Infant massage is a preventive hands-on program that provides loving touch right from the start. Understanding and beginning touch early in life can improve the quality of parenting and family life and promote the well-being of the infant. In the situation where both parents have jobs, daily massage helps compensate for the separation by re-establishing the bond and providing quality time for both parents and baby.
Infant massage could be a relief tool for those sensitive and needy babies who seems to be uncomfortable almost all the time.
Benefits for Parents:
· Better understanding about their infant's cues of responsiveness
· Greatly improves the bond of affection attachment
· Helps the parents relax and listen to their baby
· Massage becomes a perfect avenue for conversation as the child gets older
Benefits for baby:
· Emotionally nourishes the baby
· Helps to strengthen and regulate the baby's primary systems: respiratory, circulatory, nervous, musculature, and gastrointestinal; enhances the immune system
· Reduces gas and colic and allows the baby to sleep better
· Helps the baby relax and release the tensions of daily stimuli