Gentle Babies: Essential Oils and Natural Remedies for Pregnancy, Childbirth, Infants and Young Children (10th Anniversary Edition)

There is SO MUCH information in this book. I kept this book in my nightstand for YEARS as my babies grew. I used this thing for references almost every day. I was new to essential oils and didn't want to do more harm than good around my family, so this book gave me peace of mind. I am so grateful to have it while my kids were little to make sure and not use certain oils around my kids or have to use unnecessary medication if there was a remedy in this book. I would recommend this book to any young mother interested in essential oils!

I use this book for everything essential oil related! Its my number one go to product when looking for an oil to be able to use safely in my children. The layout is fantastic and it's well organized. More than a reference guide, it gives helpful information such as oils to avoid for children. Some essential oils aren't safe nor recommended for pregnant women, so it goes through all of that as well. They break it down based on who you're using the oils for. Babies, which are referenced as one day old all the way to 2 years old, toddlers and young kids(2-5years old), and then other children 5 and above. It also explains what essential oils are and how to use them. How to benefit from them, how to store them. It really is a must have for all moms of young ones and mothers to be that are essential oils users! Totally recommend this book!

(Wife writing this) Literally gift this book to all my new mama friends that are more naturally minded! It’s organized by alphabetical order, and then broken down to pregnant/nursing, babies, littles and older - so it just takes all the questioning out of it! It’s SUPER informative and shares both options for essential oils (using Young Living) and herbs. So both utilizing plants! 10/10 recommend - and I find myself grabbing for this book often (like multiple times a week).

I love this book! It has been extremely helpful for me during my pregnancy - making it the easiest one ever! (My 5th) I have been able to control my normally severe nausea, aches/pain, deal with infections without antibiotics, avoid other OTCs and RXs, and generally be a lot more balanced emotionally. It has also been helpful to use with my 2 yr old, and to help share info with friends. Please know this book only references Young Living oils and other products, not a generalized book. Young Living follows the French method of aroma therapy, and their testing standards exceed common American testing standards. Protocols are given, and women are encouraged to use common sense and discretion.

I need to buy more of these. So much great info!!!!

This is a wonderful resource for any pregnant woman or parent, as long as you have it memorized. However, it needs some work for a first-time user, so that's why I am taking away a star. It's not as easy to navigate as it should be. For example, the index is a mess and is missing key things like "pain", "sciatica", etc. Also, whoever indexed it indexed every instance of a word, even if it doesn't make sense. So for example, the word "back"... I assume that when I am looking up that word, it's going to take me to a page about your physical back. Back pain, perhaps? No. The first indexed page says "The use of essential oils dates BACK to ancient times", so it has been indexed by word, not by relevant content. Also, "breastfeeding" needs to be linked to lactating, because if you look up the listings for breastfeeding, they do not take you to important information at all, just testimonials. It's just incredibly frustrating to use when you're looking for information that you KNOW is in there, but you can't find it. For the next edition, I would suggest taking away the journal pages and beefing up the index so it's relevant and accurate (indexed by content, NOT by word), and includes key terms that are pretty important to pregnancy.

This has been the most handy book! I have used it so many times when addressing a health issue. Love how it ties in with young living oils.

I bought product used for a discounted price. It did have a small tear on back of book but hasn’t hindered what I bought it for This was recommended to me by my therapist and then confirmed by my midwife that they love it. My midwife also went to classes based off this book and loved it. I’ve already made a purchase of several oils I didn’t have. I don’t use young living because I’m not a fan of MLM. I use Revive which has comparison oil combination to YL. I am currently pregnant and I love the recommendations for GBS, hemorrhoids, post partum (which I have depression now so I’ll be utilizing it sooner), and prenium care to help prevent tearing during birth, blood pressure and stretch marks! I’m looking forward to the help

Easy to read and follow with tons of sage advice. I think the formatting could be nicer, but the content is fantastic.

Good book for YL lovers

Je trouve petit pour le prix. Pas de photos, bcp de références a des blends des HE d'une certaine marque... YLEO. Très informative.

The perfect guide for using young living essential oils on children

Youngliving user should get this book. You will gain a lot of knowledge on how to use oils on infant young children or yourself!