The science behind why newborn babies Smell So Good -
When I gave birth to my first child, a friend of mine came to visit me in the hospital. She asked if she could take my son, and when I handed him she immediately began to sniff. "My God, I love this new baby smell," she exclaimed to me. "You can not get enough of it." I quickly realized that the new baby smell was addictive, with many people using my son for a solution of his little body fresh and clean.
some mothers have suggested using some baby shampoos, baby powder and lotions to perpetuate the glorious scent, but none of them seemed really replicate the real deal. According SciShow, there is a reason babies naturally feel so heavenly and it is not only scientific, but psychological.
Host Michael Aranda explained that the newborn baby smell, that continues for six weeks after a baby is born, may be due to amniotic fluid remains and vernix -. which is the white substance that covers the baby's skin when they are born Although it is immediately washed skin, traces can drag on for weeks.
The study concluded that the new baby smell functions as a kind of fun incentive to new mothers care for their babies - which could offset the depletion and promoting more maternal care
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This is good news for mothers, because, according to a 2013 study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Psychology , this fragrance are not only, but it can affect certain brain regions of all women, especially new mothers
for the study, they rounded up 30 women of the same age -. half of which has never given birth and half which allowed the child in the last six weeks. Isolate the smell of the newborn on a pair of pajamas babies taken completely unrelated to one of them, the women underwent brain scans while feeling sleepwear. Each of them showed activity in brain areas related to reward
The study concluded that the new baby smell functions as a kind of fun incentives for new mothers to take care of their babies -. Which could compensate for the depletion and promote more maternal care.
Basically, our babies smell so freaking amazing because we need them to unconsciously.
So far, the test has been done with women, it n 't clear if dads react the same way, but it is assumed it would give similar results.
Until a company can really imitate the smell, we all have to keep just birth babies or more to ensure that our friends and family to provide enough to keep our senses satisfied .