Sweet Dreams Cream

One of the first things I made after I got my Young Living essential oil starter kit was make a Sleepy Cream for Ryder. At the time he was waking once or twice a night just to have us hold him in the rocker for a few minutes. It wasn't too hard to get up and be with him since it only took a few minutes but once I am awake during the night, I'm awake. So it was starting to really exhaust us night after night for weeks. He wasn't teething. He wasn't sick. There really was no known reason for his waking. We believe that it just became a habit after the nights that he did have a solid reason for needing us during the night.

We now use this cream in our bedtime routine for both naps and nighttime. Our nighttime routine looks something like this: dinner, bath, games with daddy until 8pm. Then we start diffusing peace and calming + lavender + cedarwood. Ryder gets a new diaper and a sippy of milk while I rub the sleepy cream on his feet and legs. Then we read books until it's time to brush teeth and go to bed.

Sleepy Cream

4 oz. glass jar

4 tablespoons coconut oil

10 drops peace and calming

10 drops lavender

10 drops cedarwood

Whip all oils together in jar.

I also use a 4 oz glass spray bottle with water and 10 drops of each of the oils above to spritz his blanket before we leave the house. If we end up in a situation where he gets nervous or tired he loves to cuddle the blanket and the scents calm him and remind him of home and his comfort zone.

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