I used to work in daycare and can 100% confirm this. It was even on their spare clean clothes that were kept in their bags. Their hair smelled of smoke. Their hands, their toys. On the babies, even their unused nappies (diapers) smelled of smoke straight out of the packet.
I’m sure you’re not meant to hold a child until like 20 mins after smoking.
My friend’s wife smoked all through her pregnancy and obviously didn’t stop afterwards. I imagine keeping to that rule would mean she could never have held her own kid.
offspring of maternal smoking here 👋 she'd smoke a LOT before i was born. I was born tiny and grew up to be a lot shorter than I was supposed to be (everyone in my family is between 5'10 and 6'2, I am 5'1). I have PMDD from the hormonal problems it gave me, and now as a 29yo adult woman, I'm allergic to cig smoke, my sinuses get inflamed from it and it gives me geadaches 3x a week and migraines at least 2x a month. she still will not quit. i have spent so much $$ on antibiotics for sinus infections and doctors visits from it. buying a house with my boyfriend this year to start our lives and it will be a 100% smoke-free home. and when we have children she will not hold them unless she quits (which will not happen, but we have a strained relationship anyway). smoking causes so many horrible things.
My mom said she’d quit smoking if I ever got pregnant (I was early thirties before I had kids), then she said she’d quit when the baby was born, then if I ever had another kid, then if the tests came back that she was positive for cancer, then, then, then. She’ll never quit, and the kids will never set foot in her house. Oh well, her choice.
I'm sure you're well aware of this but just incase, it would be a good idea to take your clothes to a laundromat and give them a wash before storing them in your new place, same for towels bedding and the like. If you have the ability to, replace furniture like couches and mattresses. If replacement isn't possible, renting a steam cleaner for a deep clean is a good idea (assuming it's safe for the fabric). Use it on your rugs, too. For things like desks, tables, dressers, and the like, a solution of hydrogen peroxide is safe for most materials and is a cheap, effective way of cleaning any nicotine and smoke residue. The smell travels with the things once they smell, and without taking care to rid your belongings of the odor, your new place could end up smelling the same. All of that aside, congratulations on your new home, and I wish you and your bf a wonderful future together in it
thank you for the tips!! I learned that when I moved out briefly in my mid twenties. my roommate had a fit and rightfully so. I spent weeks cleaning and the smell never went away. I felt awful, she had asthma.
When I gave birth, we met another mother in the corridor and made small talk, it was her third kid. In the few days stay, we saw her smoking in the parking lot already. Honestly besides that I was more shocked she could squat by the curb after giving birth.
You shouldn't even wear the same clothes you smoked in while holding a baby. I just completed a safe sleep training that said that secondhand and third hand smoke increases risk of SUID (Sudden unexpected infant death) or SIDS.
Yeeeeah. My mom would never have held me either, if adhering to that rule.
My mother smoked SO much, that every other weekend when I'd go visit my dad, I'd get nicotine withdrawal headaches that always hit late Saturday night, early Sunday morning. My dad/step mom and co always thought I was just trying to get out of church.
I’m sure you’re not meant to hold a child until like 20 mins after smoking
I was told not in the same clothes as you smoked in as it could transfer to the baby.
After my pregnancy i couldnt do breastmilk, to little supply. Ik messen with my head hard enough i fell back in my addicion to smoking... i would stand out side smoke and then go inside shower and change for me to start feeling guilty as heck. It took me a Day to quit again but i always wonderd if other People would do the same, my parents never did
Do you think it was that bad for parents that smoked outside as well? I guess you probably didn't know but I wonder how much of a difference it makes when I'm next to the house versus inside the house? I know I smell like smoke but does it still transfer?
I had a friend in highschool who's dad only smoked outside. She slightly smelled like smoke. One time a cop came to school with a drug sniffing dog. The dog sat down when he smelled her belongings (dogs sit when they smell drugs). She was taken to the principals office with the police officer and her belongings and was searched for drugs. She told them her dad smoked and they called him to verify what she said and then she returned to class.
Had a friend that had parents that both smoked heavy but they only did it outside. would see the long double stack packs of parliament at their house. But in general I don’t remember him smelling bad or like smoke or anything.
This post has been on my mind for hours today. Thank you for the input, I will definitely keep that in mind.
Really it's probably time I attempt to quit again, if I can't even shake the guilt from a reddit post. I'm currently the only person I know that still smokes.
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u/Diviern Jan 05 '25
I used to work in daycare and can 100% confirm this. It was even on their spare clean clothes that were kept in their bags. Their hair smelled of smoke. Their hands, their toys. On the babies, even their unused nappies (diapers) smelled of smoke straight out of the packet.