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Benefits of Baby Massage Infant massage is an ancient, beautiful and enjoyable art, which encourages learning about you, your baby and their needs. Benefits of baby massage and loving, positive touch include:
Baby Massage is also very beneficial to premature and special needs babies benefiting not only physical needs but facilitating a deeper understanding and connection with their parents and caregivers. For more information click here. Dads really benefit from learning infant massage; helping them to connect and interact with their child on a deeper level than day-to-day contact may allow. Fathers are always welcome in classes and special Daddy's classes are held, if requested. For more information on these classes please contact us. Bonding with Baby Bonding has been defined as a "unique relationship between two people that is specific and endures through time". *Bonding is : love, security, connection, acceptance, peace, caring, happiness, interaction, empathy, unity, warmth, joy, communication and familiarity. *Bonding may be experienced through eye contact, touch, smell, taste and listening. Touch is a very powerful element in human bonding, as are communication, both verbal and non-verbal, and prolonged eye contact. Infant massage encompasses and supports all these vital aspects of bonding. Delayed bonding may occur due to situations such as premature birth, recovery from caesarean, medical complications, adoption, lack of physical and emotional support and post natal depression. In these cases Infant Massage can begin to recreate the elements of bonding. *All classes now incorporate baby yoga, which complements infant massage, offers quality physical stimulation including flowing postures, holding, movement, touch, voice and deep relaxation. It induces a happy, care-free and lively parent-infant interaction which develops as the babies grow. |
