Parents are sharing videos on social media of how butter appeared to help their babies sleep better.

Parents on TikTok have been sharing how feeding their babies a bit of real butter before bed has supposedly helped their little ones sleep through the night.

A quick search on the social media site shows dozens of videos where mums are touting it as the next best thing for getting young kids to sleep for longer.

In one video, Bridgette Gray (@bridgette_.gray) described how her toddler used to wake up every two hours until she started giving her grass-fed butter before bed. Since then, she’s witnessed “a week straight of [my child] sleeping almost 8 hours every night”.

Meanwhile TikTok user @abbyexplainsitall told her 1.3m followers that butter is the “best sleep hack for kids” and she lets hers eat “as much as they want”.

“The fats help keep them satiated and that helps with sleeping! My kids sleep from 6:30pm - 6:30am and still take amazing naps throughout the day,” she said.

The TikToker also gives her kids avocados, adding that “healthy fats are great for brain development and cognitive function”.

I can see the appeal, especially as babies and toddlers are notoriously terrible sleepers. I can’t actually remember the last time my one-year-old slept through the night (in fact, I........

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