The last few weeks have been crazy stressful. Work is bananas, travel with babies, weddings, baby showers and always laundry, laundry, laundry. And then more laundry. And dishes.
If we are friends, you may remember that we sold our home 48 hours after listing it 4th of July weekend last year. Ellis was 8 months old, I was 4 months pregnant and we had to move. Quick. We found a rental home we actually really liked and settled in and waited for Lucy to arrive. I just finished hanging curtains after 11 months of living here - I've been kinda busy. We decided to go ahead and rent for another year because the market in Austin is a seller's market - prices are soaring and we'd prefer to buy low - not high. Also, who wants to move with 2 small babies. We were just getting ready to renew our lease when we got home from our trip visiting my sister in Denver and found a notice on our door stating that our lease is not getting renewed and we need to be out in 30 days. What the What!?!
So it seems we will be homeless in 30 days. Ahhhhhhh!
If you need me, I'll be hovering over my laptop looking for a place to live.
I'm not sure what oils are good for being homeless, but for the associated stress I will be using a full arsenal.
Oils I Will Use for Stress:
Lime - I love diffusing lime. It smells like vacation and margaritas
Orange - Another great option for diffusing - very relaxing to me.
Lavender - reminds me a spas and I could use a spa day right now (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peace & Calming - to do just what is says - help me calm the heck down! (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Stress Away- this blend smells like vacation as well and I want to pretend to be anywhere but packing my house! (included in Premium Starter Kit)
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
6.27.2014
6.20.2014
Flying With Babies is a Beating
We went to Atlanta Memorial Day weekend. We were long overdue - we hadn't been in a year. Jade's family lives there, as does his best friend whose twins will be 1 this month and we hadn't met them. We felt awful about not having met them, but by the time our schedules allowed us time to go, I was in my third trimester with Lucy and couldn't fly. Anyways, we finally went and had a great time. We LOVED seeing everyone - especially those little twin nuggets Holden and Preston.
BUT let me explain the headache that is traveling with 2 under 2:
Then after the flight, you have to install carseats in the rental car, but first you have to decide if you want to take yours with you or rent them. Taking them is a pain and nearly impossible to lug them around with two suitcases and 2 babies. Renting them is gross and expensive. This is a no win situation.
Now you're where you're going....where do the babies sleep when you get to your family's/friend's house? Are there cribs available? Pack-n-plays? We need to make a grocery store run for food, diapers and anything else we didn't bring/forgot. What about swim diapers? And baths? And highchairs? And stairs - oh my god the stairs.
You guys, this just scratches the surface. And we're doing it all again on Sunday to go visit my sister.
WARNING: People of Austin - if you are on the 8:40 am flight Sunday morning to Denver, I apologize in advance. You've been alerted.
Oils I Will Travel With:
I want to take ALL of my oils, but will attempt to be reasonable and just take the following....
Peppermint- I don't go anywhere without peppermint - I use for headaches, sinus issues, fevers, upset tummies (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Thieves - applied to all of our feet to combat airport and airplane germs (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lavender - for Lucy's raging diaper rash and to calm Ellis down on the plane (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peace & Calming - to do just what is says - calm the babies and help with interrupted sleep schedules (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lemon- I use as a non-toxic cleaner and I drink it in my water daily to detoxify (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Stress Away- this blend smells like vacation and I have a feeling I'll need it! (included in Premium Starter Kit)
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
BUT let me explain the headache that is traveling with 2 under 2:
- You have to be prepared for anything - flight delays, meltdowns, diaper blowouts, and the list of possibilities goes on and on and on. This means you basically have to pack EVERYTHING you own and carry half of it with you on the plane
- We are too poor to buy 2 babies their own seat, so they both fly in our laps. Ya know, in those seats that have soooooo much extra space. This means we're both miserable and grumpy when we get to the destination.
