Wood stoves and infants?

Yes as far as the hot stove goes they learn that one fast. Have it really hot and take them close as a toddler so it's so hot they can feel it and say "HOT NO TOUCH " their instincts and you keep them off of it. Now as a smaller infant they may crawl to it that's when you need to keep them away more.


As far as smoke , we have been eating it here as the whole state has been smoked out from the Appalachian fires for over a week.

 

The Amish actually have kids with great ammune systems since they live a more traditional and "dirty" lifestyle. There exposed to more and therefore grow up healthier ammune systems because of it.

Living in a disinfected bubble does the body an injustice since it's not exposed to many common things to develop a resistance too, many things as common as common molds and mildew and mild allegens

 

Thanks for all the responses guys! I feel much better about it now so we will continue to heat with wood!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

 

Congrats Trilifter7, but I hate to tell you the worrying is just getting started and never stops. Especially with a precious little girl. My little girl is now approaching 40 and I still worry.

 

My Mom grew up having to run up to the top of the hill in the backyard to use the "outhouse" until she turned 12 years old. They had running water indoors, but not a flush toilet. In the Winter it was bed pans!!! They also had a coal furnace. They had dogs; as they were the new gotta have thing after dinosaurs were getting fazed out, raised chickens, turkeys, grew there own vegetables and hunted.

Your kid will be fine.................let her play in the mud.

 

My dad did too. Dad didn't have indoor plumbing till he was like between 17 to 19ish. Same thing, running water in the kitchen but nothing else.

 

I would get the docs take on it.

 

Congratulations. You'll be good. I have 2 young boys, one with asthma, pretty bad asthma. I burn mostly coal, some wood no issues with either of them. The older one understands HOT while the younger one felt the need to touch the stove, he's never touched it more than once and I'm pretty sure he got a mild burn.

 

Congrats Trilifter7 on the little one......looks like by now you have decided to keep burning, ataboy.

 

wildwest nailed it with that post of the commercial

Congrats on the baby....soon.
Just wait until you take her shopping in a grocery cart and pick something off the shelf and see her gnawing on the handle!!!
Kids got a lifetime full of germs ahead of her that there will be no stopping!

My first born; I would not let the grandparents hold him until they put there cigarettes down or out! Did think anything of it holding the baby to their face with a cigarette hanging out of their lips!

 

I agree, our little guy (almost 2 now) goes up to the stove and stops right about the spot where the radiant heat starts to become intense (couple feet). We have always had a fireplace screen up in front of the stove but honestly, now he is tall enough to reach over and touch the stove if he chose to.
He has known nothing other than wood heat...no issues at all here.
As far as checking with your doctor...depends on you doc, but my guess is chances are high you'll get some kinda "greenie" save the earth answer

 

Great thread as i was wondering the same thing about stoves, i have a boy due on December 26th. I only heat with wood i have a drolet tundra furnace in the basement, you guys think that will be ok?

 

I wouldn't give it a 2nd thought. Is your wife a "clean freak"??? If so; she'll need training or "re-education' camp for wood burners!!!!

As has been mentioned prior....................kids need to be exposed to dirt, poop, dust, dirt, "pollution", ash, etc. in order to grow up healthy and without allergies to life!!!

Good luck with the kidlet!!

 

Exactly what I heat with once it gets good n cold...we have a Drolet 1400i stove in the fireplace upstairs for the warmer weather...y'all will be fine