Who We Are:
Benefits of Massage
(for babies, mums and dads)
- Infant-Parent attachment or "bonding"*
- Relaxation
- Makes baby feel loved
- Promotes better sleep
- Facilitates body awareness
- Boosts immune system
- Sensory stimulation
- Improves skin condition
- Improves blood circulation
- Helps digestion
- Balances respiration
- Relief for teething pains
- Help waste elimination
- Helps build parents' and baby's self-esteem
- Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires)
- Relaxes parents
- Pleasurable experience
- Stimulates production of oxytocin (Oxytocin is a hormone which can be produced by both male and female persons during massage. It is useful as a pain reliever and has a calming effect on the person.)
* Bonding is: love, security, connection, acceptance, peace, caring, happiness, interaction, empathy, unity, warmth, joy, communication and familiarity.
Bonding may be experienced through eye contact, touch, smell, taste and listening
"Bonding is a unique relationship between two people. It is specific
and endures through time."
M. KLAUS
see poem