Perfume

lcr23

Why do people cover themselves with perfume when they know they're going to visit a baby?!? My mil is here and as I'm nursing my baby my eyes are watering and I have a bad taste in my mouth. Good thing she's getting a bath tonight.
Is there a respectful way to say something to avoid this in the future?

RedDawnsRevenge

My grandmother used to bathe in channel #5. They loss the ability to smell themselves as they age so they begin using more and more...

cd92007

I told my MIL no perfume if she knows she is seeing LO. I couldn't stand it anymore!

PoppySeedWindsor

I agree with Dani. Always use the baby as an excuse.

strawberrytree

When my toddler was a baby he actually got a rash after being held by MIL who apparently bathes in cheap drugstore perfume. DH sent her a message saying "take it down a notch with the perfume, DS got a rash from it." So I would suggest making your husband be the one to tell her .

lcr23

I think this will be one that I let go. It was so bad in the hospital though that I got nauseous and couldn't wait for her to leave. She takes care of DHs grandma who smokes so I think she's trying to mask that smell. Yuck!

selina1113

My friend wears way too much, then wonders why LO cries when she is holding him.

Jodash24

How annoying, I've stopped wearing perfume myself I don't want LO smelling of 2 nd hand perfume or not recognise my smell because it's masked by the perfume.