Smudging with baby in the house

Mya🤰🏽

Has anyone cleansed their house with sage while having a baby in the house? This is my first time smudging and I was watching videos and I came across one that said a someone vulnerable like small children or a sick person or pets shouldn’t be in the house because negative energy likes to hide. But That doesn’t fully make sense to me, wouldn’t it make more sense for them to be home so they are cleansed as well.