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[diogenes1994]

It happened.

My hypnodomme has been slowly infantilizing me. Bedtimes, a prohibition on swearing, sleeping with a pacifier... I hated the pacifier at first, but she hypnotized me to be unable to sleep without Mr Binky.

Last night I went to bed at my bedtime, curled up, sucking on Mr Binky. I drifted to sleep with no issues.

I woke up and knew something was wrong. I had an odd feeling. A warm... Wet? Feeling. It's been very hot, so I thought I just sweated through the night. But it was concentrated around my waist? Around my... Crotch?

I wet the bed. I actually wet the bed. I peed myself. I lost control of my bladder. I didn't know she was hypnotizing me for that to even happen?? I've been okay all day today, but I'm terrified for tonight. How far away are diapers?

[billioncheers]

Infant and Gut Microbiota: Three Development Stages

We are already aware of the fact that an infant’s digestive tract gets introduced to the gut microbiota directly after birth. But we are still to understand how the foundations of the gut microbiota are laid and what exactly causes their transition overtime? A recent paper published in Nature highlights some of these questions, shedding light on the relation between the gut microbiota and the development of an infant.

At the Baylor College of Medicine, researchers published a study in which they observed that basically from the age of 3 months to 4 years there happen to be 3 distinct phases of colonization of microorganisms in the gut in children. These phases include: A primary developmental phase which ranges from the 3rd to 12th month followed by the transitional phase which is spread over the 15th to the 30th month and the ultimate stable phase which is observed post the 31st month. But this does not mean that the maturation of the gut microflora culminates after this time period. Past studies have shown that this ultimate phase may last up to 20 years of age, and again a shift is witnessed at the age post 70, the elderly type.

The senior author and researcher of the study, Joseph Petrosino says “We know that the first few years of life are important for microbiota establishment. You are born with very few microbes, and microbial communities assemble on and in your body through those first years of your life.”

Petrosino and colleagues used the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study unit which happens to be the biggest clinical study of gut microflora in infants. Six international centers every month (for a period of 10 years) have been taking stool samples of about 8600 children who have a high risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. The aim for this is to understand what exactly is it that instigates the disease.

The researchers studied around 12,005 stool samples that were taken from 903 children between the ages of 3 and 46 months.

It was observed during the developmental stage that those infants who received regular breast milk ( or at least occasionally) showed higher levels of Bifidobacterium (these bacteria are known to have probiotic properties). With the increase in food diversity, there is a certain observable change in the composition of the gut microbiota. Similarly, higher levels of bacteria belonging to the Firmicutes phyla generally occur in the adult microbiota. It was also seen that vaginal birth was a reason for the temporary rise in the levels of Bacteroides bacteria, which consequently denotes an increase in the gut diversity and development during the first few years of life.

Dr. Francisco Guarner, a researcher at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, conclusively highlights that “the study sheds light on the importance of early childhood nutrition and provides insight into how it affects the development of microbiota. It is crucial children eat food that can nourish gut microbiota and give it subtracts to ferment. Fiber, indigestible vegetable carbohydrates, whole cereals containing a variety of fibers, such as inulin, oligosaccharides, all in all, helping establish a healthy gut microbiota.”

The post Infant and Gut Microbiota: Three Development Stages appeared first on GUT University.

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