We've used Serenity or Lavender several times during the day do calm tantrums, but our favorite time is to use it at night. Just last night, Em would not fall asleep. She just kept yelling "Mommy I want out!" at the top of her lungs and would not settle down to sleep. In the past we love to rock and hold our children, but they never fall asleep and when we lay them down, it seems they get all riled up again. So last night, I went and massaged her feet with serenity and also put some in the diffuser and rocked her a bit. Afterwards, she calmly layed down in her bed and was asleep in 10 minutes.
J's had a hard time falling asleep sometimes after a really busy day or an evening party or too much red dye (that's for another post). After about 20 minutes of him trying to fall asleep by himself, he'll come out and ask us for some oils on his feet to help him sleep. I love that! I know just massaging his feet is helpful to relax him, but when we use serinity or lavender - the results are a amazing to us. It's a fun tool to have as a mother and it's even helped me sleep when my mind won't quit racing.
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