Remedy for Night Terrors

I thought I would take a break from money saving ideas today and share with you a sanity saving idea.

My youngest gets night terrors.   They are awful.  :(  Its not just one episode a night either.  When he has them it's all kicking and screaming and throwing fits all night long.

This mommy gets really tired.  I mean really tired.  On those nights I get next to no sleep. And, I can't just take a nap, although sometimes I do ;).  I have to homeschool my oldest son, get my girls off to school, clean the house, converse with you fine folks ;), and many many other things.  I just don't have time to be tired.  

When this first happened I did some research online and found Ann over at littlewomenandamom.com had gone through this and shared what she used to find relief for her and her daughter.

Since I didn't have any Young Living oils, (they are far to expensive for me!), I decided to use what I had on hand.  I have been using Edens Garden Oils for years.

                                                     

I love their oils and have found them to work very well.  Not only are they affordable, but they are therapudic quality as well!

The oils that I used in place of Ann's from littlewomenandamom.com are Stress Relief and Good Night.

I diluted these oils and put the the Stress Relief oil on his ear lobes, and the Good Night oil on this temples and big toes as Ann suggested.  Then we went to bed and hoped for the best.  

The next morning I woke up and realized that he had not woken up even once!!  OH HAPPY DAY!!

We did this for a few months and then I stopped doing it to see if he needed it anymore.  He was still sleeping good without the oils so i stopped applying them and life went on.  

This was last summer.

Then about a few days ago he started having night terrors again.  Kicking and screaming all night.  UGG!

I could not deal with sleepless nights again so I grabbed my oils and put them on him and went to bed with happy thoughts that I would get some sleep.

BOY WAS I WRONG!!

My oils had failed me. :( 

 I don't know why it didn't work this time, but I was not willing to give up.  I decided to look up some info on the best oils for night terrors and found some information about when night terrors occur.  Apperently, it is believed that night terrors occur when you are transitioning from the deepest non REM sleep to REM sleep.  The thought is that if you can alleviate fears and induce a deeper sleep that this will help to stop the night terrors.  So, I looked up the best oils for these application and it turned out that I had most of them on hand already.

YAY!!

I came up with my own blend and decided to try it.

And, IT WORKED!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!

Here is the recipe

Deep Sleep

10 Drops Clary Sage

5   Drops Roman Chamomile

10 Drops Lavender

5   Drops Frankincense

5   Drops Bergamot

5   Drops Sweet Orange

Add all of these to a 10ml roller bottle and top with your favorite carrier oil.  I used grapeseed oil.

Peaceful

15 Drops Lavender

10 Drops Frankincense

10 Drops Chamomile

10 Drops Bergamot

Add all of these to a 10ml roller bottle and top with your favorite carrier oil.  I used grapeseed oil.

Apply peaceful to the earlobes and deep sleep to the temples and big toes. 

This worked so amazingly well for us.  First night we had success and he slept all night.  He even said, "Mommy! I slept all night!"  To have your 3 year old excitedly tell you that is amazing.

I hope this helps someone!!

Amanda

Update:

I have been using these oils for a few days now, including when he spent the night at his great grandma's house.  We have not had a single episode of night terrors since we started using them.  The other kids have requested to use them as well and they have been sleeping much better to!  

I LOVE MY OILS!!!

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