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Infant Massage
Infant Massage is a preventive program that can improve the quality of your parenting life and promote greater well being for your baby. You can start after your baby is 4 weeks old.
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Massaging a baby:
- Provides a means of positively including a new person into a family
- Nourishes parent & baby emotionally
- Begins intimate communication between parent & baby
- Helps strengthen & regulate the respiratory, circulatory, & GI functions
- Helps baby relax and release accumulated tensions
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Infant massage contains elements of bonding: eye contact, smiling, soothing sounds, cuddling, smell, response & interaction. This bonding enables you to build confidence in parenting.
Clinical data has shown that this loving, nurturing contact between parent & child has a positive impact on subsequent development.
Pierce Yoga Program’s 4 week series includes bottle of baby massage oil and a copy of "Infant Massage: A handbook for loving parents.
Cost is $100. Moms or Dads-pleasebring extra wiping cloths, floor covering (quilt or blanket), and some waterproof pads to class.
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INFANT MASSAGE, A Handbook for Loving Parents
Vimala McClure (Third revised edition 2001)
Souvenir Press UK ISBM 0-285-63617-0
No other book on the market gives you such a wealth of information and shows such respect for the infant and family.
In this most recent version of her original book, our founder, Vimala McClure, maintains the high standard of writing she is renowned for and we in the IAIM love and respect her for. The format is familiar, with updated black and white photographs. I was especially impressed to see ‘permission’ emphasised throughout the book with each massage sequence beginning “may I massage your …….” This asking for permission and acknowledging the infant’s cues and accepting that the baby always has a choice in the massage process is the significant difference between this book and the other more glossy books on baby massage. I would unreservedly recommend it to everyone.
- review from http://www.iaim.org.uk/who_books.htm
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