New moms often find themselves under stress and looking for ways to relax while still spending time with their baby. One great way to accomplish this is through infant massage. Spending time massaging your baby can provide mothers with time to relax with their baby and help calm your child and promote good health. Infant massage can be a great way to encourage bonding between the child and parent, and therefore can be a wonderful way for fathers to spend quality time with their child while giving mothers a much needed break.
Infant massage has been shown to stimulate the skin, muscles, and nerves of the body. This has been shown to help encourage proper weight gain and neurological development in infants in orphanages and also improve immune function in infants in hospital in a variety of studies. In children with special needs, infant massage can be used to help teach children how to deal with sensory stimulation more effectively.
Infant massage strokes can be used to stimulate specific areas of the baby’s body as needed. In children with congestion, massaging the chest and sinuses can help clear these areas, allowing the baby to breathe more easily and sleep more comfortably. Infants with gas or colic can often be very fussy, and parents can become desperate for anyway to calm their child. Massaging the baby’s abdomen can help the child to release painful gas, making them calmer and less fussy.
There are many different techniques that can be used to massage infants. There are a variety of classes available to allow parents to learn to massage their infants. If you are nervous about massaging your child a registered massage therapist or chiropractor experienced in infant massage can help to treat your child and help you to learn techniques to use at home between treatments.
References:
McClure, Vimala; (2000); Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents; Bantam Books; New York
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