Bonding & Beyond Infant Massage

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Parents and babies share a love connection beyond limits! Share the love!

An interesting read.....

SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT AFTER BIRTH | International Association of Infant Massage Vimala McClureI brought the art of infant massage to the Western world after learning about it in India in 1973. After years of research and having my first baby, I developed a curriculum to teach parents. I wrote the classic INFANT MASSAGE, A HANDBOOK FOR LOVING PARENTS (Penguin/Random House), firs...

An Introduction to Infant Massage Think of massage not as another “to-do,” but as a special time to relax and connect with your baby.

Babies are self-learners and what they truly need (and pays enormous developmental benefits) is the time, freedom and trust to just “be.”

We forget as adults that every mundane detail of the world is new and stimulating to an infant — every shape, contrast, sound, even the slightest movement is fascinating. Life is a playground. So, infants are ‘playing’ when they look around, listen, feel and smell the air, when they have the freedom to reach, grasp, twist their bodies, and think…think…think. (Wouldn’t you just love to know what babies are thinking?)

I first noticed one of my babies ‘playing’ on the changing table when he was nine days old. As we were finishing his diaper change I saw him gazing at a shadow on the wall, completely absorbed. I took a deep breath, stopped myself from interrupting…and just waited. When he finally looked up at me two or three minutes later, I asked, “Do you want me to pick you up?” And when his eyes seemed to say “Yes,” I did.

Respecting these important personal moments when our infant is engaged in thought – and not interrupting– will encourage longer periods of play that can extend to hours as a baby grows, through toddlerhood and beyond.

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