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Penny
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Good morning!

For infants, I generally tend to shy away from making anything for them other than soap. So I can’t be a help there.

What I can tell you is about essential oils and infants and my opinion. Many folks will tell you that you should use a quarter of the amount you would use on an adult and that is an acceptable guideline for infants. To be honest with you, I think infant’s stuff shouldn’t be scented. When I make baby soap, I liberally sprinkle the tops with lavender buds. That’s where the scent comes from. In this day and age where all eyes are on “fragrance” and people bow at the altar of essential oils, you may not always get what you are paying for. Especially in ways essential oils are displayed in a shop. I worry about purity, age, strength, and such.

The above are my worries. Cyn is the Lady of the Essential Oils, she would be the best person to chime in on this topic.

For products, I made a slew of them for a friends baby this past Spring, and I’ve nagged the mom and the dad to give me some reports, and they gave no feedback. One of the things I did, was to put sweet almond oil into a plastic toner bottle with a flip top lid. This way after a baby bath, baby could be massaged down with almond oil as many informative sites said almond oil was the better option. The flip top lid was so whomever was bathing the kid, didn’t have to fiddle.

Sorry I couldn’t be more help!