The Touch of Love: Massaging Your Baby

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While in the womb and from birth on, babies show sensitivity to

being touched. When our first son had colic for the first three

months, my husband and I took turns carrying him close to our

bodies and touching him constantly. Positive touching or

caressing an irritable or colicky baby seems to quiet him down.

Before birth, the fetus is constantly touched and supported by

the womb. He feels and hears his mother's body together with

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most of the outside stimuli. He recognizes his father's voice

from early on and is also introduced to other peoples' voices in

the family circle. After birth, the infant associates the

specific touches with those voices and he learns to bond with

people. Thus, through the massage, warm and loving relationships

are introduced to the newborn.

Premature babies are periodically touched and caressed by their

nurses to encourage their well-being and growth. For a preemie

or a full-term newborn, the importance of bonding through close

contact with other people and the outside world cannot be

stressed enough.

Especially when the complications of the birth process delay the

bonding with the parents, massaging the baby afterwards for

about 20 minutes a day by each parent can make up for lost time.

I don't know if an energy exchange is possible through massage

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as some claim; however, the benefits of massage are clear. If

massaged, even those babies born under the most desirable

conditions show faster and more improved growth.

Massage also has a favorable effect on babies experiencing

developmental lag, disabilities of any kind, and especially

separation from a caregiver or parent because of death or

illness.

Another good use for the massage is that once your baby gets

used to the massaging, if he is irritated for one reason or

another, your gentle massaging or stroking will calm him down

easily. Some scientists believe that massaging a baby may

promote new formations in the central nervous system and may

help develop more advanced motor skills.

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The person massaging a baby need not be a massage therapist.

Just simple touching and gentle caresses with cooing and talking

to the baby will do. The baby massage follows a simple pattern:

from top to toe and on both sides of the body, front and back.

For the massage, in a warm room, you first hold the baby facing

you and lay him down on a soft mattress. Start with gentle

touches, fingertip strokes and strokes on the crown of the head,

to the forehead and the face, neck shoulders, arms, torso, legs

and feet. Then turn the baby over on his belly and stroke the

head, neck, back legs and feet. Combine short strokes with long

ones. During the massage, it is necessary to give equal

importance to both sides of the baby's body.

Oiling your hands while massaging a baby is not necessary unless

the skin on your hands is excessively rough. If you really want

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to use oil or lotion, use it on the back of the baby after you

have turned him over on his belly. This avoids baby's ingesting

the oil or lotion when he sucks his fingers and toes.

For the massage, a baby need not be unclothed totally each time,

especially after he gets used to it and enjoys it as his special

time with the parent. Conversing with the baby and the parent's

calm and peaceful mood are very important during the massage.

If you get into the habit of massaging your baby, your baby will

show improved neurological development, greater weight gain and

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While you can, enjoy your baby as you massage him, for he will

grow into a fully functioning adult before you know it.

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