Go ahead - cover your baby in kisses!

You know you can't resist, and it's what Mother Nature intended.

Biofeedback happening here!

A breastfeeding parent and her baby are a very unique dyad with significant biofeedback happening between the two. An example of this is how mom and baby share germs, leading to the production of antibodies in breastmilk that are specific, and targeted. Thus, moms should not hesitate to kiss their newborns’ faces. Unless they have a known contagious illness such as RSV or Covid, moms should feel free to kiss their babies so this feedback can occur. If a newborn baby has been exposed to a virus from a nurse or hospital visitor, mom will expose herself with this contact, and then specific antibodies to that virus will soon appear in her milk to protect baby. When a breastfeeding mom does get sick herself, in most cases, baby has already been exposed to her illness prior to her symptoms presenting. Thus it usually does not make sense to separate moms and babies who are breastfeeding. Mom will manufacture specific antibodies to her illness in her milk, as well as specific antibodies to the illnesses of her partner and other children in the household. (so no need to freak out if the toddler sneezes in the newborn's face...that WILL happen at some point) Breastfeeding moms are antibody factories, who place a virtual forcefield around their vulnerable newborns!

Mom's kisses protect me!