We love having them in their arms, looking at them, pampering them and kissing them, but if there is something that makes us really crazy about babies, and what we would become addicted to is his smell. Why do babies smell so good? Why does your smell attract us so much?
Various studies have delved into the motives behind this intoxicating smell, what it is due to and the effects it has on the mother with super interesting conclusions.
How is the baby smell
Do you remember the smell of your baby? No dusts, no colonies, no lotions ... there's nothing like the natural smell of baby's skin, it is impossible to describe.
There are mothers who compare it with the aroma of vanilla, biscuit, fresh bread ... and even that of breast milk, and that is why it evokes warmth and shelter. What a shame it can't be stored in a jar!
But behind that smell that causes us a feeling of drunkenness there are various scientific theories that try to explain its origin and function. The smell of babies, in fact, could have helped shape our evolutionary history.
Why do they smell so good?
According to SciShow, there is a natural reason why babies smell so good. That particular smell that persists for about six weeks after the baby is born may be due to leftovers of amniotic fluid, as well as vernix caseosa, which is the white substance that covers the baby's skin at birth.
It should be remembered that in addition, as their apocrine sweat glands are not active, they do not present unpleasant odors to perspiration. To this it is added that they hardly sweat, because the mechanisms that regulate perspiration are not fully established.
A 2013 study published in the medical journal Frontiers this smell affects certain regions of the brain of all women, especially those who have recently been a mother. For this, the reactions suffered by their brains were measured when in contact with pajamas of newborns.
They could show that by feeling the smell of a baby the same mechanisms are activated that are activated when an addict uses drugs or when a very hungry person eats.
It fulfills the function of establishing a chemical relationship with his mother, as a kind of caller that generates in the mother's brain a biological need to provide protection and nourishment for her offspring.
Until now, research has focused on mothers, so it is unclear whether parents react in the same way, but assume that it would give similar results.
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