A colleague was just telling me her family doctor gave her a really intense warning against using lavender (including lavender-scented soaps etc.) with her young daughter. Something about it being a factor in inducing early puberty? Apparently the doctor said there are studies that back this, it’s something that should be out there, lavender baby…

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