By raising
our babies in sterile environments, we inhibit their ability to create natural resistance and immunity, increase the likelihood of allergies, and render antibacterial treatments less effective for when we truly need them to work.
Instead of keeping
babies in a sterile environment and preventing them from being exposed to bacteria, which can be detrimental to their immune systems, breastfeeding allows for «exposure to these microorganisms» which helps «stimulate the immune system,» said Dr. Christine Cole Johnson, an author of the study.
Not exact matches
# 7: Boost Your
Baby's Immunity Naturally When
babies are born, they emerge from a near -
sterile environment in the uterus and are seeded by their mother's bacteria.
This allows the
sterile environment within the package to be maintained keeping them fresher, longer without the chemicals found
in most
baby wipes.
It is gaining more and more confidence
in how to care for your
baby, after countless days and nights
in that beeping,
sterile environment.
The
baby is born
in a (hopefully)
sterile environment and removed through the lower part of the mother's abdomen without making contact with the birth canal
in the same way.
Babies born vaginally have a much richer variety of bacteria
in the weeks immediately following birth than those arriving via the more
sterile environment of a C - section.