Spring cleaning had begun, and my 3 year old had stopped sleeping. Whether or not these two things were related, I don't know, but I was exhausted, and she wasn't sleeping. Something had to be done.
Every night she was climbing into our bed, two, three, even four times in a night, where we would leave her until she started kicking in her sleep or pushing one of us out of bed. With the lack of sleep, everyone was on edge.
When the lavender essential oils arrived from France, I found the needed stone to make my first sleep stone. For, as every parent knows, the expression "to sleep like a baby", doesn't always mean that babies or toddlers sleep soundly through the night.
Parents also know that if children sleep well, parents are more likely to be able to sleep.
I made two sleep stones to start - one for my little one's room, and one for my own, and the sound sleep we all had that night was a dream come true.
It is now three nights that she has stayed in bed, and everyone in the house is happier and less on edge.
Conclusion? The sleep stones are a success, and we will have them on our website very soon!
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Organic Lavender Essential OIls
They finally arrived! After almost a year of sourcing, e-mailing, phone tagging, translating, and waiting, waiting waiting, they are here.
The French organic lavender essential oils have arrived.
The smell is absolutely divine. Devoid of the sharp "chemical" smell that seems to accompany most of the lavender essential oils I have used before, I am absolutely thrilled to be able to offer this unique organic lavender essential oil to our customers, as well as use it in our products.
How are essential oils used? Here are some ways we like to use ours:
A couple drops on a pillow to help sleep
10-15 drops in a luxurious bath
10-15 drops in the wash, especially in delicate or hang to dry loads
In aromatic diffusers
Added to lotions and sunscreens to help ward off mosquitoes (very well diluted)
And our new favourite is for freshening up sleep stones.
Join us tomorrow for an update on our sleep stones!
The French organic lavender essential oils have arrived.
The smell is absolutely divine. Devoid of the sharp "chemical" smell that seems to accompany most of the lavender essential oils I have used before, I am absolutely thrilled to be able to offer this unique organic lavender essential oil to our customers, as well as use it in our products.
How are essential oils used? Here are some ways we like to use ours:
A couple drops on a pillow to help sleep
10-15 drops in a luxurious bath
10-15 drops in the wash, especially in delicate or hang to dry loads
In aromatic diffusers
Added to lotions and sunscreens to help ward off mosquitoes (very well diluted)
And our new favourite is for freshening up sleep stones.
Join us tomorrow for an update on our sleep stones!
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