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Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.John S. C. Abbot
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> Cleanliness next to sickliness? Dirt may deter asthma
> Denise Grady The New York Times
> Friday, September 20, 2002
> NEW YORK Children from extremely clean homes may be more likely to develop
> asthma and hay fever than those who grow up on farms or in families that allow
> a bit of dirt in the house, researchers are reporting. Dirt and manure may be
> beneficial because they are swarming with bacteria, which can help an infant's
> immune system to mature and develop tolerance - instead of allergies - to
> environmental substances like pollen and animal dander. <snip>


Well, duh!  How do they think our forbears survived dirt floors and no air conditioning (i.e. no option but to let in the summer dust and dirt through the windows!)?  Asthma is a condition that has become more prevalent only recently.  Babies used to be exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months
and crawled around on dirt floors.  It just doesn't stand to reason that these factors would increase the incidence of it!  Someone isn't using their head (and, yes, maybe they ARE using money from a questionable source.)

Marsha, whose latest frustration is a new medical director who has decided we are discriminating against bottle feeding moms because the "Infant Feeding Specialist" (that's my official, politically correct, title) isn't seeing bottle moms, too!

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