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...when a DCK's stuff reeks of cigarette smoke! WTF! Is it really that hard to keep your nasty, unhealthy habit away from your kid and his stuff?! UGH!
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I know what you mean. I used to have a dcg with this issue, and I would have to air it out on my porch for a few hours before bringing it back in.
There are several smokers in my family, and they get super defensive when confronted about the smell, so I decided not to approach the dcg's dad, but rather air it out.
It's gotten much better now, I think dcm ripped him a new one on her own :
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I have all his stuff out in my breezeway but it's in his clothes and his diapers and his hair! I want to give the poor thing a bath.I know what you mean. I used to have a dcg with this issue, and I would have to air it out on my porch for a few hours before bringing it back in.
There are several smokers in my family, and they get super defensive when confronted about the smell, so I decided not to approach the dcg's dad, but rather air it out.
It's gotten much better now, I think dcm ripped him a new one on her own ::Comment
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YES!!!! The thread I started "dreading this week" this dcg smells of smoke too. All of her stuff and her hair and clothes smell like smoke and I hate it.
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Poor kiddos!Comment
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I can NOT EVER keep my mouth shut about things like this. When a child smells like smoke, it is because he is being POISONED! I have given kids a bath in the past and washed their clothes, and at pickup I give mom two options: knock off the smoking or I call DCF. And they knew I meant to carry through with that threat.Comment
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I have been fortunate. In my 30 yrs of daycare, I've never had a parent that was a smoker.
I hate the smell.Comment
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Third hand smoke makes me nauseous. I've termed over it in the past.Comment
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Smoke and perfume bother my asthma/ allergies so I have to be really frank with parents. I have had kids that have had to be changed into clean clothes and their stuff tossed into the washer because I can't do the smell!Comment
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Thankfully I haven't had to deal with the smoke smell. I would probably have to term, because like the pp, I have horrible allergies and couldn't take it. My dd has asthma and no way would I allow her to be exposed to third hand smoke in her home.Comment
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I also would not be able to have a client who smelled like smoke. Here is my question/concern though:
When you are licensed, don't you legally have to provide a smoke free environment? (I am license exempt although my home is still smoke free as none of us smoke). If you ladies who are licensed do have to provide a smoke free environment then wouldn't third hand smoke that you can smell and is effecting you - effect the other children in your care as well?Comment
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Smoke free means "smoke" not smell.
While I understand the concern, smoking IS legal and although I am not a smoker and hate the smell too, I think as a business owner you have 2 choices....
Take a "smelly" kid or don't.
But until it actually becomes illegal, there really isn't much else you can do.
I know some states are making laws/rules about smoking in cars with young kids but I am not aware of any laws saying parents can't smoke elsewhere when their kid is present.
Threatening to call DCF is a little harsh in my opinion and if my provider had taken a stance like that when my DH did smoke, it would have been the last day we'd have been clients. Win-win for both parties
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