Laura1992
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My partner's parents are both really heavy smokers, and I'm worried about them visiting when the twins are born and stinking of smoke.. I don't know them very well, having only met his dad once and his mum twice, so not well enough to be straight with them that I'm really against smoking around babies and I'm not happy about second-hand smoke being breathed all over them either.
I know I can't protect them forever from smoke, but I'll do my best while they are tiny and premature, at least. My partner had horrendous asthma as a child, and I do wonder whether it was aggravated by his parents smoking (their houses both stink of smoke and they smoke indoors).
When I visited them in their homes while pregnant, they continued to smoke in the house and right in front of me. My partner did ask his dad to stop and he did, but didn't seem to see the problem.
Anywayyyyy, I guess I'll have to ask them not to smoke anytime within a few hours of visiting? They'll be driving down from far, so I'm thinking they'll be straight on the ciggies soon as they're out the car.
Anyone dealt with this situation before? I don't want to seem like a pain in the arse, but it does bother me a lot.
I know I can't protect them forever from smoke, but I'll do my best while they are tiny and premature, at least. My partner had horrendous asthma as a child, and I do wonder whether it was aggravated by his parents smoking (their houses both stink of smoke and they smoke indoors).
When I visited them in their homes while pregnant, they continued to smoke in the house and right in front of me. My partner did ask his dad to stop and he did, but didn't seem to see the problem.
Anywayyyyy, I guess I'll have to ask them not to smoke anytime within a few hours of visiting? They'll be driving down from far, so I'm thinking they'll be straight on the ciggies soon as they're out the car.
Anyone dealt with this situation before? I don't want to seem like a pain in the arse, but it does bother me a lot.