New Meaning For 'Slept Like A Baby'

I guess it's belaboring the obvious to say that breast milk is extraordinary stuff, while a new study further hammers that home in finding that the levels of the components in it change every 24 hours in response to the needs of the baby.

The components include the nucleotides adenosine, guanosine and uridine which excite or relax the central nervous system, promoting restfulness and sleep.

In a footnote, the researchers say that in order to ensure correct nutrition, a baby should be given milk at the same time of day that it was expressed from the mother's breast.