Sixteen Months

Madeline is wanting to explore at this age. To put it in her words, "I go, go, go!"

She wants to run all over the house and is interested in learning to climb up and down the stairs.

She is starting to say lots of two and three word sentences: I jump, I good girl, I the baby, I sweet, Thank you, Alright, Aw man.

She can also tell you exactly what she wants which is so helpful! We don't have to guess what she wants. She will not only tell us eat or snack but also what she wants to eat. If she's hurting she's able to say all her body parts so that's really helpful too. Plus saying pee pee or poop to let us know what kind of diaper we're in for.

Madeline loves following Anna Claire, coloring, board books, emptying containers and filling them back up, running, dancing, climbing, Kitty and Pop.

She can use a fork and spoon well, take her shirt off, put her dirty clothes in the laundry hamper, right a book and turn the pages correctly with board or paper pages, can almost be trusted with crayons, fall down and get back up with no tears, blow kisses, go "shhh! Shhh!" with a quiet finger, and count to five with help.

Our New First Aid Kit (and other products we've replaced with essentialoils)

I've been wanting to write this post for a couple of weeks now, but what's been stopping me was my own skeptisism on how I would handle fever and fussiness if I tossed our favorite pain reliever and fever reducer in the trash, in favor of oils I hadn't proven to treat those yet.

Well, yesterday I had that opportunity. For those of you who don't know Baby Madeline, she is a very happy, easy-going baby. Fussiness just isn't something we have to worry about at our house (Flashback to 4 years ago, her sister was a completely different story. We considered buying stock in the pain reliever/fever reducer.) 

Anyway, Madeline was abnormally fussy and shoving her hands in her mouth. I looked up and read on teething and fussiness and saw it as an opportunity to prove we could live life without that bottle of fever reducer/pain reliever. 

Within 5 minutes after applying diluted thieves to her gums, diluted peace and calming to her chest and diluted cedarwood to her feet, we had this child:

And I have testimony after testimony of success to offer up of oils we've tried and had results, and products we no longer use/need/buy! I won't do that here, but plan on starting a separate blog for EOs soon. (Please comment below if interested in following my EO blog so I can be sure to add you.)

I am not able to list the products we no longer use, so I will list the generic uses:

Pain reliever/fever reducer

Cough and cold medicine

Pain reliever (cramps)

Allergy meds

Prescription pain reliever

Face wash

Antibiotic gel

Baby lotion

Wrinkle cream

Lotion

Moisturizer

Eye makeup remover

Under eye cream

Dark spot/age spot treatment

Wart remover

Anxiety and depression meds

Doctor visits

Meds prescribed at doctor visits (there have been no doctor visits)

Oral pain reliever for baby

Hand sanitizer

Prescription and OTC meds for back pain  and jaw pain

And I will add more as they come to mind!

I was so concerned about the initial investment into this life change, that we wouldn't be able to afford it, but so far I am seeing a savings which totally blows me away.

I truly believe in trying to offer the healthiest lifestyle I can provide for my family, and as I learn better, I do better. 

I feel confident too, knowing that I am equipped with the right resources to treat my babies in an informed manner, and that I am using the highest quality EOs.

If you are interested in doing the same, this is where I started, but only make that decision after doing your own personal research. http://yl.pe/9rn