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amelias mum

Posts: 44
From: London
Registered: 29-Nov-2006

olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:03

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am i wasting my time.... keep filling up the bowls of boiling water by bed for steam wiht olbas whilst amelia has bad cold...

Moonstone

Posts: 10
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:18

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I normally just put about 5 drops on a tissue and place on a shelf in the room where my lpwcf sleeps. Works a treat.

Hope that helps, and saves you loads of kettle trips!!

Alison x

amelias mum

Posts: 44
From: London
Registered: 29-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:21

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thankyou, sometimes you wonder if you are doing this for more psychological effects.. i hope not, just want to get her fit!thankyouxx hope the steam good too, but yes, sure the tissue just as effective in air

SarahE

Posts: 24
From: Kent
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:22

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Not sure how old your lpwcf os but I always put a few drops on Grace's pillow (used to put it directly on her sheet when she didnt have one)Always found it helped and even seems to help when she has a cough.

I always used to call is a rainbow when I put it on her sheet when she was little and now she asks for a rainbow!

Hope your little one's cold is gone before Christmas,
Sarah
x

amelias mum

Posts: 44
From: London
Registered: 29-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:27

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thx Sarah, she is 1 on the 23rd....runny nose, eyes running and a hell of a bark of a cough.. eats like a pig, walking with us.. wey hey!! so all else good...where she got it from who knows... we dont have it...
and physio.. wont let us near her.. happy Days.. lets hope the Olbas really helps

amelias mum

Posts: 44
From: London
Registered: 29-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 22:29

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PS: Amelia is Amelia Grace June!

tracie

Posts: 148
From: west midlands
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 23:02

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Amelias mom, my son is almost 21 used this stuff when needed for many yrs put it on second pillow, (sleeps on 2) has worked wonders over the yrs, as he grew up he even asked for it to be put on hankies, only use it as and when, and he has suffered no ill affects

meggy

Posts: 30
From: The South
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 14-Dec-2006 23:23

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We use carvol not olbas, but I reckon both are good. My dad swears by olbas. We put the carvol on Joels pillow or clothes if he is coldy.
But I think steam inhalation is brilliant too, tho' I tend to use just hot water with nothing added. I use it myself when I get catarrh or a bad cough, and it really clears it. If Joel has a cold I have been known to fill the house with steam!

meggy

trollydolly

Posts: 38
From: west sussex
Registered: 26-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 00:06

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I still swear by Vix rubbed on the chest, my mum did it for me and Ive always done it with my kids. Great stuff.

xxxx

Kim (summerdays)

Posts: 301
From: south wales
Registered: 15-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 09:38

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i love olbas oil , im 38 , no your not wasting any time,also karvol i love. i use these oils even when im well.

kim x

seth

Posts: 14
Registered: 07-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 10:58

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Hi Amelia's mum,
We use the Children's Olbas Oil. Our pharmacist said that the normal one is too strong (??!?!?). I can't find the box but I'm sure it said not to put it on a pillow for little ones. We put a few drops on a tissue and leave it in her room overnight (Isabel is now 19 months). Seems to do the job. Sorry, I'm not sure whether that answers the question, I have a rotten cold and my brain isn't functioning too well. I'm off to sniff some Olbas Oil (the adult version)

Has anyone used one of the plug in ones? Don't know if they do them for little ones but I saw an adult one advertised.

Katie

SarahE

Posts: 24
From: Kent
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 17:24

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Katie,

We have one of those plug in ones with tablets a bit like those that you put in mosquito plugs. They are good but very strong. We found that in Grace's old room which was not that big that it was almost over powering. We used to plug it in for a while before she went to bed and then turned it off as we felt it was too strong to leave on all night (although it is safe to do so). We tend to use olbas oil instead but would use the electric one if she was really bad and that didnt work.

Sarah
x

SarahE

Posts: 24
From: Kent
Registered: 06-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 17:24

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Amelias Mum,

Hows Amelia today? Hope she is on the mend

Sarah
x

amelias mum

Posts: 44
From: London
Registered: 29-Nov-2006

Re: olbas oil
Posted: 15-Dec-2006 22:51

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ah, thx Sarah.. she's fab in herself.. walking with us :hurrah! the week before her first birthday.. and We had a call today.. amelia has been booked to do a fashion shoot for a well known mag on Sunday!!change from bbc news on Cf eh! i hope she's well enough. her cough is awful, her nose runs, but she is eating like a pig and happy.. her chest sounds bad too, but hospital think its something to do with floppy airways,. we'll know more on monday at hospital...grrr. at least she'll have done something nice:hopefully with the shoot: great to say this is what you did amelia the week of your 1st birthday!the nurse said it could be a common infection at this time of year: viral.. sure she said RVI... cough swab not bck yet.. how are your wee ones?