INFANT MASSAGE

There is an increasing wealth of evidence highlighting the benefits of infant massage, both for babies and their parents

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• enhances parent's ability to understand their baby’s needs; promoting secure attachment, promoting nurturing touch, and promoting pre-language communication skills

• can help reduce baby's level of stress and help them to sleep better

• promotes sensory integration, mind and body awareness

• aids digestion and can help relieve wind, colic and constipation

• can alleviate sensitivity to touch, physical, and psychological tension

• can decrease post-natal depression

• can promote early involvement of father

• can improve self-esteem and confidence in parent

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Infant Massage can be taught in conjunction with other interventions where appropriate or as a stand alone therapy in a group program with other parents & babies

Each week you will learn new massage techniques to do with your baby leading up to the full body massage routine in the last week

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Suitable for babies from birth-12 months old

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Infant Massage courses available from May 2021​

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