Team officials aren't allowed to contact players during the lockout, but the NFL granted new 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh permission to personally congratulate his QB on the birth of his first child. Harbaugh visited Alex Smith and his wife, Elizabeth, in the hospital last week after she gave birth to a son, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area reported Wednesday, citing an unidentified source. A 49ers spokesman said the team asked the NFL for approval to visit the new mother, and the league said yes because it was purely a social visit. Harbaugh brought flowers for Elizabeth Smith.