Oh okay. Then strong deodorant would likely be included in the strong perfume thing. Honestly I use scented deodorant and can't smell it even after exercise¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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...and THAT is usually what is at issue. Those who use toxic fragrance chemicals lose their sense of smell. Yay Johnson and Johnson. 😑

You don't know what the difference between an allergy and a dislike is. Duh

Chris ~ Dude, no need to be rude.

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@Kim Burke: "If the baby is sensitive to scents". I imagine the millions and millions of babies who died or were seriously damaged in the past, because they were exposed for a short time and at a distance to clothes belonging to smokers. Really a serious issue. Fortunately, today there are mothers like the one mentioned in this post, who really care about their children's health and put it in front of everything, even money.

@Agamemenon Triforce: So if a baby is exposed for a few seconds (I don't think this mother would allow contact for a longer time) to the smell of smoke, would a tragedy ensue?

She basically told everybody do not touch the baby. There is a next to zero chance any of thay could affect the baby 98% of that visit unless an extreme life endangering allergy was involved. Also avoidance of things like fragrance, deodorant can actually cause the creation of severe allergies.Severe overuse can also cause it. (most deoderants now are both deoderants and antiperspirants which is actually a deodorant aimed at helping with sweaty smells and B.O.) also excessive showering for your skin type can cause excema. my foster sister taken to the doctor for everything ie:paper cut. That's how she got excema. She got so babied like OPs baby and became equally entitled if not worse. If OP keeps it up she will be raising a spoilt entitled brat she can't handle. Mother can't handle the word no. Neither will the child. Change your parenting method now while you still have a shot at raising a we behaved kid. Birth to age 5 is most important years for learning behavioral habits.

Yes however no where in the post does it say that her baby was / is a preemie. So if the child is a full term child and healthy I can see saying, no smoking prior to arrival or during visit please wear clean clothing etc. But to just make a no smoking rule period is just crazy. I can see "wash your hands etc prior to holding baby." But "no pictures" come on. these parents are insane.

Ummm ya but the most concerning part should be the demand for enslavement and pre approved payment and fees to just be in the general vicinity of the child ...because you have to work for your hour in their home....and not just demanding a gift for the baby but a gift card for mom too?? And groceries or take out from where they say ??? Thats disgusting 😒 that poor kid their parents just robbed them of a lifelong bond with very important people for their development and put a price on love so sick so wrong

AzKhaleesi ~ The no pictures one makes sense. There are a ton of very sick people out there. As a parent who found out that their child's personal info, including pictures, was hacked out of a medical company's database, I can tell you, the thought that some stranger is looking and knowing where your child is...it's terrifying.

I can see postingbphotos on social media but would be hurt not to take a photo with my grandchild.

Why would a "Medical Company" have your child's picture?

Tamara ~ It's a company that helps with tracking/coordinating various doctors and specialist with a person's insurance companies, to help pay for the medical costs of children with special needs. The company has info about her doctors, disabilities, bank account, school, therapists, home address, and various images of her to identify her to help protect from medical fraud.

Never heard of that. I'd be suspicious.

Who is we? You aren't the parent. So you don't make the rules!!

Smoke can still negatively affect healthy newborn babies and depending on the type of smoker even "clean" clothes can still have nicotine. I'm just speaking from my experience.

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Spores are on the body of a smoker so changing clothes doesn't do a thing. You would need to shower and then change your clothes and no smoking or being around smoke before holding the baby!!

Do you know what a spore is???

The no smoking rule is entirely reasonable. I ended up with asthma from passive smoking during childhood. Babies have delicate lungs, and most smokers can't smell the smoke even when it makes their clothing reek.

News flash....EVERYONE entering the NICU must wear a "cover gown " over their street clothes.....NEXT

@Nicole Douglas: Yes, ok, but it appears that the baby is perfectly healthy and in no way someone could infect a baby with tetanus simply interacting with him.

