The Young Living essential oil blend Gentle Baby (#3345) is comforting, soothing, relaxing, and beneficial for reducing stress during pregnancy. It helps reduce stretch marks and scar tissue and rejuvenates the skin, improves elasticity and reduces wrinkles. It is particularly soothing to dry, chapped skin and diaper rash. Skin issues improved when using Gentle Baby with Rose Ointment (#3709) over the top of it so seal in the essential oil. Young Living’s KidScents Tender Tush (#3689) is also excellent for diaper rash and other irritated or dry skin discomforts – note: Tender Tush is very concentrated, you will only need a tiny dab. More on using YL oils and the KidScents line.

Gentle Baby and Menopause Testimonial

“I have been using Gentle Baby™ essential oil blend to help me sleep through these years of menopause; even night sweats don’t seem to keep me awake anymore! I put 2–4 drops in my hands and inhale deeply; then I rub the oil on my temples and the back of my neck. I also rub 2–3 drops on the bottom of my feet. Even when I wake in the night to visit the bathroom, I fall quickly back to sleep, which was not happening before Gentle Baby!” ~ Suzanne T.

Gentle Baby contains essential oils of:

Used properly, YL oils are safe for children.

• Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) has been used for centuries for skin care. It revitalizes tissue and nerves and has relaxant, anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious effects.

• Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora) is soothing and nourishing to the skin, enhancing skin elasticity, and is antibacterial and antifungal.

• Lemon (Citrus limon) increases microcirculation and lymphatic function. Its fragrance is stimulating, invigorating and antidepressant. (Komori, et al., 1995). • Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is known as the universal oil. It is beneficial for skin conditions, such as burns, rashes, and psoriasis and prevents scarring and stretch marks. It is relaxing, grounding, and combats depression.

• Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is beneficial for dry, greasy, irritated, or sensitive skin. Also brings out femininity and helps with depression and nervous exhaustion.

• Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) combats restlessness, insomnia, muscle tension, and inflammation.

• Bergamot (Citrus bergamia) is simultaneously uplifting and calming, with a unique ability to relieve anxiety, stress, and tension.

• Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata) increases relaxation; balances male and female energies. It also restores confidence and equilibrium.

• Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii) combats candida, rashes, and scaly and flaky skin. It stimulates new cell growth, as it moisturizes and promotes healing. It is antimicrobial. It also helps reduce tension and helps recovery from nervous exhaustion.

• Rose (Rosa damascena) used for the skin for thousands of years, it promotes healthy skin, reduces scarring, and promotes elasticity.

Application of Gentle Baby Blend

Adults: Dilute 1 part Gentle Baby Essential oil to 1 part V-6 Massage Oil (a carrier oil). Apply over mother’s abdomen, on feet, lower back, face, and neck areas.

Infants and Children: Dilute 1 drop Gentle Baby essential oil to one teaspoon V-6 Massage Oil (carrier oil). Apply on location for dry, chapped skin or diaper rash. Dilute with V-6 (carrier oil) for body massage and for applying on baby’s skin.

Possible sun sensitivity, photosensitivity due to the lemon and Bergamot oils.

Diffuse: Gentle Baby has a lovely calming fragrance and can be diffused in one of Young Living’s diffusers. Run diffuser for 15 -30 minutes 2-3 times a day. Tip – do NOT dilute the essential oil with a carrier oil for diffusing as this could ruin your diffuser.

For Pregnancy and Delivery: Use for massage throughout entire pregnancy for relieving stress and anxiety, and to prevent scarring and creating a mood of serenity. Massage on the perineum to help it stretch for easier birthing, this can be used for birthing animals too.

About Using Young Living Oils

Young Living oils are natural, organic, and are extremely pure and potent. Do not use YL oils the same way you use cheap oils – in other words a drop or two is usually quite sufficient.

Tip for Cranky Babies

You can put one drop of Young Living lavender or Gentle Baby in your palm, rub palms together and brush babies clothing or blanket with your hands – you don’t necessarily need to apply the essential oil to the skin to gain aroma-therapy benefits. Just your wearing Gentle Baby or YL lavender as a perfume can be enough to calm a fussy baby.

Gentle Baby and Muscle Cramping Relief Testimonial

“When I was moving, from the west coast to the east coast, the 3,000 mile drive was making my calf muscle very sore and somewhat crampy – my right/gas pedal leg. Every evening and morning I would apply about 4-6 drops of Gentle Baby to my calf and the relief was almost instant. I don’t know what I would have done without it, plus it smells really good” ~ Evelyn V.

Some essential oils may be valuable for reducing or minimizing the formation of scar tissue, such as: Helichrysum, lavender, and Gentle Baby. For adults, apply neat (without carrier oil), gently apply 2-6 drops over wound or cut daily until healed.

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Caution: Essential Oils and Pregnancy

Some essential oils should be avoided during pregnancy because they contain biochemicals that could disrupt normal pregnancy development in a variety of ways. For this reason, they should be avoided by pregnant women until after delivery. These include: basil, calamus, clary sage, fennel, hyssop, nutmeg, rosemary, sage, tansy, and tarragon. Some essential oils, such as fennel, may help accelerate labor once it has begun. Always consult a health professional before using essential oils during pregnancy.

I would also like to further caution moms and say that it is extremely important to avoid using aromatherapy oils and products that flood the market these days, they contain very toxic ingredients. Read a previous article I wrote on how to tell if the essential oil / aromatherapy oil you are buying is pure, purity  most certainly makes a difference.