I heard something interesting today on CNN.
After a study they seem to have found that babies exposed to 2 or more pets have far less chance of developing allergies to those pets later in life. It is not that the pets leave hair, skin, and mites around but rather their turds and urine where they go in the house that allows the retarding of allergies.
It seems that I remember it being something like 1/6 the chance with them being exposed to pets in their early years as opposed to 1/3 developing allergies without being exposed. It also seems that super clean homes do them no favors either. By not allowing them to be exposed to various germs and bacteria early in life they are set up to face reactions to them later in life. Apparently, some dirtiness is actually better for the kids.
Those babies who were in some form of childcare with other babies also had less tendency to develop sickness later on in their school years.
After a study they seem to have found that babies exposed to 2 or more pets have far less chance of developing allergies to those pets later in life. It is not that the pets leave hair, skin, and mites around but rather their turds and urine where they go in the house that allows the retarding of allergies.
It seems that I remember it being something like 1/6 the chance with them being exposed to pets in their early years as opposed to 1/3 developing allergies without being exposed. It also seems that super clean homes do them no favors either. By not allowing them to be exposed to various germs and bacteria early in life they are set up to face reactions to them later in life. Apparently, some dirtiness is actually better for the kids.
Those babies who were in some form of childcare with other babies also had less tendency to develop sickness later on in their school years.