Today I am going to sing the praises of the thing that has made my life much better the last couple of weeks. Ginger essential oil from doTERRA!!!!! If you know me at all, you know that with the birth of my newest little girl, life became very, very hard. She cried and ate and cried and ate. She didn't sleep much at all. Her cries were clearly cries of pain with no medication helping.
Mommy and daddy were super tired b/c she really wouldn't sleep much at all. She would sleep for 30 to 45 min and wake up to eat. Then she would do it again. She would cry for 2 to 3 hours straight sometimes with no relief. I would feed her, walk her, rock her, sing to her, massage her, cry over her, pray for her, bathe her, swaddle her, and on and on. I was trying everything anyone suggested and none of it was working.
Then we looked up what essential oils were supposed to help with colic. Low and behold...GINGER. Now I know you may be wondering how we got to looking up essential oils. My mother in law's best friend is a naturalist doctor who got her into the oils. Then my mother in law got me into them while I was pregnant. Pepper mint oil is AWESOME for cooling you down!!!! I got the best sleep after applying it at night. (Don't use peppermint while nursing, it can dry up your milk.) So back to the ginger. I put ginger (mixed with coconut oil since a baby's skin is sensitive) on Alyssa's tummy and toes. She slept for 5 hours got up ate, went right back to sleep, and slept for another 3 hours!!!!!!! the next day she smiled for the first time. She has been sleeping like a champ ever since. And trust me, I won't go far without my ginger oil.
I'm telling you it WORKS!!!!! I love the oils and love to talk about them. So if you want to know about anything, "I"ve got an oil for that!"
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