Essential oils. People really use this stuff? A couple drops of some kind stinky plant/shrub oil is going to help my child sleep and behave? You got to be kidding me…(eye roll)
I have a beautiful, loving, cray cray, non sleeping, two-year-old. 2 years and 3 months of not sleeping through an entire night is very draining.
When she was a newborn and woke up 2-5 times a night, I was told that was normal. At 6 months I knew something was off. At 1 year, nothing had changed. I thought…not everyone goes through this right?!?! Why would people have more kids?!?!
Screaming, yelling, crying every couple of hours through the whole night, almost made me lose my mind. Okay, to be real…I did lose my mind. Not getting good rest and going to work and school, was how I lived when I was younger. I would stay up all night doing homework, working, or partying with friends. Next day was no problem. I would drag a little but would still do what I had to do. When you don’t sleep due to a little one, then have to take care of them the next day, is by far the hardest thing EVER! My baby was exhausted. I was exhausted. Our days were LOOOOONG and so very hard. My baby would be in timeout 10 times before lunch because she was so irritable and non-cooperative. Getting dressed, changing diapers, eating, not paying attention to her for a minute would cause a massive tantrum. Anything and everything would make her freak out. I would pray nonstop for her to have a good night’s sleep and to have a peaceful next day with no hitting or biting. After seeing multiple pediatricians, a behavioral therapist, reading numerous blogs and books, I was heartbroken and lost. I had tried it all. Except for essential oils. I heard about it and just laughed. My daughter was prescribed a sleep sedative that didn’t even phase her. If she would wake 2-5 times with a SLEEP SEDATIVE then how the heck are oils going to help?
Well…Young Living has saved my sanity and life! I was that Mama that laughed at the people who used these. Now, I’m that Mama that is obsessed with essential oils lol. My daughter SLEEPS! She sleeps all night! I NEVER thought I would be able to say that! I get to sleep in now! I don’t have to get up all night long and wake up at 4 A.M. anymore! 6:30 A.M or 7:00 A.M. is when I walk into my baby girl’s room and hear “good morning mama!”
My baby is so wonderful now! Poor girl was so exhausted which made our days so terrible. Now that she is rested, her tantrums decreased substantially. Not only did I get sleep oils that helped, I got her ones to help with her tantrums. These oils literally saved me. I feel like myself again. Took over two years but I finally feel like myself. I’m rested. Not drained from a toddler with non-stop tantrums. I have energy left at the end of the day to spend with my hubby. I get to enjoy my best friend again instead of rushing to bed. I wish I wasn’t so narrow-minded and tried these essential oils sooner. My first two years of motherhood would have possibly been a little smoother 🙂
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I’m new to all this, so any helpful information I would greatly appreciate! Leave me a comment below of your favorite oils and experiences. I’m off to bed to get some great sleep 🙂 Goodnight everyone
