WHY
WE GOT STARTED WITH ESSENTIAL OILS
My journey with oils began just the same as many of you, as a spectator.
I was a long time follower of Jessica Garvin on her personal account/blog and when she first mentioned her new adventure with essential oils I was intrigued. Intrigued as in curious, skeptical and not even close to being a believer. Out of curiosity, I followed along on her Grapefruit and Gold account and would casually "like" or connect to a post. However, at the same time, I also began to reevaluate the products that we had in our house and the tools I was using daily to survive life and motherhood.
We had long been a subscriber to the Honest Company monthly product deliveries and I truly believed they were the best we could find and use on our children. These subscriptions provided us with what I thought was "green" cleaning products, laundry detergent, baby body wash, lotions, diaper rash creams, etc. It was not until years later we found out that the while the company proudly proclaimed their products were absent the harmful chemicals that we were so purposefully trying to avoid that those claims were in fact false. I was overwhelmed with guilt upon learning I had unknowingly exposed my sweet young babes to chemicals known to be harmful and disruptive to their extremely vulnerable and fragile systems. As such, I was on the hunt for a new company who had a long term reputation of integrity that I could rely upon.
Simultaneously, we were also being confronted with more challenges that turned out to be increasingly difficult bad habits rather than simple phases that quickly passed . The first, was sleep.
Audrey
was a horrible sleeper right from the start. She hit every single sleep
regression with each scheduled leap. This still seems laughable as she was not
even a fair sleeper in the in between moments. We struggled during each of
these phases and while we had our routines and sleep cues which included bath
times, wind down times, story times, etc, they were simply not enough. Looking
back now, we needed the support we could only find from the aromatic and
topical application of the tried and true calming oils - y'all, there is a
reason why lavender and chamomile have been used on babies, children and adults
for sleep for centuries upon centuries!
In addition to the lack of sleep, we also found ourselves struggling to stay healthy once Audrey started preschool and I started commuting daily on public transportation to the wet and cold city of San Francisco. At this time I was pregnant with Amelia and our immune systems all took a huge hit. I felt helpless and was wondering if this was just our life going forward. I wanted so badly as a mom to find a solution that could help support our family but didn't know where to turn. All I knew, was that I could not expose a newborn sweet babe to the same hostile germs and feel like I was doing my best job as her protector.
Speaking of the sweet new babe and concerns, I truly feared the teething process that would eventually come. Audrey was also the worst teether that I had ever met. She would get every. single. symptom. you could imagine and then some. Fevers, nasal congestion, nasal drippage that would cause the upset stomach and diaper rash, the resulting cough from the drippage, the cough that would then end up creating more sleepless nights and even projectile vomiting. Yes, projectile vomiting with every single tooth that was cut. It was brutal. And for me, that was the final kicker.
After a year of following Jessica's account (which is beautiful! If you have not yet, make sure to check out @grapefruitandgold), when she mentioned the Premium Starter Kit had an oil to help support teething babes. After seeing that post, I was finally sold. I bought my kit and never looked back. I knew that in the end, when my child is in pain there was nothing I wouldn't pay or try in order to provide her relief. And we were not disappointed.
Not only is Copaiba incredible for teething support, it also helps mama to gain the glowy skin of her dreams. Lavender is a must have in our diffusers and linen spray every night as well as again in my glow serum. Thieves is rolled on each of our feet every night before bed and on the girls again before they head out for the day. And this is just the beginning of our daily uses for the oils that are found within the Starter Kit. And our use for oils have only expanded from there. I have soooo many favorites now that it is (1) hard to list but (2) even harder to imagine living without them.
Plus, on top of all of that, we solved our other solution and found safe, gentle and powerfully effective cleaning products, diaper rash creams, baby wipes, body washes, shampoos, makeup, vitamins, supplements, ETC!! from a company that we can fully trust and who rewards us with a generous loyalty program known as Essential Rewards.
Young Living is truly the best and I am forever grateful our family found a better way to support ourselves through the trials of daily life so that we can simply enjoy the joy that comes within every moment.
If you and yours are also suffering from any of the same challenges I list above and are interested in trying new solutions, then head on over here to grab your Premium Starter Kit. I promise, you will only wish you had gained access to these tools sooner!
xo
Jamie
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