In message >, JoeSpareBedroom
> writes
>"Tim C." > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:54:37 +0200, ChattyCathy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>They haven't had time to build up their immune systems, so one
>>>has to be careful about "germs".
>>
>> They have their immune system provided by mother's milk.
>
>Are you saying that on the day they're done nursing, babies' immune systems
>are complete, and will develop no further?
>
>
I don't think that is correct. Breast milk gives them immunities they
would not otherwise have when they are babies. I have only one problem
with breast-feeding - all my kids were breast-fed and my elder son
contracted chicken-pox at the age of four, when my daughter was a baby.
I hoped that she would also get it but she didn't (she had a couple of
spots and that is all) and the doc said it was probably because she was
still immune as a result of being breast-fed. At the age of 13, she got
it big-time
--
June Hughes