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Your baby’s gut microbiome is a key part of this development – it is kickstarted the moment your baby is born and develops in response to their environment to support immune and digestive development. 

We know the gut is central to health and that more than 70% of our immune cells are found here, so it is important to be able to easily identify what's happening with your baby - and one key way of checking is by keeping track of nappies – are they happy or crappy? 

Keeping track of what’s going on in their nappy is a useful way to help understand your baby’s behaviour and any symptoms they might be experiencing – with their digestion, elimination, immunity, skin and mood. Happy nappies are linked to happy babies. 

And friendly bacteria, that’s been specifically selected for and researched with babies from birth, can be part of their routine from the get-go to complement their natural gut microbes and help keep their nappies happy from birth.

Adrienne Benjamin, Nutritionist at ProVen Biotics, adds: "Becoming a parent brings both extreme joy and increased stress. We find ourselves delighted every day by the tiniest new thing that our baby does - at the same time as worrying about what is 'normal' and what needs further attention."

"And 'normal' nappy contents seems to be a stressor for the majority of new parents. I have three (now grown-up) sons, and remember that talking (and worrying!) about the contents of my babies' nappies became an almost daily pastime for periods, particularly in the first year of my first son's life."

"Normalising conversations and sharing stories around this subject can be particularly helpful for new parents, which is where the idea of Happy Nappies came from."