Hi all!

I'm wondering if anyone can offer me a little bit of help here.

Our baby is due in about a months time and I'm really worried about the fact that my parents smoke (resulting in their clothes stinking of smoke) and the effect this might have on our baby.

Without trying to sound like ridiculously overprotective parents, from what DH and I understand, there is research out there that suggests smoke on clothes may contribute to an increased risk of SIDS. Everything I read seems to have conflicting advice, some articles say that it's only passive smoking that will increase this risk but some discussion boards that I've read say that the smoke on the clothes might also be harmful. So basically I was wondering if anyone here can point me in the right direction for some conclusive evidence either way?

Oh, just to show what I'm up against, I have casually mentioned to my parents on more than one occasion that I don't want them smelling like smoke when they are around the baby (especially when they are really young). My Dad gets really defensive about this, saying how we were around them and we turned out ok and saying that if that is the case then they will never get to see the baby....

Is this worth fighting over???