He sniffs everything from spoons, pencils and books to his sister, the slide and golf balls.
The other day at breakfast he told me he wanted to swap his spoon because it was stinky. Last night as I read to him he took the book, closed his eyes, had a deep inhale, and told me that it smelled good.
The only thing he doesn’t mind getting a bit whiffy is trusted, floppy, Lulu. Yesterday he reached his limit, he’d had enough. After a prolonged sniff he announced that she was too smelly and asked for her to be washed. I had a sniff and immediately obliged.
Now everything is well in the world of the 4 year old again. He can go back to sniffing spoons.
14 Comments on "Sniffing Stinky Spoons"
Hi there
your blog is so lovely and has really given me a giggle.
I have a 4 year old too who makes us laugh alot, usually unintentionally
Twiggy x
…is that an acquired taste? Should I expect my own to do the same?
…does this mean I need to start washing the spoons?
I’m with him, can’t stand anything slightly off/smelly/etc. But then unlike this cute boy I do have a big old nose.
I remember reading somewhere that your sense of smell is the last sense to develop. You don’t really smell much until you are two or three. Maybe he is just enjoying his new sense.
My eldest has an old muslin that she used to sniff at night. If you dared to wash it, she’d go bananas, even though it smelt slightly of sick. They are definitely weird creatures.
Awwww! How cute does he look with his Lulu!?
Gorgeous little man.
I wonder if we smell things more clearly as children…
Gawd bless him and his sniffity’s! I reckon kids are like dogs, far more powerful sense of smell than us adults? (if I can consider myself one of those?)
It’s childhood smells that transport me back far better than sights, sounds or memories.
My daughter is a bit like that. I am thinking she may just have an extra sensitive nose, or maybe that is just because she is young, unlike me. She regularly sniffs food to see if she will like it, which I suppose is reasonably normal. Asyet she has not taken to sniffing spoons but she has ‘sent one back’ to the kitchen (my kitchen) saying it was not clean. The nerve!
See food, I get that. Spoons and his sister I don’t!
You have reminded me, Mini’s comforters are all due to a bath – will do when he is out at preschool and then bung in the tumble dryer
The 4 year old is quite good now. He now knows that she goes in the washing machine and then in the tumble dryer which are in the cellar. He used to get distressed at our old house because every so often as the washing machine went round he’d see Lulu’s little face at the glass!
God, they’re funny little creatures. (BTW – both the 4yo & Lulu are TOO cute!)
My 6yo son went thru a germophobic stage. Every time he washed his hands, I had to sniff them to assure him that they smelt clean.
The things we do.
He doesn’t seem to mind rolling around in mud ro covering his face in food. It’s just sniffing. Maybe he’ll grow out of it!