- And we can't sit together on the same row (only one lap child per row) so we piss off people on TWO rows instead of one. Actually when you consider the people in the rows in front of us, make that 4 rows that hate us instead of 2. We have to sit across the aisle from each other, trading babies back and forth in an attempt to keep them both happy and quiet
- It's a weird feeling to be both pitied and hated by everyone around you
- Toddlers hate being confined, so I walk up and down the aisle letting her stretch her legs until the flight attendant makes us go back to our seat, at which time Ellis loses her mind. As if we weren't already having enough fun, now she's pissed and screaming and making me sweat
- As for oils, I learned my lesson last time and will keep my oils closer/easier to reach on the flight this time. I intended to use them but couldn't reach them in the diaper bag that was so full and shoved under the seat while I had a baby in my lap. Not sure yet how I'll do it, but thinking maybe keeping them in my pocket will work. I will also apply some oils BEFORE we board the plane this time and wear a great diffuser necklace given to me by Jill Wade that I can make Ellis smell.
Then after the flight, you have to install carseats in the rental car, but first you have to decide if you want to take yours with you or rent them. Taking them is a pain and nearly impossible to lug them around with two suitcases and 2 babies. Renting them is gross and expensive. This is a no win situation.
Now you're where you're going....where do the babies sleep when you get to your family's/friend's house? Are there cribs available? Pack-n-plays? We need to make a grocery store run for food, diapers and anything else we didn't bring/forgot. What about swim diapers? And baths? And highchairs? And stairs - oh my god the stairs.
You guys, this just scratches the surface. And we're doing it all again on Sunday to go visit my sister.
WARNING: People of Austin - if you are on the 8:40 am flight Sunday morning to Denver, I apologize in advance. You've been alerted.
Oils I Will Travel With:
I want to take ALL of my oils, but will attempt to be reasonable and just take the following....
Peppermint- I don't go anywhere without peppermint - I use for headaches, sinus issues, fevers, upset tummies (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Thieves - applied to all of our feet to combat airport and airplane germs (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lavender - for Lucy's raging diaper rash and to calm Ellis down on the plane (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peace & Calming - to do just what is says - calm the babies and help with interrupted sleep schedules (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lemon- I use as a non-toxic cleaner and I drink it in my water daily to detoxify (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Stress Away- this blend smells like vacation and I have a feeling I'll need it! (included in Premium Starter Kit)
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
6.13.2014
Bleach in the Baby's Bath Water? Um, Nope!
You read that right - my doctor mentioned it and I've read a bit about it since. Both of my girls have eczema. We've conquered Ellis' (mostly) by removing milk from her diet. Just water and occasional juice for her. We're still working on Lucy.
I took the girls in to see their pediatrician Tuesday after having that nasty flu-like virus to check weights and have another set of eyes look them over. I also wanted to chat about a few other things, one of which was Lucy's eczema. Now my pedi knows I'm kinda crunchy. And she's totally awesome about it. She still talks about traditional approaches (which by the way are not traditional - they are modern but I'll have a whole 'nother post on this in the future) but understands I'm probably gonna go the hippie route. Anyways, when talking about finding the root cause of Lucy's eczema and treating the symptoms, she brought up the bleach treatment. She told me I could add a capful of bleach in her bath water to kill the bacteria on her skin and relieve her eczema. You can imagine the look on my face. BATHE MY BABY IN BLEACH? ARE YOU BANANAS? I'd rather use a steroid cream, which is saying something because I refuse to use a steroid cream on my babies. She said she knew I wouldn't go for it but wanted to give me all the options. She was right. We also found a little spot on Lucy's neck (just over where she has a cyst under her skin) that was infected due to her immune system being compromised while sick. It was red and had a little puss pocket. Gross! The doc recommended antibiotic cream for 3 days but you and I both know I went oily (tip below) and cleared it up in 2 applications!
So when I left there, I of course did my very official Google research about the bleach bath and apparently this is a thing. And no judgment to those that went this route. We all do what we think is best for our kids. I'm sure if desperate enough, and I had tried everything else and just wanted to provide relief to my baby, I might try it. But I'm not there yet so we'll continue down the root cause discovery path and see what we can find.
