Just sleep, kid!

One of the wonderful things that happens in motherhood, is that moment at night when your children fall asleep. Those beautiful little faces, resting peacefully and quietly, while you get 30 seconds to go to the bathroom alone before the dog or other people find you. Yep, you know the routine.

When my peeps can't sleep, neither can the mama. When this goes on night after night, there either has to be a solution or...well, there has to be a solution.

Enter lavender essential oil.

Lavender was part of our starter kit. We use it for so many things, particularly anxious children. We started diffusing it at night to promote relaxation and rest and we drag it along to sporting events - no anxiety there! I'm pretty sensitive to the scent of lavender, so I like to keep it light and diffuse or use a roller ball with fractionated coconut oil to apply it. Too much of anything can make it unbearable. 

We tend to like a more earthy scent in these parts, so when we discovered Juniper Berry essential oil, we definitely hit the jackpot! I always thought this would be a berry scent similar to fruit snacks. (Why? I don't know. Doesn't everything your kids like smell like a fruit snack)? 

It's a bit like lavender in scent, but has a depth that will ground your soul. Think clean, woodsy, and earthy plus a touch of lavender and you've got it! Juniper Berry is our go to night time diffusing oil and it goes well in a body butter or roller bottle if you want to carry it with you or diffusing isn't possible. 

Truth be told, we tried another brand of essential oil in the beginning. My tween, being our resident Juniper Berry expert reported that it was not as pure, not as strong, and didn't work the same. The scent is what lured her in, while the calming and ground effect of the oil is what keeps this oil at the top of her list. Right up there next to Starbucks Frappucino's and that's a tall order! 

Really, we're sleeping through the night and that's proof for me.