I'm truly amazed and bamboozled at the number of parents I see smoking around their babies. Now I don't give a toss if the parents smoke or not that's their choice, but its not their childrens choice. Surely any caring mum and dad can show some self restraint and wait for a time when their babies aren't close or go outside.
Passive or second hand smoking can affect babies in many ways - allergies, asthma, phneumonia, bronchitis and the big one SIDS. If both parents smoke the risk of SIDS is around 3.5 times greater.
There's ample information available through the internet these days to increase parents awareness of the damage they could be doing to babies so please take a look and give your kids a fair go.
Don't hide your head in the sand and believe you'll beat the odds.
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