05/03/2026
One thing that doesn’t get talked about enough in motherhood is how early the gut story actually begins.
A baby’s microbiome isn’t built overnight when they start solids. It starts with mum.
During pregnancy, birth and early feeding, microbes from mum help seed the infant microbiome. Those early microbes influence how the gut develops, how nutrients are processed and how the immune system learns to respond.
Which means every rejected vegetable today isn’t the full story.
The foundation of gut health starts long before the highchair stage.