Dear Moms, When Do Little Boys Turn Stinky?

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My husband and I talk about it constantly: when did our little boy get so big? When did my baby get nearly as tall as me? At what point exactly did my motherhood migrate from sleepless nights to superhero capes and boyhood dirt?

We were playing outside after school yesterday when I remembered one of the first freak-outs about having a boy. It’s a horrible space, my backyard; a dusty “lawn” filled with too much sunlight and entirely too much dirt, but Sebastian loves it all the same. I watched as he hunted bugs, sliced the air with a light saber until the sweat dripped down his temples, when I was reminded of how young he still is. Teenage boys have always seemed like foreign creatures to me, but 4 years-old is a far cry from puberty and other issues of manhood I would rather not think of.

Yes, he’s tall. Yes, he’s a filthy mess by the end of most days. But he isn’t stinky… yet.

When Do Little Boys Turn Stinky?

I’m gonna be honest with you, the question I have always had – since the moment I knew my pregnant belly was filled with the joys of boyhood – is when do they turn stinky? Like, when exactly? 5 years old? Puberty? Never, depending on how many baths they get? I need to know!

As it is now (and as expected from the many mom rants I’ve watched on YouTube), the odds of my son not missing the toilet bowl are…. well… not great. He’s 4, but I don’t expect this to change as he gets older. I’ve seen the data on mom blogs and, not only do boys eventually get stinky, they apparently have horrible aim too.

As disgusting as this might be, the current level of man mess in my home is tolerable because I’m armed with some great tools. I just learned about the Clorox® ToiletWand® and I’m obsessed. It’s a simple, preloaded toilet brush that cleans, sanitizes and disinfects the toilet with a refillable, disposable head that makes the toilet bowl cleaning process much more humane for mom life. I’m obsessed, I tell you!

My cape wielding, super hero might still be a little boy but one day he won’t be. Maybe one day he’ll be stinky and miss the toilet even more than he does now, but I’m not worried. He’s an awesome kid and has taught me so much about being carefree, laughing at disgusting things and not taking life’s messes so seriously…. Probably because I’m the one cleaning them up!

So, tell me mamas, when did your little men get the stink on? Please be kind and tell me good news!