My baby's breath sometimes smells like maple syrup. Has anyone else ever noticed this on a baby?

He is doing fine developmentally, but I worry about diabetes or other diseases. He's going to the Dr. on Monday so we'll mention it then, but I am just curious if anyone else has experienced this. It is very distinctly maple-syrupy, not just sweet

My baby's breath sometimes smells like maple syrup. Has anyone else ever noticed this on a baby?
Are you taking fenugreek?





I just recently started taking fenugreek to boost my milk production. I started smelling like maple syrup. So did my baby... And according to kellymom.com it's supposed to be normal.
Reply:I NOTICED THE SAME THING. ARE YOU BREASTFEEDING? SOMETIMES HIS CLOTHES EVEN SMELL LIKE IT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
Reply:You don't happen to be taking fenugreek for boosting your milk supply do you? I took it for awhile and it made me and my son smell like maple syrup.
Reply:It's probably the formula you are feeding him, it's not uncommon. However if his urine ever smells like maple syrup you need to get him to see a doctor right away.





Maple Syrup Urine Disease:





Characterized in an infant by the presence of sweet-smelling urine, with an odor similar to that of maple syrup, infants with this disease seem healthy at birth but if left untreated suffer severe neurological damage, and eventually die.





Wikipedia has more about it. Don't mean to scare you but it is something to be aware of. Make sure it's just her breath that smells that way!
Reply:I think you are right to be concerned, I would be. An old wives tale about diabetes in very young children is to kiss the very back of their neck and then lick your lips. If its sweet opposed to salty you may have a problem. I don't know if there is any validity to this.


I think you are correct to have a doctor check it out. Trust your intuition, mothers know their children better than anyone, Better safe and wrong than right and sorry!
Reply:oh that's normal= my son's is like that all the time- i guess it's the way my breastmilk smells since his mouth is always milk stained
Reply:It's normal! It depends though. If you're breastfeeding, what YOU ate could cause that.