Hello everyone, a lot of friends of myself and my husband have had babies in the past few years, so when we announced I was pregnant the offers of stuff flooded in.
I was a smoker before I got pregnant so didn't stop to think about the fact all these people smoke too, indoors. Even though I quit smoking I didn't really think about the fact any of their donations had been smoked around.
Until tonight!
I was sitting here chatting with my mum when I mentioned that a friend had offered a moses basket (I know to buy the mattress new), pushchair and barely used car seat. The first thing my mum said was do they smoke? I told her they do and she said that there could be links with cot death and that anything secon hand that has been smoked around will be bad for the baby and the babies breathing. I'm quite stunned as I had thought that once washed everything would be fine but now I'm really worried.
Does anyone know anything about this? Should I now not accept anything from my friends? I'm on a very very low income so these gifts were going to be a godsend, I don't know how I can afford these things new but if they put the baby at unnecessary risk what choice do I have? So please please if anyone knows or has any advice I'm very worried.
Thank you.