i've been using this method for almost 2 weeks now & my kid is OUT in less than 20 minutes, on average. i bought a lavender-filled eye pillow for about $5, intending to use it for my yoga practice. one night, after a crazy evening of chasing my boy around & trying to lure him to bed, i broke out the eye pillow (he already enjoyed sniffing it) & layed down in nursing position. as an experiment, i placed the eye pillow lengthwise under my breast so that his face & my breast were cushioned by it. this put it in direct sniffing range for him & he immediately began to calm down. i thought the first night was a fluke, "he was probably just overtired", but i tried it again. and again... and again! every. single. time. he was out like a light before midnight! finally! hallelujah - i have my evenings back!

oh the joys of aromatherapy.