I'm not a doctor, but please know that eczema has a root cause and whether you bleach your baby, use a steroid cream or go oily, you're not solving the problem. You're helping with the symptom, but not fixing the problem. If your doc is not helpful, find a good chiropractor, allergist, naturalist or age-appropriate dietician to help you.
On a different note - my mom came to help with the sick babies last week and now she's super sick! Good news is she has some oils - I just need to get her to use them.
And our nanny started feeling crummy too but she started oiling right away and never got the full blown deal - YEAH!
Oils I've Used This Week:
Melrose, Lemon & Lavender - diluted with coconut oil and used on Lucy's bad eczema spots (Lavender & Lemon included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lavender - neat (straight out of the bottle) all around my eyes to combat allergies(never put oils in your eyes)
Melrose - diluted with coconut oil and applied directly to infected spot on Lucy's neck
Thieves - diluted and applied to everyone's feet and spine to keep everyone well after beating that virus from last week. (included in Premium Starter Kit)
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
I took the girls in to see their pediatrician Tuesday after having that nasty flu-like virus to check weights and have another set of eyes look them over. I also wanted to chat about a few other things, one of which was Lucy's eczema. Now my pedi knows I'm kinda crunchy. And she's totally awesome about it. She still talks about traditional approaches (which by the way are not traditional - they are modern but I'll have a whole 'nother post on this in the future) but understands I'm probably gonna go the hippie route. Anyways, when talking about finding the root cause of Lucy's eczema and treating the symptoms, she brought up the bleach treatment. She told me I could add a capful of bleach in her bath water to kill the bacteria on her skin and relieve her eczema. You can imagine the look on my face. BATHE MY BABY IN BLEACH? ARE YOU BANANAS? I'd rather use a steroid cream, which is saying something because I refuse to use a steroid cream on my babies. She said she knew I wouldn't go for it but wanted to give me all the options. She was right. We also found a little spot on Lucy's neck (just over where she has a cyst under her skin) that was infected due to her immune system being compromised while sick. It was red and had a little puss pocket. Gross! The doc recommended antibiotic cream for 3 days but you and I both know I went oily (tip below) and cleared it up in 2 applications!
So when I left there, I of course did my very official Google research about the bleach bath and apparently this is a thing. And no judgment to those that went this route. We all do what we think is best for our kids. I'm sure if desperate enough, and I had tried everything else and just wanted to provide relief to my baby, I might try it. But I'm not there yet so we'll continue down the root cause discovery path and see what we can find.
I'm not a doctor, but please know that eczema has a root cause and whether you bleach your baby, use a steroid cream or go oily, you're not solving the problem. You're helping with the symptom, but not fixing the problem. If your doc is not helpful, find a good chiropractor, allergist, naturalist or age-appropriate dietician to help you.
On a different note - my mom came to help with the sick babies last week and now she's super sick! Good news is she has some oils - I just need to get her to use them.
And our nanny started feeling crummy too but she started oiling right away and never got the full blown deal - YEAH!
Oils I've Used This Week:
Melrose, Lemon & Lavender - diluted with coconut oil and used on Lucy's bad eczema spots (Lavender & Lemon included in Premium Starter Kit)
Lavender - neat (straight out of the bottle) all around my eyes to combat allergies(never put oils in your eyes)
Melrose - diluted with coconut oil and applied directly to infected spot on Lucy's neck
Thieves - diluted and applied to everyone's feet and spine to keep everyone well after beating that virus from last week. (included in Premium Starter Kit)
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
6.08.2014
Baptized by Barf
This week was a doozie! I was baptized into full motherdom. And by baptized, I mean COVERED in baby barf!
