There is a lot of information available on baby massage as there are different infant massage movements used.You can experiment to find the ones that you and your baby enjoy the most.

Infant Massage caution

If you have any concerns about doing a baby massage, then you should seek expert help or attend a baby massage training class. Be gentle with your baby. Dont give the baby a massage if the baby is fidgety.

If your baby is under 5 months of age, do not massage at bath time as this can be over stimulating. You can do a baby massage after a night time sleep or during the day after a nap.

Best place for baby massage is on the floor on some towels as the baby can be slippery after the massage.

Always stop massaging if the baby indicates that they have had enough.

Rub your hands together to warm the oil

Basic Infant Massage Steps

Baby Massage steps Back of baby

1. Place your child on their front. Gently stroke their back and along the back of the arms
2. Gently with the tips of your fingers massage your childs shoulders
3. Gently massage your babys rear
4. Start at the base of the neck and work down the spine, down the legs, and then bend the knee and massage each foot
5. Use your thumbs to massage the sole of each foot

Baby Massage steps Front of baby

1. Start with your baby on their back. Gently stroke their face starting with the middle of their forehead and moving to their temples.
2. Very gently stroke across the eyebrows and around under the eyes.
3. Massage from nose to ears, and then from their cheeks down to the chin.
4. Stroke the front of the body and out along the arms.
5. Next do each arm. First lift the arm and stoking the length of the arm from shoulder to hand. Then using your free hand, gently squeeze the arm as you move down the arm from shoulder to the hand. Repeat for the other arm.
6. Massage the hand, and rotate each finger clockwise.
7. Using both hands, make clockwise strokes around your babys navel. Only do clockwise strokes, which may help infants with colic or wind. Dont do anti clockwise.
8. Gently stroke down each leg from thigh to ankle, swapping hands as you work your way down.
9. Lastly massage the sole of each foot by making tiny clockwise strokes with your thumb as you finish the massage.

How to do Infant Massage ?

There are no fixed rules for the fast and baby massage, except to make sure you do it safely. Your baby and you will discover what works best for you both. Please note that massage is something that your child is not limited to the child. It is strongly recommended that you seek guidance and education on massage techniques from a qualified baby massage therapist, midwife or other health care professionals to ensure that you do it safely. A ten minutes massage, two or three times a week helps in strengthening the parent-child relationship, children love it and it can help to alleviate suffering baby.

Helps in Emotional Attachment with Parents

In todays society, parents have heavy workloads and both their work and at home, which directly affect the quality time with children. Infant massage, an ancient tradition, is simple, free, can be administered almost anywhere and has a variety of emotional and physical benefits for both parents and baby. A child with a strong feeling of the plant is growing more confident, assured and happy. The parent-child attachment is in the first months of life, so much of its definition of child through massage has a profound effect on the emotional well being of children and can be used to create a feeling of security for the growing child. The emotional benefits of infant massage, such as quality, one-to-one loving touch, can also be experienced by fathers.

What does the Researches Say ?

The task of developing a regular and restful sleep pattern for a new baby is often an exercise in frustration and confusion for many parents. Research has shown that children grow faster in the hospital, if properly massaged. This is in large part to the fact that massaged babies actually more time than quiet and calm, but vigilant, and that if they sleep, it was very deep and restful. This led to a more structured sleep pattern, and prolonged periods during the night sleep.

Doing a massage right after always home from work, a parent with a child back after an exhausting day, and will help baby and parents to relax and unwind. If you and the child have developed a routine, you will have a capacity to disrupt the calm your child. It is time, which is exactly what is needed, not food, not a new diaper, but soothing, relaxing touch that a parent can their kids. Although the circumstances surrounding a change in their routine and environment, a daily massage can be the hub of your babys routine the night and the item that when preparing to fall into a deep, restorative sleep. In addition, learn to relax in our hectic world is a skill parents need care for themselves and for their children. Studies suggest that the positive effects of the practice infant massage are just as deep on the parents physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, as they are for babies.

Infant massage has also been shown that this positive benefit children with food, gastrointestinal, bonding, mounting, weight gain, global challenges, including a baby in total sleep rhythms. Massage also helps children learn about their body and stimulates brain function and the interaction between mother and child during the massage, the intellectual abilities of children as well, resulting in increased mental capacity.