Oil Life, Happy Wife

We are way late for Frog's three year checkup. I have made the appointment multiple times, but there always ends up being a problem with his insurance right before it's time. When I scheduled this upcoming appointment we were fully prepared to walk away with a diagnosis of ADHD and high functioning ASD. We have chatted with his primary doctor about his severe hyperactivity during Monkey's visits and done lots of research about his behaviors. About a month or so ago I ran across a post on Facebook by a woman talking about mouth breathing in children. It said that mouth breathing is not normal and needs to be evaluated by a specialist. Her extremely hyperactive child was seen by an ENT. After a sleep study he was diagnosed with sleep apnea and sinusitis. The child's tonsils and adenoids were removed, and they saw immediate changes in his behavior. I shared the post, and then my mother-in-law read it and shared it two weeks later. We both thought the child sounded j...

Essential oils have been life changing for us. Cypress oil has helped so tremendously with Frog's speech. I imagine it has something to do with the oil increasing blood circulation to the brain, but really, I don't care why. When we initially started using Cypress was when Frog first started trying to repeat words when we asked him to. He also started saying tons of new words out of nowhere. He started occasionally speaking in full sentences. That's when we started him in speech therapy. We use oils for so many things that sometimes I get more focused on one area and started slacking on another. Frog had two bad speech classes in a row. I was very discouraged, and then I realized I hadn't used the Cypress in several days. I started using it daily again, and his speech therapist was thrilled with his visit today. She said he got 9 out of 10 words correct on sections he had gotten 0 on the last two sessions. I'm one happy mom! 😁