Re allergen foods - I tend to wait until after 12 months, but only coz there's plenty of other stuff to give them until then hehe. It's only 6 mths or less to wait. But I agree there's different ideas everywhere, and they never had these rules years ago, and less allergies years ago! We don't have any history of allergies or anything either and DS has been fine with everything. Hope Kayla's the same!

Re essential oils - I think it depends on how you're using them. I would think lavender & eucalyptus would be ok. I think you can pretty much use most of the usual oils in a burner, but I'm not sure about applying it to the skin. You'd want it very very diluted if your applying it to the skin. I'd keep it under 1% EO which is what it needs to be to put on bub, so I'd do the same for myself.

I cancelled the needles for today. Kayla has had a couple of temps. Dunno if hers will develop into much being breastfed & all I'm sick now tho.. stuffed up nose.. argh. We don't usually get hit hard with these things, so hopefully it'll just stay an annoying blocked nose for a few days.