When Jade went to get Ellis up Wednesday morning (I was already gone for work), she had barfed all over her crib. She continued to throw up all morning, so I came home after lunch to relieve the nanny - we do not pay her nearly enough to deal with barf. I had the nanny oiling her up all morning - hitting it hard every 30 minutes. I stopped on my way home and got a very non-hippie remedy: Pedialyte. Some of the hippie pages I follow have recipes to make your own non-evil, non-GMO version, but I didn't have time for that. I've also read that homemade bone broth is great in these situations. Again - no time for that. She was already 6 hours in to Barfarama 2014 and I needed to keep her hydrated.
Skip ahead several hours and just know that the barfing never stopped. She couldn't even keep down the tiniest sips of water or Pedialyte. And no pee diapers for over 6 hours. In infants, this is when you go for help, but they (the nurse's line) told me a toddler could go 12 hours with no pee before you need to freak out. At this point Ellis had barfed ALL DAY and had several bouts of diarrhea, but no pee. She was starving and begging to eat so I made her some rice and gave her some apple sauce (BRAT diet). She ate some, not tons, and she seemed to perk up. She even played for a bit after her bath. I thought "hell yeah, we turned the corner on this"! Then I laid on the floor in the playroom and she crawled on me and fell asleep with her head on my chest, literally laying completely on me. I hated that my sweet girl was sick, but it had been months since she had sat still long enough for me to love on her, let alone get these kind of snuggles. I was laying there on the floor with my first born asleep on my chest, relishing the snuggles and togetherness.
We laid there with her sleeping and me loving being her mommy for about 30 minutes until she picked her head up, looked me straight in the eyes and barfed all over me. All over my chest and my face. It went running down the back of my neck, in to my hair, down my shirt (front and back) and as she kept throwing up, a la Exorcist, she moved down my body and soaked my shorts and feet. A thin layer of slimy apple sauce and whole rice was covering me, the boppy pillow I had been laying on, and the floor. Ellis was untouched, of course.
I got cleaned up and offered her some water and some Pedilyte, but she wasn't interested. She fell back to sleep and slept hard. I called the nurse line again and they said if she went 12 hours without urinating, to take her to the ER as that would be considered dehydration. I set the alarm for the middle of the night and checked her diaper. No pee. Damn it! I loaded her up, noticing she was slightly warm, and headed off to Dell Children's ER. When we arrived about 30 minutes later, she was on fire! The fever had spiked quickly.
Long story short - we waited 4 hours to be seen and Dell is disgusting! They didn't do much and sent us home with no fluids and she still hadn't urinated in 17 hours. We got home about 8:00 Thursday morning and Ellis was lethargic but had stopped throwing up, the fever was slowly going down and she finally peed. The doc at Dell told us this virus going around included 2-4 days of vomiting, followed by 2-4 days of diarrhea and then fever. We did all of that in 24 hours and I totally attribute that to my hippy oils! We hit it early and often and oiled Lucy up too. We had hoped Lucy would avoid the whole thing, but she started with the diarrhea on Saturday (no vomiting) and we're working on the fever now. She seems to have a much milder version of the virus than Ellis had and again, I totally attribute this to the oils!
Shout out to my mom for coming in town to help with Barfarama 2014! And babysitting the babies so we could have a date night!
Lessons learned: make and freeze some hippie pedialyte and homemade bone broth and find an alternative to Dell Children's ER.
Oils I've Used This Week:
Thieves - diluted and applied to everyone's feet and spine to combat virus. (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Pizza Spray (Oregano and Thyme diluted) on spine; both are highly anti-viral and anti-bacterial
R.C. - on chest for coughs
Di-Gize - applied on tummies for upset tummy
Purification - diffused to clean the air (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peppermint - diluted and applied to feet for fever (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Thieves Household Cleaner - I basically cleaned my house from top to bottom with this. I love it because it's non-toxic and smells awesome. I used it on hard surfaces, carpet, pack-n-play - EVERYWHERE!
