Dr. Chheda – 👶 Due to a number of factors, 6 months is when your baby will develop their first cold.

They are usually born with all of mom’s blood, all of mom’s antibodies inside of them. All of those antibodies go away between 4 to 6 months of age. For the first 4 to 6 months of age, they have enough antibodies to start to fight things off if they come in contact with any germs.

But after 6 months of age, all those antibodies are gone. Plus your baby’s at the age where they are touching everything, everything goes into their mouth. So they will be exposed, and they will get their first cold around 6 months of age.

And then they will get a cold every two weeks for the next two years, and that’s normal. That’s how they will develop their own immune system.