ShabbyAbby Sun 14-Apr-19 15:04:00

You can tell what your house smells like when you are out for a day or holiday and when you get back.



My house has smelt like nappies or baby puke a couple of times and I was oblivious until I went out even though I have a very strong sense of smell.



I have plug in air fresheners, hoover and clean, use febreeze liberally, use nappy bags (double up too), take the bin out at least once a day, regularly open the windows (and doors too for that matter), use the extractors, have dehumidifiers in damper rooms (bathroom, or where washing is being dried), use strong smelling laundry detergent and softener, light fragranced candles in the evening, wear deodorant and perfume, don't have any pets, wash myself and the children regularly, clean the drains regularly, and yet still the house smells.



This has been the case everywhere I've lived, with everybody I've lived with, forever. Before I had DCs. I wonder if it's a kind of OCD? I have been known to walk around the house at 3am with a bottle of febreeze or air freshener trying to get rid of that "awful smell." Nobody else can smell it and nobody has ever said that me or DCs smell, but I'm still paranoid. When I used to smoke it was 1000x worse. I only did so outside, but I still worried the house or laundry smelt (maybe it did? I'm aware that other smokers even the very clean ones smell of it now so could well be!)



Also, I know my kids are ill by smelling them! I'm like a dog!