my 5 year old has an obsession with sniffing people and animals
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Yes lol we do it to eachother all the time haha n animals I get it cuz I do it to my dogs during winter. Their smell changes after being outside lol its prolly weird but 
My son liked licking everythingā¦ I wish he had just sniffed things
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Yes. My son did it at that age too
Sure. Kids are hella weird lol
My 5 year old does, so did my sister and her son at that age. Now my 1 year old does it lol Id say normal for some haha
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My five year old sniffs every thing he is about to eat
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Let little kids be little kids.
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Itās normal for your child lol
My 4 year old son sniffs animals heads and laughs. We have 6 cats.
My son is almost 14 and he still sniffs me. He has done it since he was little. Thereās worse things that he could be doing. Just leave it be if heās not pestering someone or making them uncomfortable.
Whatās normal?
My 5 year old at that time had an obsession with death. At one point asked if we could dig up our cat in the backyard to take to school for show and tell.
Sheās ānormalā now 
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Be glad itās not licking.
My daughter used to sniff everything, food, plush, blankets and people and still does some of this today at 20 years old. She was recently diagnosed as neurodivergent, high functioning autism with sensory issues. Not saying that it what this could be related in any way. Just my own story.
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My kids have always āsniffedā me. I honestly never thought anything of it until my Dad said, āWhy the hell do they all smell you?ā I laughed so hard!!! They said, because she smells good. She smells like Mom. 
now I low key kinda love it. I think itās sweet
**Theyāre 23, 21 and almost 13 now. And my grandbabies also do it 
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Where exactly are they sniffing???
Yes my nephew loved touching and rubbing wet dog noses lol he grew out of it
Itās most likely just curiosity. I wouldnāt make a big deal about it. Most likely it will fade away as new experiences happen especially with school starting. I wouldnāt make your child feel weird, bad or abnormal about it but just keep watch and if it becomes more of a behavior/social awkwardness maybe bring it up to the pediatrician for any clues or ways to redirect you child from this behavior.
Its a superpower, just go with it
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Is there a normal 5 year old?
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Kira Dawn Alexander-Kalinauskas kinda sounds like ur nephew but heās 8 still doing it. 
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They go through all kind of stages, as long as he doesnāt go up to strangers for a sniff I wouldnāt worry lol
Kids are just weird in general
Yes, kids do weird things, theyāll eventually stop
I mean idk if itās normal hahah kids are weird and thatās ok
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Haha kids are just odd but yea can be a sign of some Autism thereās many that have a smell sensory
I know a grown man who still does it
Yep sounds normal to me. Kids are odd creatures
Yes they have all strange habits
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I wish my kid (heās 4) would sniff animals and people. Instead he goes out of his way to smell gas and I canāt stand the smell of it.
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Ehh kids are wierd lol, and thatās okay. As long as they arent bothering anyone or pestering the animal then itās fine. I used to smell my food before I ate it, even if I have eaten it a 100 times before lol.
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As long as heās not old like Biden u donāt need to worry 
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Donāt take this personally but could your child possibly be autistic? My son is autistic smells everything and has a very strong sense of smell (freaks out and says things stink or are disgusting) like sensory overload.
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Kids are freaks, and thatās why I love them. 
Yes , very normal especially boys , they are little weirdos lol
Ask Joe Biden he likes to smell alot
Honestly I think literally any behavior is normal for a 5 year old, they are weird af
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Yes, itās normal for children to act like animals
Normal because when they realize everything has a smell to it they will smell every single thing.
Lmao, weird little kids are the best
Sniffing things strange combos of food licking stuff blinking itās all part and parcel of it
Yes kids are weird as fuck lol
Just take them for a walkā¦ itās all good!
Kids are funny
Iām an adult and Iām still a sniffer
My kids 8 and pretends sheās a cat kids are silly let them be kids and donāt worry so much
There is no such thing as a ānormalā 5yr old. The kidās gunna be fine! 
My daughter does this, it is a sensory thing.
Yes, my kind of kid ! I sniff everything lol people, places things everything/everyone smells wildly different lol my favourite is old books lol Iām a weirdo I know
My cousin is autistic and thatās one of his likes. He is non verbal
Itās Joe Bidenās kid! 