Removing Poop Smell From Your Hands
There is no topic I will not touch. And over eight years of motherhood, there is no bodily excrement I haven't had to touch. Ew.
Regardless of what method I use to clean a baby's bottom, my hands always end up smelling like poo. Which then leads me to the sink for an obsessive-compulsive party with some scalding hot water and a pump pot of soap. And if that doesn't work, I try to cover up the stink with a nice flowery lotion. Which is sorta like carrying around some roses with fresh fertilizer on the side.
Not helpful.
But with my third child, MY WORD AM I A FAST LEARNER, I finally found the one thing that quickly gets rid of the smell:
Bar soap.
I know!
Soap!
Soap!
I don't know the technical reason why bar soap works and liquid soap does not. I passed notes during chemistry class, ya know? And while I'm sure those notes had something to do with "chemistry," I doubt they mentioned the scholastic kind. *wiggles eyebrows*
For more tips, be sure to check out this week's edition of Works For Me Wednesday.
I also have a related tip you can check out--applying sticky medicine (without getting your hands all sticky)!
6 comments:
I just had to read this one :) Visiting from WFMW and thought I would say hello and thanks for the smiles.
Now, if I coud just get the taste of desitin off my fingers, I'dbe good. Nothing like licking your fingers while cooking after several hand washings later. . .
Hahahahahaaa! You are so funny! I love your take on life.
I, too, use bar soap to remove poop smell from my hands, and I have to say it does not work! "Digging" my fingers into a fresh-cut lemon is pretty good, but from all I've read from nurses, "washing" one's hands with shaving cream is the "trick of the trade." I haven't tried it, but I've read several comments by health professionals who swear by it. I'll try it next time!
I am happy to say shaving cream does work. It took a couple washings but it works and leaves no "after-smell."
shaving foam worked - amazing !!! When I change my nieces nappy in future ill be more careful !
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