Re: Hair Smelling like dirty feet even after washing hair

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, if you can't change his shampoo, you might just have to deal with

the smell. We used Suave for kids in Blueberry, it has a strong smell and would

mask the dirty locker smell pretty well. You actually do get used to the smell

eventually. Also, once they start shaving some of the nasty foam out at each

visit, it's not quite as bad either. There is a mint flavored rubbing alcohol,

but it's not always recommended because it might irritate the skin or discolor

the foam (cause it's green). You could ask about it though.

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

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> Saturday was Lincoln's first 23 hour on 1 hr off day. Now when I am taking his

helmet off his hair spelled like sour throwup (my husband said it smelled like

body odor) so we bathed him and washed his head good and left it off for the

hour. We put some hydrocortizone on his forhead cause he had 2 little spots that

looked like the start of heat rash and thats what my hand out said to do for

heat rash but his hair stilled smelled and this morning I took it off for a half

hour tops to check his spots and it smelled all over again and he didnt wake up

as sweaty as normal just a little sweat on one side of his forhead. I cant

change soaps because he has bad ezcema and so we have to use this huggies non

scented hypo allergenic stuff that normally makes him smell great. What can I do

to make him not smell??

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[Guest guest]

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> We have been doing a " no no " , with attempting to also wash the inside of the

band. also has eczema so we've been using Aveeno baby wash. We use the

same on inside of the band. We get a washcloth super wet and lather and rinse

it a few times and wring it out. Then we scrub the inside of the band without

the washcloth being super wet. As soon as I'm done scrubbing it, I start to dry

scrub it with a towel to soak up any wetness. Once it's semi dry, I use the

alcohol. We're using left over alcohol wipes from 's belly button care

but I haven't found the 90% alcohol. The stink is just lovely, isn't it!! I

jokingly told my friends, hey if you smell something, it's not b.o., just my

kids' head!!

-Nikki

mommy to M and --almost 6 months old, positional plagio with Doc-Band>

[Guest guest]

we were using the aveeno wash too but my husband said it doesnt lather up good

so i got the huggies and he says that doesnt lather great either. im gonna ask

the orthotist today if he has any ideas. the stores have been out of the 90%

alcohol so we got the 70% wipes. we had to wash his hair 3 times last night

durin tub time to get the stink out. i had to tell my neighbor the sour smell

she was smelling was Lincoln the she felt bad. smell doesnt make snuggling fun

but im doin as told as far as cleaning the band so who knows

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> > We have been doing a " no no " , with attempting to also wash the inside of the

band. also has eczema so we've been using Aveeno baby wash. We use the

same on inside of the band. We get a washcloth super wet and lather and rinse

it a few times and wring it out. Then we scrub the inside of the band without

the washcloth being super wet. As soon as I'm done scrubbing it, I start to dry

scrub it with a towel to soak up any wetness. Once it's semi dry, I use the

alcohol. We're using left over alcohol wipes from 's belly button care

but I haven't found the 90% alcohol. The stink is just lovely, isn't it!! I

jokingly told my friends, hey if you smell something, it's not b.o., just my

kids' head!!

>

> -Nikki

> mommy to M and --almost 6 months old, positional plagio with Doc-Band>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure if this will help with the smell of hair, but my husband came up

with a great idea to clean the band (not sure if this has been stated in the

past...or if it's not a good idea, please let me know:)

We put 91% alcohol in one spritzer bottle and water in another spritzer bottle.

We spray the inside of the helmet with the alcohol first, wipe it down, let it

dry, then spray it with water and wipe it down and wait for it to dry.

It's easier than putting the alcohol on a towel or rag and spritzing the band

with water allows you to clean off some of the alcohol residue while not getting

the foam soaking wet.

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> > > We have been doing a " no no " , with attempting to also wash the inside of

the band. also has eczema so we've been using Aveeno baby wash. We use

the same on inside of the band. We get a washcloth super wet and lather and

rinse it a few times and wring it out. Then we scrub the inside of the band

without the washcloth being super wet. As soon as I'm done scrubbing it, I

start to dry scrub it with a towel to soak up any wetness. Once it's semi dry,

I use the alcohol. We're using left over alcohol wipes from 's belly

button care but I haven't found the 90% alcohol. The stink is just lovely,

isn't it!! I jokingly told my friends, hey if you smell something, it's not

b.o., just my kids' head!!

> >

> > -Nikki

> > mommy to M and --almost 6 months old, positional plagio with

Doc-Band>

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I just discovered the spray bottle trick, but we only use the alcohol. It's much easier to get on the helmet that way and it's also quicker to clean. We weren't having trouble getting the stink out, but since we were traveling, I decided to put some alcohol is a travel size spray bottle and buy the alcohol when we got here. I'm sorry I didn't discover this trick until nearly 5 months along.

, mom to , 19.5 months

20.5 weeks in STARband plus CST (Grad date set for May 11th)

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Re: Hair Smelling like dirty feet even after washing hair

I'm not sure if this will help with the smell of hair, but my husband came up with a great idea to clean the band (not sure if this has been stated in the past...or if it's not a good idea, please let me know:)We put 91% alcohol in one spritzer bottle and water in another spritzer bottle. We spray the inside of the helmet with the alcohol first, wipe it down, let it dry, then spray it with water and wipe it down and wait for it to dry.It's easier than putting the alcohol on a towel or rag and spritzing the band with water allows you to clean off some of the alcohol residue while not getting the foam soaking wet.> > >> > > We have been doing a "no no", with attempting to also wash the inside of the band. also has eczema so we've been using Aveeno baby wash. We use the same on inside of the band. We get a washcloth super wet and lather and rinse it a few times and wring it out. Then we scrub the inside of the band without the washcloth being super wet. As soon as I'm done scrubbing it, I start to dry scrub it with a towel to soak up any wetness. Once it's semi dry, I use the alcohol. We're using left over alcohol wipes from 's belly button care but I haven't found the 90% alcohol. The stink is just lovely, isn't it!! I jokingly told my friends, hey if you smell something, it's not b.o., just my kids' head!! > > > > -Nikki> > mommy to M and --almost 6 months old, positional plagio with Doc-Band>> >>