What is up with pre-teen boys and the SMELL?? O..M..G...
A couple of months ago, a friend told me when DS hit 10, you'd know it. I thought, nah! you're in Florida & I'm up north! Must be the heat!
Those sneakers alone could gag a maggot! I Febreeze them twice a day!
He can't take his shoes off in the house unless he's immediately going in the shower and all the food is secure so the smell can't permeate it!
Any helpful advice?
lysol is your friend. Odor eaters for those sneakers, and any gym bags they carry, bury a drier sheet or two in the bottom of it. I also, sprinkle baking soda in there shoes to help absorbe the smell.
BTW: I have 2 boys (15 and 16) and the oldest has the worst smelling feet you never wanted near you. Also, if he will wear them, when its nice weather encourage sandles to let those feet breath. And no cheap plastic sneakers, that makes the smell even worse
Avon has a foot odor powder that works well. I have also used the 'no vaccum' Carpet Fresh for pet odors. My boys' bedrooms are on the other end of the house and DH swears that one day he is cutting that end of the house off. 
He says it smells like feet and @$$. The dog won't even stay back there.
Avon has a foot odor powder that works well. I have also used the 'no vaccum' Carpet Fresh for pet odors. My boys' bedrooms are on the other end of the house and DH swears that one day he is cutting that end of the house off. He says it smells like feet and @$$. The dog won't even stay back there.
They may have athletes foot. I get it sometimes and it looks like a bit of flaky skin between my toes - it doesn't get red or itchy, it really looks very minor - but it does smell. I put a few drops of neat tea tree oil between my toes after a shower and it works a treat - all gone in a few days. Now I put it on once a week as a preventative thing.
OMG! We have this same problem at my house. Only it is with my oldest daughter. She has to most disgusting, putrid, gag me, 
, nasty @** feet in the world. When she comes home from school, the shoes stay outside, and she goes right to the bath to clean those nasty dogs. My son is 11 and his are gross too but she has that stinky corner covered all by herself. GROSS!!! Glad that it isn't only here in our house. 
I warn people when she gets home if I have company and almost want to pass out masks.
Nothing helps this girl. I think I would rather smell the air of the Dairy Farm up the road than her feet.
She uses super odor eaters. We buy shoes so often due to the stench. They make my eyes water somedays.
I had smelly feet as a teen and we finally decided that wearing shoes of man-made materials and nylon stockings was the problem. Man-made materials didn't allow the moisture to escape. I switched to all leather shoes and wore tights with cotton in them instead of nylons. The problem was cured. I now wear leather shoes, cotton or wool socks and switch shoes so I don't wear the same shoes everyday to give them a chance to air out.
Recently, I bought a pair of cheap sports sandals and after a month I could smell them while wearing them. I thought it was my feet but my mother wore them at one point and decided it was the cheap shoes. I switched to a sandal with an anti-bacterial footbed and haven't had a problem with sandals since.
Couldn't agree more: no man-made or synthetic products for the feet of my hubby or older DD!!!
They both have fully terry lined leather running shoes, and cotton socks. It's difficult to buy cotton dress socks for hubby sometimes, but I can tell within an hour if he puts on nylon socks. The shoes get Febreeze each weekend, or put into the washing machine. (Yes, I wash leather running shoes.)
Ok I have had a couple of feet issues so here goes:
1) never any cheap man-made material shoes........NONE
2) go to the doc........you can get a script for a lovely product (and my script was like a lifetime one) that is basically prescription strength deoderant) it keeps your feet dry and oh so much less smelly (I had a probably where my feet would sweat so much that the skin on the bottom would start falling off in spots cuase they were moist for too long.....this is when i went to the doc.
anyway the product you just roll on your feet (it takes a second to dry) and its amazing!!! Trust me its embarassing to have foot odor problems, I could even smell my feet in school with my shoes on!
OMG, my 13 year old son had two friends stay the night last weekend and they were playing the PS2 in his bedroom for days......I opened the door to offer popcorn and darn near fell over from the stench!! Feet and farts were rampant - I told them to crack a window and Dear God, please don't play with fire or the place would go up like a stack of hay!
Now the ironic part is my 6 & 7 year old daughters have feet that smell so bad that they can be in the back of the house in their room and take off their shoes and a minute later I can smell it from the living room........it could peel paint.
LOL! You guys crack me up. My 10yo son's feet don't smell, but look out for his armpits! Yikes!! He thinks they smell like onions. Yah, rotten onions!! He's been wearing deodorant for two years now. Sheesh.
LMAO!!! I didn't get notification of responses and haven't been able to get on here in a few days! I'm glad to know it's not just at my house!!! I'll have to look into some of these ideas! Where would one find sneakers that aren't made of man-made materials?? Kids are so loyal to brands...even at 10 - gotta have DC skateboarding shoes! 
LOL! You guys crack me up. My 10yo son's feet don't smell, but look out for his armpits! Yikes!! He thinks they smell like onions. Yah, rotten onions!! He's been wearing deodorant for two years now. Sheesh.
LOL! I think we have the same son. He is also ten and has also been wearing deodorant for years. Our nicknames for him are "pits" and "onions" and he thinks it's funny. He has gotten better since he has become girl crazy...already.
My eight year old son has terrible feet stench also. I had read somewhere to freeze the offending shoe to get rid of the smell. It does NOT work ladies.
Boys are so gross and I have four of them. 
My eight year old son has terrible feet stench also. I had read somewhere to freeze the offending shoe to get rid of the smell. It does NOT work ladies.
ewww...I wouldn't want to put anything else in the freezer with those bombs in there! 
My eight year old son has terrible feet stench also. I had read somewhere to freeze the offending shoe to get rid of the smell. It does NOT work ladies.
ewww...I wouldn't want to put anything else in the freezer with those bombs in there!
Hey desperate times call for desperate measures.
Oh my gosh!! Glad to know I'm not alone! Freezer? I'm afraid to try that one!!
when my brother and i were teenagers, he had a real problem. first off, he refused to take a shower so my parents had to go in the bathroom and FORCE him.
and man, when he hadn't showered for a day, his armpits smelled like rotten chicken noodle soup. so gross! *gag*
my boys are 1 and 2, and you guys have me scared to death now.
LOL... my boys are only 20 months and 4 months old, but if their father is any indication of how bad they will smell, I better invest in lots and lots of lysol and febreeze now!
I remember seeing Dr. Oz on Oprah and he told this lady to soak her feet in a tea bath to help with the smell. The tanic acid is supposed to dry out the feet so they don't sweat so much. It will discolor the foot a little but, hey, if it gets rid of the stinky feet, it's all good!
discolored feet are nothin. you can always wear socks
OMG you guys have got to stop - you're KILLING ME..!!!!!!!!
I am sitting here laughing so friekin' hard I am crying and gagging and laughing at the same time - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW so GROSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Thank GOD I have a daughter, thank GOD I have a daughter...
although, some of you mention they are just as bad!!!!
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