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Mothers should suck their babies’ dummies, scientists say
Being too clean has killed beneficial bacteria and mothers should suck their babies’ dummies to wash them and keep their children healthy, research suggests
According to Prof Graham Rook, children whose mother’s sucked their dummies to clean them were a third less likely to develop asthma and eczema
Mothers should suck their babies’ dummies to clean them, let children eat food from the floor, and get a dog, if they want to keep their families healthy, academics have claimed.
Experts from Cambridge University and University College London said that being too clean has killed beneficial bacteria, which keep the immune system strong.
They also advise frequent walks in the countryside; visiting farms and kissing family members regularly, and exercising in the park rather than at the gym, to top up on healthy bacteria.
Children whose mother’s sucked their dummies to clean them were a third less likely to develop asthma and eczema, Prof Graham Rook, told the Cheltenham Science Festival.
Clue to why a baby is crying is ‘in their eyes’
Clue to why a baby is crying is ‘in their eyes’
Babies cry to convey emotion, with the main reasons being hunger, pain, anger or fear, researchers find.
The intensity of the cry gradually reduces if the cause is anger, but increases if it is pain or fear
But parents – particularly first time parents – can struggle to identify which is the underlying cause, scientists from the University of Valencia say.
A study in the Spanish Journal of Psychology says that the eye activities and the dynamics of the cry can help determine the reason.