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
When Jade went to get Ellis up Wednesday morning (I was already gone for work), she had barfed all over her crib. She continued to throw up all morning, so I came home after lunch to relieve the nanny - we do not pay her nearly enough to deal with barf. I had the nanny oiling her up all morning - hitting it hard every 30 minutes. I stopped on my way home and got a very non-hippie remedy: Pedialyte. Some of the hippie pages I follow have recipes to make your own non-evil, non-GMO version, but I didn't have time for that. I've also read that homemade bone broth is great in these situations. Again - no time for that. She was already 6 hours in to Barfarama 2014 and I needed to keep her hydrated.
Skip ahead several hours and just know that the barfing never stopped. She couldn't even keep down the tiniest sips of water or Pedialyte. And no pee diapers for over 6 hours. In infants, this is when you go for help, but they (the nurse's line) told me a toddler could go 12 hours with no pee before you need to freak out. At this point Ellis had barfed ALL DAY and had several bouts of diarrhea, but no pee. She was starving and begging to eat so I made her some rice and gave her some apple sauce (BRAT diet). She ate some, not tons, and she seemed to perk up. She even played for a bit after her bath. I thought "hell yeah, we turned the corner on this"! Then I laid on the floor in the playroom and she crawled on me and fell asleep with her head on my chest, literally laying completely on me. I hated that my sweet girl was sick, but it had been months since she had sat still long enough for me to love on her, let alone get these kind of snuggles. I was laying there on the floor with my first born asleep on my chest, relishing the snuggles and togetherness.
We laid there with her sleeping and me loving being her mommy for about 30 minutes until she picked her head up, looked me straight in the eyes and barfed all over me. All over my chest and my face. It went running down the back of my neck, in to my hair, down my shirt (front and back) and as she kept throwing up, a la Exorcist, she moved down my body and soaked my shorts and feet. A thin layer of slimy apple sauce and whole rice was covering me, the boppy pillow I had been laying on, and the floor. Ellis was untouched, of course.
I got cleaned up and offered her some water and some Pedilyte, but she wasn't interested. She fell back to sleep and slept hard. I called the nurse line again and they said if she went 12 hours without urinating, to take her to the ER as that would be considered dehydration. I set the alarm for the middle of the night and checked her diaper. No pee. Damn it! I loaded her up, noticing she was slightly warm, and headed off to Dell Children's ER. When we arrived about 30 minutes later, she was on fire! The fever had spiked quickly.
Long story short - we waited 4 hours to be seen and Dell is disgusting! They didn't do much and sent us home with no fluids and she still hadn't urinated in 17 hours. We got home about 8:00 Thursday morning and Ellis was lethargic but had stopped throwing up, the fever was slowly going down and she finally peed. The doc at Dell told us this virus going around included 2-4 days of vomiting, followed by 2-4 days of diarrhea and then fever. We did all of that in 24 hours and I totally attribute that to my hippy oils! We hit it early and often and oiled Lucy up too. We had hoped Lucy would avoid the whole thing, but she started with the diarrhea on Saturday (no vomiting) and we're working on the fever now. She seems to have a much milder version of the virus than Ellis had and again, I totally attribute this to the oils!
Shout out to my mom for coming in town to help with Barfarama 2014! And babysitting the babies so we could have a date night!
Lessons learned: make and freeze some hippie pedialyte and homemade bone broth and find an alternative to Dell Children's ER.
Oils I've Used This Week:
Thieves - diluted and applied to everyone's feet and spine to combat virus. (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Pizza Spray (Oregano and Thyme diluted) on spine; both are highly anti-viral and anti-bacterial
R.C. - on chest for coughs
Di-Gize - applied on tummies for upset tummy
Purification - diffused to clean the air (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peppermint - diluted and applied to feet for fever (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Thieves Household Cleaner - I basically cleaned my house from top to bottom with this. I love it because it's non-toxic and smells awesome. I used it on hard surfaces, carpet, pack-n-play - EVERYWHERE!
