Friday, June 13, 2014

Research-Based Baby Hygiene: Why Your Floors Shouldn't Be As Clean As You Think

Mom, stop worrying that your grandkids are crawling on my dirty floor. I'm doing it for their own good.

That's right. A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has found what parents like me have always hoped to be true about baby hygiene: Babies who come across mouse droppings, cat dander, and cockroach droppings before age 1 had decreased rates of allergies at age 3. In fact, this allergy protection actually increased if the child was also exposed to plenty of unhealthy bacteria.

Nobody would ever say that my floors are clean enough to eat off of. But in light of this new research, maybe that's a good thing. Throw baby hygiene out the window. Hey, Mom -- I'm helping your grandkids' immune systems!

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