SubtleHustle
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- May 11, 2017
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Well, if ya want to get technical... are we breastfeeding or formula only? Vaginal or caesarian birth?I've deleted my previous post talking about a newborn's immune system as I've felt it was way too off-topic, but what you're saying is so wrong that I just have to comment on it. You're talking about certain antibodies from the mother, but that also highly depends on the mother's current immunities and has barely anything to do with a newborn's immune system.
A newborn's immune system is in no way as developed as the mother's. Infact, it is especially weak within the first ~3 months after it was born, with a much higher risk to catch infectious illnesses due to the immaturity of their immune system. After those initial ~3 months, the cell-mediated immunity starts to develop, which is key to become more resistant against viruses of all kinds. This development lasts until the age of ~8, and at this point we usually talk about a fully developed immune system.
Gimmie a sec, I'm going to abort my first off topic post and then respond to an off topic response to it, which is now nothing more than a lost soul. This post is sad, it's going to see the loss of a few of it's parents in the matter of several hours. It didn't even get to meet one of its grand parents. It may have to self abort.