Study shows introducing solid foods at the right age can stave off allergies (JournalStar.com)

Feed solid foods to your infant and she’ll sleep through the night.

That’s the advice given to exhausted new mothers.

Feed them solid foods between 4 months and 6 months — never before 4 months. That’s the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition talking.

Give nothing but breast milk for the first 6 months, says advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Breastfeeding. It points to studies that find infants who get solids too early have a greater chance of developing food allergies.

Childhood allergies sometimes grow into adult allergies. Sometimes there’s a grouping of allergies, eczema and asthma. Some allergies, like to nuts, are dangerous.

Now comes a study in the June issue of Pediatrics suggesting maybe it’s best to feed infants solids after four months rather than six.



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