Benefits of Infant Massage
Both parents and babies may experience the benefits of infant massage. Some of these benefits include:
• It is fun and enjoyable for both baby and parent
• Helps both baby and parent to relax
• Encourages baby to sleep deeper and longer
• Improves colic and constipation and calms irritable babies
• Boosts a baby’s Serotonin levels which is known to reduce the risks of SIDS
• Assists with the development of flexibility & coordination through gentle exercise
• Establishes a close, loving communication and relationship with your baby
• Provides opportunity for fathers to spend quality time with their babies
• Strokes can be adapted for use on babies and children with special needs to help them reach their potential
• Massage can also be adapted for use with children of all ages. Babies and children who are massaged regularly are more likely to have a secure relationship with parents and so tend to have better relationships with others, both as children and adults
• Benefits flow onto the next generation as parents tend to parent as they themselves were parented