Previously, I talked about SIDS. But a recent study by The Women’s and Children’s Hospital in the UK and the University of Adelaide in Australia have found that bacterial infection could be the cause of some cases of cot death in the UK.
The researchers found that the babies who died without apparent reasons carried potentially harmful bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus. And these bacteria could have triggered a chemical reaction that overwhelms the baby, resulting in sudden death.
It definitely sounds quite scary!
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cot deaths,
infection,
SIDS
Sometimes it’s good to have a little dirt in the house, according to a research that would be published in Nature soon.
The American scientists in the research found that mice living in a germ-free environment developed type-1 diabetes, which is an autoimmune disease.
So, having a totally sterile home is instead not too good for your kids. However, don’t go into the opposite extreme and have a super dirty house. The kids and you will have a different set of health problems then.
As for Matthew, we are not too particular about him getting a little dirty. And he has been a rather healthy kid so far other than the occasional flu, cough and fever.
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Child Health,
diabetes,
dirt
Now I know why my wife goes into a trance when Matthew smiles when he was a baby. Anyway, I’m just kidding about the trance part. But she’ll be totally engrossed.
Apparently, a new mother gets a high like a drug hit when her baby smiles back. And it can be as addictive as taking drugs. The research showed that the brain regions, called the substantia nigra, the striatum and the frontal lobe, light up when the mother looks at a photo of her smiling baby. These brain areas are also activated in experiments related to drug addiction.
Well, I’m sure the same applies to fathers as well. I know I get a high when Matthew smiles or when I look at his smiley photos. Maybe they should do a similar research on fathers.
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Parenting
