Feeding your baby solids early may help them sleep, study suggests

Advice on when to introduce babies to solid food has been hotly disputed for years, but the latest research seems to indicate that earlier is better

Introducing solid food to babies before they reach six months might offer a small improvement to their sleep, new research suggests.

Researchers from the UK and US looked at data collected as part of a clinical trial exploring whether early introduction of certain foods could reduce the chance of an infant developing an allergy to them. As part of the study the team also looked the impact on other measures, including growth and sleep.