Infant massage... calm babies...

​Benefits of massage for the baby

• Promotion of bonding and forming a secure attachment with their parents
• Feeling loved and respected 
• Promotion of verbal and non-verbal communication
• Stimulation of the nervous system, circulatory, digestive and lymphatic systems
• Improved muscle tone and development
• Relief from colic, gas and constipation
• Release of physical and psychological tension
• May improve sleep patterns and duration
• Relaxes the baby by releasing the anti-stress hormones
• Reduces the level of stress hormones
• Quality one-one time with their parents

Benefits of infant massage for parents
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• Parents gain a better understanding of their baby
• Quality time together promotes the bonding process
• Improved self-esteem and confidence
• "Getting out of the house" and meeting like-minded parents
• Stimulates lactation
• Promotes higher levels of relaxing hormones
• Provides a relaxing and calm "time-out" from the daily schedule
• Decrease in postnatal depression
• Decrease in the stress hormones
• Great for engaging fathers in the early months