Prepared to be told I’m OTT
DH and I just had a baby, we live
in London where we genuinely don’t know anyone here who smokes so this hasn’t posed an issue so far. However, I have relatives including my own father who smoke and they want to visit soon. I’m assuming I will need to tell them they can’t hold the baby as they are chain smokers who have one every chance they get. They are not staying with us so I can’t exactly ask them to change their clothes before holding the baby. They’re also the type of people who
see no problem smoking around
children, they do it all the time to others and although they know it’s harmful they do it anyway.
So how on earth do I navigate this? Just don’t let my own father hold my baby? This can’t go on forever surely?
I also have a friend coming to visit soon who vapes, I’ve just been reading about it and we don’t know the harmful effects of vaping yet but I’d imagine it’s similar regards the chemicals attaching to clothes etc.? So I’d have to also let her know not to vape before she visits.
Another headache I have is my sister smokes in her home, when I go visit I surely will be best to avoid the house due to second hand smoke. I’m assuming even if she doesn’t smoke while we’re there, the lingering smoke in the home would be dangerous or am I over reacting?