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Originally Posted by RealLifeMama

It does work, but know that there are a lot of warnings out there about not using Eucalyptus on toddlers or even young children. Rosemary also, so I would dilute a lot and only diffuse for short periods until you know how your toddler will react.

My oldest is almost 17, and there was not much info about stuff like this back then and I went with what worked. I have used Eucalyptus with all of my babies in the bath, usually in the form of Johnson's Vapor Bath, but when that was not available, I just put drops of peppermint and eucalyptus right in their bath. I used vapor rub on my five babies (Vicks! Not even homemade!) and I used to diffuse peppermint and eucalyptus in an old vicks vaporizer back in the day. When I first read about it causing breathing problems, I was like "Oh no! I am a terrible mom!" Obviously, it was fine for them, but maybe others will chime in with their experiences for young kids. For myself and my kids (youngest 3), I use it all the time.

My kids are 17,16 and 12 and I also used stuff very young (started at 6 months) and had same thought when I heard not recommended for little ones we also had no breathing problems. We didn’t use Vick’s cuz I was already using oils before getting pregnant w my eldest