2007-01-20 08:15:59 · 14 answers · asked by Marcia M 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
No, I wouldn't allow smoking around the baby, but make the smoker wash their hands before holding the baby. I would make everyone wash their hands before holding the baby for that matter.
2007-01-20 08:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Just_Me♥ 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Without being mean and condeming like some have been on here, answering a very genuine question, if your concern is so much so that you ask this, I would consider not smoking near the baby. Depending on the degree of your habit, I would defineately consider cutting back. If your going to smoke, just be considerate, you have a choice, the baby does not. I should not harm the baby, although there is a possibility that he/she maybe allergic, I would not jump off the deep end, but I would curb the habit in the presence of the baby and the parents out of respect.
2016-05-24 01:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. Studies have shown that there are still very high levels of nicotine on the clothes of smokers even when they have smoked outside. A good rule of thumb is, if you can smell smoke at all, the levels are high enough to be significant. Studies have also shown high levels of nicotine in the homes of smokers who only smoke outside. Granted, they are not as high as if the smoking was done inside, but I, personally, didn't ever take a chance.
2007-01-20 08:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My twins were premature and the NICU sent us home with a long list of "do's and don'ts" - allowing someone who had smoked to hold our babies was a definite "don't".
Of course our twins were a lot more vulnerable to environmental lung hazards than the average newborn, but why take chances? I asked that my father change his shirt and wash his hands and face before holding them. We were told that the harmful chemicals in the cigarettes stay on the skin and clothes.
Last night I was watching TV and it was said that there are over 4000 chemicals in a single cigarette...
2007-01-20 08:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As long as the smoker is not smoking at the time your baby will be fine. It's the smoke that does harm. Not the smoker.
2007-01-20 08:19:52 · answer #5 · answered by Vida 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it would harm the baby as long as the smoking occurs outside the house and you don't smoke in the vehicle with the child. However, please take this into consideration, smokers reek! The smell makes me sick to my stomach. When my coworkers come in from outside they stink up the air, don't do that to a poor innocent baby.
2007-01-20 08:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by LoneStarLou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually read an article in Parenting magazine a few months ago about this. They said that it could be harmful because it's like inhaling second hand smoke. They recommended the person change clothes or wash up before they held the baby. I'm not sure how true that is, but that's what the magazinen said.
2007-01-20 08:21:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
A smoker does carry nocotine on his/her hands and even remains of smoke in their clothing, just to be safe make sure they wash their hands first before touching the baby, and always use a smock when smoking (something to cover their clothes that they can remove when they come in).
2007-01-20 08:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by Gig 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only way that it could possibly hurt the child is if there is still some smoke on the persons clothing! The odor won't hurt anything!
2007-01-20 08:22:06 · answer #9 · answered by brandibabe07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My midwife told me that if a person has a cigarette,then for at least 30 minutes after,they are still breathing out the fumes.So even if they don't smoke around the baby,they can still pollute them!
2007-01-20 08:29:39 · answer #10 · answered by New Boots. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