My experience as an American is that we kiss our babies ON the lips not IN
the mouth (as Jeanette wrote).  Is this what you mean or would it have the
same effect.
Chayn - an American born Israeli IBCLC who only stops kissing her children
on the lips when they decide that it is yucky.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Ingrid Tilstra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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