Poppy7
28-03-2013, 01:11 PM
I have recently started my children with a newly registered childminder. They have settled in wonderfully and I'm very happy with the level of care she provides. The children love her too so all very positive.
However.....when I first visited her house it smelt faintly of stale smoke.I asked if she smoked and she said no (I still believe this) she said her husband smokes though but never in the house. They had recently moved in to the house so I thought maybe it was the previous owners that had left the stale smell. I feel very strongly against smoking so a childminder who is a smoker would have be a no-no
Anyway...fast forward a few weeks....my daughter has come home with her clothes smelling very slightly of stale smoke on a few occasions and it is bothering me a lot. A few times when I have dropped her off in the morning a stale smoke smell in the house is obvious. It's never there in the afternoon so I assume it is the CM's husband before he goes to work.
What can I do about this. I hate the thought of my children being around second hand smoke but is it within my rights to forbid them to cmoke in the house, even when my children aren't there?
Please help. I really don't know what to do.
However.....when I first visited her house it smelt faintly of stale smoke.I asked if she smoked and she said no (I still believe this) she said her husband smokes though but never in the house. They had recently moved in to the house so I thought maybe it was the previous owners that had left the stale smell. I feel very strongly against smoking so a childminder who is a smoker would have be a no-no
Anyway...fast forward a few weeks....my daughter has come home with her clothes smelling very slightly of stale smoke on a few occasions and it is bothering me a lot. A few times when I have dropped her off in the morning a stale smoke smell in the house is obvious. It's never there in the afternoon so I assume it is the CM's husband before he goes to work.
What can I do about this. I hate the thought of my children being around second hand smoke but is it within my rights to forbid them to cmoke in the house, even when my children aren't there?
Please help. I really don't know what to do.