Why Are Some Germs Good For Infants? After becoming a parent, the world appears to be a filthy, germ-infested environment. You can't look at a doorknob or a waiting room magazine without being concerned about microscopic foes lurking beneath the surface.
It's not easy being a parent. How are you expected to keep your baby healthy when their main goal is to devour anything they can get their hands on? To help you figure out which germ precautions to take and which fears to dismiss, we went to the professionals: paediatricians and infectious disease experts. This is what they had to say about it. New-borns and young babies have a limited number of microbial species, to begin with: As babies interact with more people and experience new settings, they acquire new species, and their micro biota composition begins to shift and become more distinct. Microbes on the skin, for example, begin to differ from those in