To be worried about this?

[tinylady]

My uncle had a couple of kids beds with mattresses that he put aside for us.
I have since discovered that he used the room to smoke in.
He says he stopped smoking in there a few weeks before he gave us the beds and tbh they don't smell of smoke.
I am worried about my two year old sleeping on the mattress.
DH says it will be fine
AIBU?

[nickytwotimes]

I don't know if it makes any odds if the smell has gone. i'm an ex-smoker and a bit militant about these things so might worry, but not sure whether it'd be justified!

[PortAndLemon]

I'd be inclined to change the mattresses but keep the beds, but that may be paranoid.

[tinylady]

I know I worry unnecessarily a lot of the time.
My 5 year old has the other bed and am not too worried about that

[cadelaide]

I'd feel better if I was able to beat it outside on a dry day, and maybe leave it outside for a bit.

Now how bonkers does that sound? And probably utterly pointless but I would fell ok about it then.

[tinylady]

I know, is it being overly paranoid as DH seems to think?
I spoke to my uncle again and he said he smoked with the widow open too, he doesn't understand the fuss
I thought of doing that cadelaide but rather impractical for me

[NAB3wishesfor2008]

YANBU I wouldn't use them.

[PortAndLemon]

If you aren't happy then get new mattresses -- they aren't that expensive. Better that than worrying.

[Iklboo]

Febreeze the bejeeze out of them if you really want them and not hurt his feelings. Truth is some of the older generation (not generalising!) don't appreciate that stale smoke absolutely stinks vile

[nowwearefour]

i would definitely not use the mattresses. why take the risk?

[tinylady]

okay, would you change the 5 yr olds mattress too?

[dramaqueen]

'd change both of them, tbh.

[NAB3wishesfor2008]

Why are you "not too worried about" the 5 year old? Was his mattress not in the smoking room?

[tinylady]

Wll NAB I feel the effects of this would be less for the older one

[NAB3wishesfor2008]

I always treat my kids the same and I would change both mattresses if it was me.

[tinylady]

Wll NAB I feel the effects of this would be less for the older one

[NAB3wishesfor2008]

Up to you

[Greyriverside]

Unless they smell of smoke (which I realise some might be able to detect) there is no danger. It's not a virus that you can 'catch'

A few decades ago they said smoking was good for you and that wasn't true. Now they try to tell us that it's worse than bubonic plague or aids and that's not true either.

[tinylady]

Rught, thanks

[tinylady]

sorry grey, that was to NAB
they don't smell of smoke, no

[tinylady]

MY DH says the same thing grey

[snotbuster]

I think the chemicals in febreeze would be as dangerous (if not more so) than smoke. Air them outside or get new ones.

[lollipopmother]

This is something that has popped out on Google.

n the UK more than 17,000 children are hospitalised every year with breathing problems linked to passive smoking. And it?s not just the smoke; the chemicals in the smoke can hide in your home, lurking in household dust and on furniture, meaning you can be exposed to levels of harm that are the same as several hours of smoking.

I'll look into it more in a tic.

[PortAndLemon]

So do all of the toxins in cigarette smoke have a smell? Because if not then I don't see how you can be positive that they have all gone entirely just because you can't smell anything.

[tinylady]

OOh that's interesting lolli
Thanks for that

[lollipopmother]

Port - no they don't all smell, 85% of smoke is invisible and doesn't have any smell apparently.