To read more about these or order them, click here.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
6.03.2014
Half-a-Hippie: Post #1
So here it is - my inaugural post for Half-a-Hippie. There's some other (much older) content on here that I was going to delete but I decided to keep it. Mostly because I don't have time to deal with it. Anyways...welcome.
A Few Things To Note:
1. I'm a perfectionist and a people pleaser. I come across as tough, but my feelings get hurt very easily. Please don't hurt my feelings.
2. I'm really opinionated and it takes every ounce of self control I can muster to keep my opinions to myself. Sometimes I fail, so you'll get to read about them here.
3. The perfectionist in me tries really hard to spell check and use proper grammar, but I'm busy. And tired. I have a full-time job, a husband that blessed me with 2 kids under two and a little side gig I'm working on. Forgive me a grammar mistake here and their.
See how I did that...see what I did there? The perfectionist in me can't stand that I just purposefully made a grammar mistake. But I'm going to leave it to prove a point.
4. I am fiercely loyal. If you were mean to someone I care about, you're dead to me. A few have overcome this, but not many. That's the Scorpio in me.
5. It's really driving me crazy to leave that "their" up there on #3.
Part of my mission here is to share my half-a-hippie ways. I call myself "half a hippie" because I haven't gone full on crunchy, hippy. I still use a microwave and I do not make my own butter. Yet. I'm just kinda crunchy for now. And this all just started when I got pregnant with my first child. I became more concerned with what I was putting in her body and those concerns led me down a new path. I'm learning as I go and I have a long ways to go! A large part of my hippie ways includes using Young Living essential oils for health and wellness, so I'll end every post with "Oils I've Used Today".
Oils I've Used Today:
Orange - Added 2 drops in my water because it tastes good and boosts my energy
Lavender - I swiped it across my 18 month old's brow bone several times for watery, allergy eyes and used it on an annoying scrape on my knuckle to promote healing
Lavender, Lemon & Peppermint - known as the "allergy bomb", I diffused this in the play room to help both babies with allergies
R.C. - this is a special blend of 10 oils created by Young Living. I've been diffusing and applying it to both babies for a cough and cold they picked up on vacation.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
A Few Things To Note:
1. I'm a perfectionist and a people pleaser. I come across as tough, but my feelings get hurt very easily. Please don't hurt my feelings.
2. I'm really opinionated and it takes every ounce of self control I can muster to keep my opinions to myself. Sometimes I fail, so you'll get to read about them here.
3. The perfectionist in me tries really hard to spell check and use proper grammar, but I'm busy. And tired. I have a full-time job, a husband that blessed me with 2 kids under two and a little side gig I'm working on. Forgive me a grammar mistake here and their.
See how I did that...see what I did there? The perfectionist in me can't stand that I just purposefully made a grammar mistake. But I'm going to leave it to prove a point.
4. I am fiercely loyal. If you were mean to someone I care about, you're dead to me. A few have overcome this, but not many. That's the Scorpio in me.
5. It's really driving me crazy to leave that "their" up there on #3.
Part of my mission here is to share my half-a-hippie ways. I call myself "half a hippie" because I haven't gone full on crunchy, hippy. I still use a microwave and I do not make my own butter. Yet. I'm just kinda crunchy for now. And this all just started when I got pregnant with my first child. I became more concerned with what I was putting in her body and those concerns led me down a new path. I'm learning as I go and I have a long ways to go! A large part of my hippie ways includes using Young Living essential oils for health and wellness, so I'll end every post with "Oils I've Used Today".
Oils I've Used Today:
Orange - Added 2 drops in my water because it tastes good and boosts my energy
Lavender - I swiped it across my 18 month old's brow bone several times for watery, allergy eyes and used it on an annoying scrape on my knuckle to promote healing
Lavender, Lemon & Peppermint - known as the "allergy bomb", I diffused this in the play room to help both babies with allergies
R.C. - this is a special blend of 10 oils created by Young Living. I've been diffusing and applying it to both babies for a cough and cold they picked up on vacation.
DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.
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