Many of you know my son Matt’s story- his diagnosis of asthma at 15 months, and then Ann and my use of essential oils that rid him of his respiratory symptoms within a few weeks. What you may not be as familiar with is my daughter Megan’s story.

Our use of essential oils on Matt began in the late Spring of 1999. So by the time Megan was born in October of 2000, Ann and I had become true believers in the power of Young Living oils. Megan was introduced to oils even before she was born (I massaged Ann’s abdomen with essential oils, and Ann inhaled peppermint during the delivery).

After Megan was born, we continued using oils, including but was not limited to: rubbing lavender on her stuffed animals before bedtime, diffusing Thieves oil blend in her room, and massaging very small amounts of diluted peppermint oil on her tummy when she had an upset stomach. We became frequent readers of the Essential Oils Desk Reference. After a few years, we took notice that Megan never had the runny nose/green snot/sneezing that is so common to most young kids. I think it was when Megan went through two years of public pre-school and experienced no colds, no flu, no ear infections, and no antibiotics or meds of any kind that we started to realize how unusual this was. In fact, when we called Megan’s pediatrician’s office to schedule her physical for kindergarten, we had to wait two weeks. They had shipped Megan’s medical records to storage because it had been so long since Megan was seen at their office that they assumed we had moved away!

I just want everyone to know that having colds, flu and ear infections does not have to be part of a child’s life (or anyone’s life for that matter). Just start using essential oils!