Chain Smoking Around Baby 9 Hours A Day
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My mother and sister babysit our 17 month old baby during the working week typically 9am until 6pm. During the day they spend 90% of the time in a open plan kitchen/sitting area with the baby playing in a playpen on the floor.
They are fantastic at looking after her but consistently smoke with nothing more than a small wall mounted fan to dispense the smoke. I would say on an average day my mother will get through 60 and my sister 20 so anything in the room stinks of nicotine.
When brought up with them it causes a riot with them both being in denial about it doing any harm to anyone. My mother claims its her only vice and what keeps her alive (she has a bad back and sits at a dining room table for 12+ hours a day & has suffered from cancer, has diabetes and high blood pressure) and my sister thinks its fine (She has had 5+ strokes and suffers from vasculitis)
They also seen no harm in chain smoking around my pregnant GF again claiming "the fans on"
More recently the baby has mimicked the opening and lighting of a cigarette which really pushed it over the edge. When I explained that this is not only crazy but would also be socially looked down upon they went nuts.
When I push the issue I get told to find someone else to look after her but thats not helping anyone and changes need to be made. What would you say to your family if they were acting like this ?
My mother and sister babysit our 17 month old baby during the working week typically 9am until 6pm. During the day they spend 90% of the time in a open plan kitchen/sitting area with the baby playing in a playpen on the floor.
They are fantastic at looking after her but consistently smoke with nothing more than a small wall mounted fan to dispense the smoke. I would say on an average day my mother will get through 60 and my sister 20 so anything in the room stinks of nicotine.
When brought up with them it causes a riot with them both being in denial about it doing any harm to anyone. My mother claims its her only vice and what keeps her alive (she has a bad back and sits at a dining room table for 12+ hours a day & has suffered from cancer, has diabetes and high blood pressure) and my sister thinks its fine (She has had 5+ strokes and suffers from vasculitis)
They also seen no harm in chain smoking around my pregnant GF again claiming "the fans on"
More recently the baby has mimicked the opening and lighting of a cigarette which really pushed it over the edge. When I explained that this is not only crazy but would also be socially looked down upon they went nuts.
When I push the issue I get told to find someone else to look after her but thats not helping anyone and changes need to be made. What would you say to your family if they were acting like this ?
Sorry I could not reply last night the site would not allow posts from new accounts due to spammers.
I appreciate everyone's feedback and it has more than shown the reality of what we already knew. It's never been about money but more about her being around family which I can see now was the wrong decision to make.
I actually tried to show them this post last night and they refused to look at it and said I'm trying to bully them.
I appreciate everyone's feedback and it has more than shown the reality of what we already knew. It's never been about money but more about her being around family which I can see now was the wrong decision to make.
I actually tried to show them this post last night and they refused to look at it and said I'm trying to bully them.
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