RE: Re: lavendar calming effects, etc.

[Guest guest]

We've used something similar for the girls. When I was pregnant with Hope

and came out with thier lavendar bath wash and we used that.

Hope had reflux when she was little and nights were terrible for her, but that

bath wash helped relax her a little so she would go to sleep. Faith was

terribly colicy and it helped her as well. Now we use a bath wash with tea tree

oil in it, and use the lavendar bath occasionally. Hope will go through cycles

of night terrors where she'll have them every night for weeks, then they'll stop

and resurface later. After a night or two of them, she starts fighting going to

sleep. those nights after a lavendar bath, I break out the lavendar lotion and

give her a little massage too. She loves having her back rubbed, and it usually

gets her ready to drop off.

Toni

wrote:

I don't have any first hand knowledge about the mists but I have heard of

the product. ly it sounds like a lot of hype. I mean as someone already

said, lavender and chamomile have been used for centuries to calm, relax and

even relieve pain. They haven't invented anything and I would be hesitant to

use a spray in this way because it might be inhaled by my child.

One other thought - if you are concerned about using mists, this bath

soap/bubble bath has helped bedtime tremendously! Luke is also

high-functioning autistic so bedtime is a nightmare...pun intended. LOL Not

that he has nightmares but that he fights sleep something horrible.

Anyway, you can make this yourself and even if money isn't an issue you can

be SURE what is in this because you make it yourself. :-) It eases my mind

somewhat to know POSITIVELY what is in a product that I put on or in my

children! :-)

http://www.breathingroom.faithweb.com/mother.html Scroll down to the middle

of the page - it's the one called " Lavender Bubble Bath " . We use it as

liquid soap though you can use it as directed too.

Hope this helps someone - we love it.

http:\\www.breathingroom.faithweb.com

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[Guest guest]

I have to say I think it was the lavendar. I keep a bottle of lavendar mist in

my car (Healing Garden product) and, when the heater or air conditioner is on I

spray so the mist is carried throughout the car. It certainly calms me but I

also find that Josh is quite different when the lavendar is fresh in the car.

Sherry

Kathleen Eickwort <Kathleen_E@...> wrote:

Well I was getting desparate for ideas about what to do when Benny melts down

while I'm

driving with him in the back car seat, because the traffic is slow or stops. He

gets so upset

he takes his seatbelt off or knocks his head back and forth against the side

guards. And I

had an aromatherapy lavender spray in the house that somebody had given me....so

today

I sprayed it in the car, towards the ceiling, when he started to melt down.

I don't know whether it was the distraction or what, or whether it worked rather

like the

citronella bark collars do on my dogs (if you will excuse the comparison--the

lemony

spray is an aversive stimulus in that case), but he did stop crying. Even

smiled at me. It

worked several times, too.

Peace,

Kathy E.

[Guest guest]

I will send you some in your package.

Re: [ ] Re: lavendar calming effects, etc.

I have to say I think it was the lavendar. I keep a bottle of lavendar mist

in my car (Healing Garden product) and, when the heater or air conditioner is on

I spray so the mist is carried throughout the car. It certainly calms me but I

also find that Josh is quite different when the lavendar is fresh in the car.

Sherry