Tetanus is also deadly, just an FYI.

@Leo Domitrix: Of course tetanus is deadly, but I was just saying that if a person doesn't get the tetanus vaccination booster they can still interact with a baby. Or maybe you think tetanus is passed from person to person ?!

Tetanus is usually in a combo TDAP shot... Meaning it also vaccinates you against the (very dangerous for you) pertussis (whooping cough) which IS contagious. So, your point is a little moot?

@Shauna Rydman: tetanus vaccination requires few boosters over time... It saddens me that many here only look at the example (without however understanding it), instead of understanding the thinking behind it.

Once every 10 years.

What the hell are you talking about? You get a Tetanus vaccine if you have had an injury that might possibly cause Tetanus, as in a nail driven into your hand, cutting yourself with a dirty knife,etc. Generally, you get a Tetnus, Pertussis and Diphtheria every 10 years if you are an adult and follow your normal Vaccination Schedule

Tetanus is ony gotten if one gets an infection from rusted metal. And it's not a communicable infection which means like bronchitis it can't be spread to another person.

Perhaps you need to go back to whatever internet site you get all of your "info" from & re-read the section where it discusses how its transmitted to humans.

You are the most rude person here, so far as I have read. Let alone name calling. Don't be one of those people making the internet a horrible place. It does that all by itself.

Rude and extremely. Blunt but rookie does have a point. fetus shot isn't for things like covid or the flu. He is right. Tetanus is not a booster it is a shot that it's effectiveness starts to wear off everything 10 years. It's essentially built to act as a longer term effectiveness than depovera aka depo birth control shot once every 12 weeks for effectiveness "effectiveness" depo is not considered a booster as a result. Flu shots don't have boosters either. Which is factually correct. Depending on how heavy someone smokes , they stink. some people can't stand the stench of tobacco smokes. And Tamara's comment above his wasn't a very bright one. You can't spread tetanus except. potentially through exposed bloodstream like using a used needle on a fresh patient which is highly unlikely. You don't get tetanus simply by touching another human. You can't cough it at somebody either. Like stepping on a rusted nail with your bare feet. It's not guarantee You get it either vaned or not.

Funny you don't make sense and rail about reasonability then end on you are nonsense ... Classic irony vunderbar...

@Bayou Billy: it seems that several people here are the mommy in question in disguise.

It's not worth it, anti vax cultists are like flat earthers, so far removed from reality and sanity that no amount of civil discourse, presenting facts, logic and information will help. The entire anti vax movement started because ex doctor Andy Wakefield did his fraudulent autism study in the late 90s, as a paid scam purely to discredit MMR and sell the single dose vaccines he had stake in. Its been completely debunked, he faked the results of the "gut brain disease" he lost his license, and then had to become anti vax to make money off dumb people at conventions. That's literally it, the single, only study ever, and it's BS. The UK moved past it but he's in the US now and we have a lot of stupid people. It's even more harmful that flat earthers because they cause public health crises, in their mind risking deadly diseases to themselves and others is preferable to imaginary possible things if they get it. It's basically reached anti evolution levels of nonsense at this point.

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Well it won't let me reply to DD. Although avoiding people that have gotten the jab is a bit extreme it doesn't make what they are saying not true. This is evident now that time has passed since this was originally posted and the Pfizer vaccine studies are starting to become available to the public. You know the ones that they wanted to wait 75 years before they released them. It's the darndest thing too because out of the 8,000+ side effects of "special interest" covid was one of them. Yup they admit the jab gives you COVID oh and things like chicken pox, herpes, bacterial arthritis, type 1 diabetes (mind you type 1 has ALWAYS been a Genetic Endocrine Disorder meaning it only runs in bloodlines and makes the person 100% insulin dependent for life. Type 2 diabetes is the one that attacks the overweight and unhealthy that can be reversed and only requires a pill and diet change unless you're completly careless after you're diagnosed, those are the ones losing their feet)