According to the rules of classical child care, the developing body of babies needs not only proper, but also regular nutrition.. However, according to the results of one of the latest studies, the issue of regularity seems to be far from being so obvious.. According to scientists, it is possible that children who were fed when they themselves wanted it, as they grow older, are able to demonstrate a higher IQ compared to those children who ate on a strictly scheduled basis.. What’s more, in addition to high IQ test scores, these children allegedly perform better in school..

According to information that was published in the authoritative European scientific publication, the European Journal of Public Health, eight-year-old children who were fed on demand (obviously expressed in infantile crying) in their infancy did have a high IQ level.. Among other things, the results of intelligence tests in such children were, on average, four to five points higher than in all other children who were fed strictly according to the schedule in infancy..

Researchers from the University of Essex and their colleagues from the University of Oxford, as part of their study, drew attention to three types of mothers feeding their babies.. The first type is when mothers fed their babies on a strictly scheduled basis, that is, for example, every four hours. The second type: when mothers tried to feed their children strictly according to the schedule, but did not particularly succeed in this, since not all children are ready to eat when the daily routine requires it. The third type: mothers fed their babies when they showed a desire to eat. It should be noted that at the time of the beginning of the studies, the babies were, on average, only four weeks old..

This study began quite a long time ago - in the early nineties of the last century, in the city of Bristol, in the southwest of Great Britain. Since then, scientists have been able to study more than ten thousand children.. Ultimately, the results of the study showed a clear relationship between the attitude of mothers of babies to the issue of the diet of their children and the level of IQ of these children at school age.. As mentioned above, children who were fed by their mothers as their offspring developed a craving for food scored higher on intelligence tests.. In addition, such children performed better in tests that are part of the compulsory curriculum.. They were required to take these tests at the age of five, seven, 11 and 14..

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