5 Benefits of Baby Massage
Baby Massage has lots of benefits for both your baby and you. Here are 5 of them:
Oodles of Oxytocin: Oxytocin is a hormone known as the love hormone or cuddle hormone. When you massage your baby you boost oxytocin levels in your baby AND in you. You are literally creating love with each stroke.
Boost the Bond: Baby Massage helps strengthen the bonding process between mum (or dad) and baby in several ways: the creation of oxytocin, focused 1-1 time, deepening knowledge of your baby’s unique cues, and by encouraging positive ‘serve and return’.
Let’s Talk Language Development: The use of simple songs and rhymes in Baby Massage not only helps you to remember the routines easily and keep things fun, but they also help to support good communication and language development in your baby.
Easing the Pain: Baby Massage uses strokes that can help to ease the pain of teething, colic, trapped wind, and constipation. When a baby is suffering with pain from any of these things it can be very distressing for everyone, so it is very empowering as a parent to have something practical you can do to try to help. Of course, there may be times when you need to use several different approaches, but Baby Massage is a great addition to any parenting ‘toolbox’.
Good for Mama, Good for Baby: Baby Massage isn’t just good for your baby, it’s good for you too. You’ve already read that it helps boost oxytocin in your body (as well as baby’s) so you feel good, but it can also help you feel more relaxed, more confident as a mum, and give you an opportunity to connect with other mums of babies about the same age as yours. Socialising with other mums is really important especially when it’s in a safe and supported environment.
Baby Massage is a great way to support the healthy development of your baby, learn a new skill, and have fun. And it really does offer a wealth of benefits.
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