I saw a mom in the hospital today, she delivered last night, a beautiful
unmedicated birth.  A nurse told her she shouldn't kiss her baby on the face
or touch her baby's face because of germs.  I thought I had read somewhere
that it was important for a baby's immune system to be colonized with her
mother's germs as soon as possible (assuming the mom doesn't have active TB
or something like that) and this had something to do with breastfeeding and
antibodies.  Is this right and, if so, does anyone have a source for this
information?

Julie Rosen, LLLL in NJ

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