Lavender - the swiss army knife of essential oils. It soothes skin & burns, supports restful sleep, helps with itchy things like bug bites, combats seasonal threats like allergies, supports ear health (when ears are achy, put lavender & tea tree around their ear and apply a hot washrag, repeat as necessary), and so much more.
Peppermint - great to get your kids alert & focused when they're feeling sluggish. Put a few drops in your diffuser or a drop on your hands, cup them, and have them smell. It's also great for homework - for them to study, stay alert, focus. It's great for when you get fevers, coughs, and feel achy. (InTune and Balance are great for focus as well.)
Frankincense - king of the oils and is great for every body system. It also can be used with other oils to boost their effects. You can diffuse it every night, put it on the bottoms of their feet, put a drop on their toothbrushes every night or a drop under their tongue before bed. It's also a natural sedative, calming, and helps with so much.
Lemon - a great cleanser and has multiple uses. We want less toxic load for our kids, less runny noses, less drainage from colds/allergies, and less germs. This gives them nice sustained energy. Even if your kids are hyper from too much sugar or chemical imbalance, this can help them out. Essential oils are fabulous. Balanced immunity and alkalinity, which means our bodies are less acidic and less likely to get sick.
Tea tree - a huge fave with most moms, because kids always get scrapes. It's really good to help clean cuts and scrapes, does not burn, very gentle. We want less fungus, like athlete's foot, dandruff, even acne. Preteen/teens like to use this for acne. Less itching and bug bites, use on skin for support. It gives you peace of mind, like getting that letter from school saying there's lice and you know what to do. Keep girls' hair up, put tea tree on their brush and brush their hair daily, you can add it to shampoo as well. Great for immune systems and cleaning wounds, don't want infections.
Citrus bliss - put this oil in the diffuser or dilute it and rub on their spine. To help with the late afternoon slump or help with moods when they wake up. We want more happiness, right?
Helichrysum - the oil for healing. Anytime your kid falls down and gets a goose egg or bump their head, this is the oils you want. It stops bleeding, so it's great to put on the nose for nosebleeds, on bleeding cuts, etc. I could tell you some major stories of this oil! It's super gentle, doesn't burn or sting at all, and helps to clot blood.
Roman chamomile - gives us less cranky kids, less crying, and less sleeplessness. This is a great oil to dilute for babies and rub on the bottoms of their feet about 30 minutes before bed. It will give more contentment, more sleep, and more peace.
AromaTouch (and Deep Blue) - great for restless legs, growing pains, muscle aches, sports, achy legs from growth spurts, even braces. Just rub the AromaTouch on their jaw and gently massage it in - for braces being tightened or any dental work done. We want them to have more rest and recovering muscles. Rub their feet and spine with it at night. Plus, touch is a bonding experience in itself, so extra bonus.
TerraShield - we want less bites, less itching, more fun outdoors, and more peace of mind. This will help our kids to be able to run through the trees, jump in leaves, go camping, hiking, biking, to the lake...basically be outdoors without having to worry about getting eaten alive by mosquitoes or worried about ticks.
Purify - in case you don't know, doTERRA has partnered up with John Hopkins University and they have been doing loads of studies on doTERRA oils and the entire human genome. So there's about 20,000 genes paired up and tested against the oils to see how the body responds. Purify tested so well. Nothing was living in the presence of Purify. It was killing every virus, bacteria, fungus, and mold it was tested against. They were blown away by this! So we want less illness - you can use it with OnGuard (Which, by the way is a MUST have oil for the whole family - OnGuard has toothpaste, sanitizer spray, softgels, the whole works. We've had OnGuard in our house for over a decade!) or in place of it, less stinky shoes, less stinky cars. Diffuse it, clean with it, wipe down counters with it, put it in your laundry, use it as a bathroom air freshener.
