You're right, it's not clear, although this "When a mother kisses her baby, she 'samples' those pathogens that are on the baby's face - the very ones that the baby is about to ingest" to me means wherever on the baby's face mom kisses the baby.  Probably true of hands, too.

Ingrid


Probably a cultural thing, but to some people 'kissing' only means 
mouth-to-mouth contact.  I don't think it's clear from what's been 
posted here which definition of kissing was used in the research on 
health benefits.

Christine Bussman

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