I was having this very conversation about memories and smells with no3 child the other day. I’d picked him up from school and as he sat down – I asked him why he’d only just eaten his lunch.
He looked at me a little surprised – I said you’ve only just eaten a peanut butter sandwich. I had to explain my odd reaction to him
They develop a funny smell when they’ve been in a lunch box. And it’s a smell that makes me upset so quickly – it’s bizarre.
The smell takes me right back to being very small when my mum left and I was sent to a preschool (that I was too small for), I can remember not speaking to anyone being quite confused and more than anything the smell of peanut butter sandwiches in my lunch box every day.
My kids rarely have peanut butter especially in their lunchboxes – so I haven’t smelt that smell for a while. Shocked me how it still all came flooding back