YES! And we love them. Not just to aid on relaxing but to help heal illnesses.

We used peppermint for my oldest in a diffuser when he had nausea from chemo.

My little guy loves lemon. It's his relax smell.

My daughter loves Rosemary and orange with a dash of cinnamon. She makes them into smelly sticks or lotions at therapy sometimes.

Lavender is supposed to be relaxing. Personally, I don't like it, but it has helped my baby sleep!

We also use melatonin 5 mg chewable & GABA to calm the body & brain before sleep.

Routine is also huge as well as using safe, calming language that paints your child as strong and brave and safe. We also pray before bed for "healing from the inside out."

I use lavender to relax at night it calms your soul I think. The other thing you can do is give him a tsp of baby Phenergan it helps to get drowsy or cough syrup. hospitals use dexatrophin used from cough syrups all the time . Good luck it is stress of what has happened. You can also try playing soft music or get a gold fish put in there room they hear the bloop bloop and watch the fish and fall asleep easier.good luck hugs casey

We also made their room feel special by putting glow in the dark stars all over the place including where they're underneath their bunk bed where they could see. We also have a special night light thing pillow that plays music and has different colored lights that they can push buttons to turn on and off. You can also use Benadryl which is pretty safe and it definitely makes them sleepy... That's what my cancer patients son used to fall asleep in the hospital. Also a bath before bed depending on their anxiety levels is normally relaxing but play it by ear based upon your child's needs. We've also used YouTube videos of the fish swimming in the aquarium with pretty music in the background on a laptop if it was so bad that they just could not stay in bed and fall asleep.

I would try it it definitely won't hurt I use oils for stomach issues and colds so yes I think oils are great and soothing

Oh and my goto for sleep issues is music I put lullaby channel on pandora on and it works like a charm. Sometimes I'll do Disney because she loves the music but it can be a little too upbeat at times for sleep music so I prefer the other. Music is a great way to engage the mind and keep it off other thoughts that might be stopping sleep.