Do you allow smokers to hold your baby?

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I only let them hold my baby after washing their hand, taking their jacket off and waiting a half hour after they smoke. 2nd hand smoke can’t cause SIDs so I was real paranoid about it

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If they’re not smoking at the time holding the baby, sure.

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I'd like to say I have a whole set of rules, but unfortunately my MIL is a smoker. She's only seen my baby once the first week she was born, but she's coming again next month. My baby will be 4 months old by that time and the thought still makes me uncomfortable. My husband is pretty good about enforcing hand sanitizer at least, but I wish she would burn all of her clothes and wash her hair each time 😅 At least his family doesn't come around often.

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My husband smokes and before he holds our one year old he still washes his hands and rinses with mouthwash. He's done this since she was born but when she was a newborn he would also change his shirt that made to much laundry for this momma though.

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Yes I do. Asking them to change their clothes would be pointless as all of their clothes smell like smoke anyways and I'm not going to try and force them to shower every time before they want to hold her.

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Some of my husbands family smokes and my daughter screams every time they ask to hold her so.. I don’t have to worry about making awkward comments about any rules 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

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My mom smokes and she will have to wash her hands, brush her teeth and take off her jacket or change her shirt if she wants to hold her grand-baby when he arrives.