Monday Spotlight: Gentle Baby Essential Oil

According to Evelyn Vincent, "The Young Living essential oil blend Gentle Baby 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."  I have many friends who are pregnant right now or have young children at home and thought this would be the perfect essential oil blend to feature today!

Gentle Baby blend contains the following essential oils:
• 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.

How to Use:

Adults: Dilute 1 part Gentle Baby Essential oil to 1 part 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 carrier oil. Apply on location for dry, chapped skin or diaper rash.  To soothe an upset baby, try applying a drop of Gentle Baby to your palm and rub it on a blanket or stuffed animal that is close to the child--you do not need to always apply essential oils to the skin to receive aromatherapy benefits.

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.

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.

Interested in purchased Gentle Baby Essential Oil? Click here.

Resource used for this post: Essential Oils Pocket Reference