Infant Massage:
- with mums, dads and baby
- individually and in small groups
- incorporated into postnatal treatment program.
Benefits of Infant Massage include:
- increased confidence in handling baby
- understanding of how infants perceive and learn through touch and facial cues
- enhanced communication and therefore the ability to respond to baby’s needs
- reduced anxiety, by both parents and baby
- enhanced infant/parent bond.
The benefits of infant massage are extensive for both parents and baby, physically and psychologically. It creates bonding, attachment & closeness for both fathers and mothers and means that fathers have an important role from the beginning. Parents are empowered by techniques to help to decrease colic, reflux, teething and aid elimination and myelination of the nerves.