniff check is most effective. I have also called in a courtesy sniff on daddy after he (or his dog) let a nasty rip.

occasionally, but normally I don't need to sniff. I just know!

BUT being wickedly evil....I do "innocently" say to the men in the house (DH & sons, 15 & 24)...."hey, is she poopy? Can you sniff?".....just to see if they'll do it. & yes, then I laugh hysterically &/or run for my camera.

Oh, the joys of having an inhome daycare!

Actually, I only do it in public as a courtesy others, at home I will pull her britches down and look. :)

If I had a dollar for everytime I sniffed a butt....

Normal! I do it, and I see other moms do it frequently!

Totally normal parenting move. It's funny when there are kids of a similar age and all the parents go "Is it mine?" and sniff to check. I don't bury my nose in a baby's bottom, but a quick sniff will reveal most messes.

I thought that all parents did this!

Giggle. Yes, it is a normal mom move, and yes, it does look a little weird, but it serves a purpose. And it's way better than what I've seen some dads do. I've seen men with babies stick a finger down the back of the diaper to check!

Totally normal. I got so good at recognizing the smell, that one time we were sitting in the living room and my daughter, who was down the hall and in her room with the door closed, I looked at my husband and said, "She pooped." So I went to check and she had. He thinks I have super powers now.

An infinitely better option than the alternative, "finger in the diaper move". I'd rather smell it than touch it. My husband HATED the sniff check and is still grossed out by the thought of it.
Guess that tells you who changed most of the diapers in our house!

My husband said you're not a mom until you do the butt sniff in public. He thinks it's weird and says he won't do it - but I've seen him do it and called him on it. He said he only takes a quick sniff while moms will bury their noses in their child's rear-end, so it's different. Ha!

Of course I used to do that - way, way cleaner that sticking your finger in there to check....

One quick personal story.....We have some really tall friends, wife is 6', hubs is 6'6"....the husband went in to pick up the baby out of the crib after a nap, and raised her up to smell her bottom, and he heard this thump-thump-thump, really fast....he had accidentally placed her head in the path of the ceiling fan, which was obviously on. Mom was really pissed but also forgiving and the baby is fine too.

A lot of parents do this, but no, I never did. Who would want a nose full of poop smell? Not me. I really didn't find it so terribly inconvenient to quickly undo their clothes and peek in their diaper. When one of mine was a baby, I caught MIL sniffing them in the front and told her that she was not to put her nose to their privates. So no, not every mom has done this, I never did.

I'm not a mom. I did it with my nephew and my two neices though. Either that or just squeeze the bottom of the diaper a little. Sniffing is usually a better indicator though! I don't think its weird at all :-) I'm sure I'll do it when I have my own children too!

I do this every day. Like.....a ton of times.

Yes! Times x 5 :)))

I think it's the norm my hubby even does it : ) LOL

Yep...fastest way especially when other kids are around