But baby nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed, author of How To Wean Your Baby and How To Feed Your Toddler, said there was "absolutely no" evidence that foods high in fat and calories could help babies to sleep through the night, and slammed social media "misinformation" for spreading falsehoods to parents.
Another user filmed herself saying she gave her toddler "an entire stick of Kerry Gold butter" to see whether his sleep would improve, and jokingly claimed her "scientific experiment" resulted in failure as the butter did nothing except "gave him a good cleanse... and a terrible few days for me and his dad".
Parents have been warned not to try out a TikTok trend that claims to help young babies sleep longer through the night.
'Mumfluencers' in the US have been filming themselves giving their under-ones a spoon of butter shortly before bedtime to fill them up ready for a long night's undisturbed sleep.
- it can help satisfy that hunger and give them that peaceful night's sleep to sleep all night.".
