Personal Hygiene for Kids

I went through this with both my sons. There wasn't much I could do while they were at school, except pray the smell wasn't too bad. But, at home, any time they smelled bad, they had to shower and change. They finally learned to wipe better because they got tired of taking several showers a day. Plus, I made them do their own laundry (with supervision) so they could see what I saw. Gross!!!

You could also make wet wipes available to him. Sometimes poop is sticky and all the toilet paper in the world won't get it off. They do have septic system safe ones available, if that's a concern. Again, they're hard to lug around school, but they can be put in a baggie and then put in a paper bag, if need be.

Sadly, the best fix is discovering girls...and realizing that smelly boys get zero attention from the girls (and smelly reputations take years to live down). My eldest "recovered" from his "soap is evil" phase about 2 seconds after this exchange...

Son: Mom, how do I get girls to like me?
Mom (and dad shouting from his office): TAKE A SHOWER AND USE SOAP!

Problem solved. Now, we just get to deal with the drama of girls in our lives. Sometimes I'm not sure which is worse... <g>

Good luck.

I was just going to suggest the flushable wet wipes. That, and making him shower daily, change underwear daily, and start doing his own laundry, including the underwear with any "skid marks".

Sooner or later, he will discover girls. And Axe body spray.

Talk to your pediatrician, and maybe even bring him in and have the doctor talk to him. Sometimes hearing it from someone else makes a difference.

I feel your pain!!! i have a 10yo son as well and we started making my son shower daily a couple years ago because he had issues with not cleaning himself. It seemed to get better. HOWEVER, just two nights ago I was out shopping with him and noticed that awful smell. I was so embarrased, I actually told him to go wait by the door of the store where no people were. Needless to say when we got in the car, he got an earful questioning why he got back to his old habits and of course he just stares at me with no answers. So he had to shower when we got home and then had to go right to bed. The only thing I can say is that I'm glad there's other boys with the same issue. I will be curious to read the posts. And btw we had wipes and it didn't help him any. He used tons of them at a time and still not clean.

Let him know that this can cause worms and parasites. That might gross him out enough to take better care of himself. Boys are just different creatures, aren't they. ;)

put some baby wipes or those charmin flushable wipes next to all the toilets in the house. Maybe he will be able to set cleaner with those than with just toilet paper.