baby second hand vape
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I doubt whether the immune system would be a problem if the liquid used is Propylene Glycol-based. PG has germ-fighting properties.
But we just don't know. If you're concerned enough to ask the question, then err on the side of caution and take it to the next room.
One proactive step that we all can take is to find out more about what's in the vapor. The IVAQS research will use the same methods and equipment that is used to determine the substances in tobacco smoke to see what's in the vapor. We will have a direct head-to-head comparison. We all can help by donating toward the cost of conducting the research.
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I would love to see some air quality tests done just for this reason, but whoever said that we are destroying our kids immune systems by how clean we have become are spot on IMO, we played in the dirt when I was little had the 5 second rule and didn't wash our hands every 5 minutes, I know it sounds silly but I let my kids do the same thing while growing up and guess what, they don't get sick like the people I see that do go on the excessive side of cleanliness, my kids don't have allergies either, of course they know proper hygiene and practice it well but it's not overboard and I attribute that for letting them do things like we did while they were little, they are all healthy as ox's..
Anf the meaning of that is?
Sorry I hadn't seen your post.
"Cosign kushka" means "I basically agree with kushka and I'm acknowledging my agreement without adding the clutter of similar comments".
I have a 5 week old daughter, I vape in the house, but not in the same room. While I am sure there is probably no need for concern, better safe than sorry I guess.
my own personal opinion..as there is no real evidence to the affects or hard studies on the subject..I would treat it just as ciggies
thinking back to the rock soup..my sis made bro and I..we helped pick the rocks even..and I dont recall washing anything..
we didnt die..or even get sick..laughs
we didnt die..or even get sick..laughs
I did not smoke analogs in the house with the babies in the room, but I do vape in the room with the baby with some amount of confidence that the baby is not being exposed to danger. I do blow it as far away from the baby as I can though.
My 3rd child (6 month old baby girl) likes the LED on my batt also, and enjoys watching the vapor dissipate. Her little eyes follow it off into the distance, lol.
My 3rd child (6 month old baby girl) likes the LED on my batt also, and enjoys watching the vapor dissipate. Her little eyes follow it off into the distance, lol.
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I wholeheartedly agree with this post! I'll take it a step further and add that I do not get any flu shots or any of that stuff and I rarely get sick. On the other hand, we have my coworker, obsessivly uses the hand gels, religiously gets his flu shots, washes his hands many times a day, drinks "immune boosting" drinks, and guess what, he's sick every other week and sometimes more often than that.
hello slaabrokk from Norway!
we are all hoping someone "will know" something about that. PG vapor is used in hospital ventilation systems to kill bacteria. PG vapor has been used to deliver medication to the transplanted lungs of lung transplant patients.
the only other thing i know in regards to your question is that if this happens to you, then your baby may become sensitive to PG: for some people, vaping PG eventually leads to PG sensitivity, allergy, overload (call it what you will), resulting in itchiness and hives; the condition may be aggravated by artificial food additives like colorings and flavorings; the condition is aggravated by PG containing products: lotions, soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, medicine caps and fillers, nicotine replacement products.... if you do not become sensitive to PG, i don't see any reason to be alarmed, to worry, about how trace amounts of PG in the air might affect anyone, including your baby.
I think you are being a fine mother, a good mother, a concerned mother, a mother taking good care of her baby don't beat yourself up worrying over a little PG vapor.
Yah sorry but i wouldnt take any chances with this. NO ONE knows the long term effects of these things. WE are the guina pigs. At least you have a choice to put this stuff in your lungs. Your baby dosnt, are you going to take that choice away from him/her?
Sounds like my husband... He was raised with a good mom who protected him from contamination and made him wash his hands before dinner and all that good stuff you're supposed to do and he gets sick probably every other month.
I was raised in a converted hippy bus (cooked outside on a picnic table and 'bathed' in the same giant stainless steel bowl as we went pee in at night) during my toddler years and then by my sister who is 4 years older than me, since mom worked and went to school -- not a lot of hand washing going on there. I don't usually get sick every year, maybe every other year or so.
I definitely think too much of a sterile environment is a bad thing.
But the question of to vape or not to vape around kids isn't really about germs IMO, is it?
For me, the real question is 'will children of vapers end up vaping when they grow up?' because it has been shown that children of smokers usually grow up to be smokers.
Also, is the PG/nic/flavoring that we exhale harmful for the baby: I say no to that one. PG is the stuff they use in theatre productions and no kids of rock star parent have had illness from prolonged exposure that I ever heard of -- afaik the rock stars don't get sick from it either. The Nic might concern you if you think it's as addictive as they say -- I think it's as addictive as coffee at the very least. (I think tobacco cigarettes are addictive enough to keep one hooked for life, but I wonder about the nicotine alone sometimes) But how much nicotine are we exhaling, and of that amount how much could a baby absorb from a foot or so away? And flavoring.... meh.
That remains to be seen.
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I would expect the answer to be "yes". I think the consensus is that children tend to adopt the habits of their parents when they grow up (after the rebellion phase).
I don't think that direct exposure to second-hand smoke (or vape) is a major factor -- I think it's more about the kids seeing what their parents do on a daily basis over the course of years.
Well, at least they'll grow up seeing me vaping instead of smoking --
Yes, that's certainly preferable.
Also, children do not grow up to be copies of their parents. I've long thought that parents tend to take both too much blame and too much credit for how their children turn out. For better and worse, society plays at least a much part in who children become as parent do.
I suspect that smoking was a habit that was particularly prone to being passed on because there was also a lot of social pressure to take it up. The parents + peers combo is very powerful. I say "was" because, at least amongst my own daughter and her peers, smoking is considered uncool. Despite her seeing me smoke for her entire childhood she remains, and I am confident will always be, a nonsmoker.
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