and most of the day today...
Did you know that a child's immune system isn't fully developed until she's 6 years old? I learned a really interesting fact on the La Leche League website that I just had to share... "Nursing also allows your baby (toddler) to give germs to you so that your immune system can respond and can synthesize antibodies! This means that if your baby has come in contact with something which you have not, (s)he will pass these germs to you at the next nursing; during that feeding, your body will start to manufacture antibodies for that particular germ. By the time the next feeding arrives, your entire immune system will be working to provide immunities for you and your baby." How cool is that?! It's nice to know that I can literally nurse my little ones back to health!
2 comments:
love it! what a good mama. hope she feels better soon!
had no idea about that! so cool.
feel better soon Gigi!
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