Baby Massage Benefits

Baby massage helps to develop a baby’s first language – touch. This is an essential element of human development, helping a baby to feel loved, secure and respected.

Baby massage helps to promote a positive relationship between you and your baby. Through positive touch, massage promotes restful sleep and relieves symptoms of colic, constipation and sinus problems while strengthening your baby’s muscles and helping with joint flexibility.

Baby massage can also help your child to adapt to their new environment, promoting and building verbal and non-verbal communication between you and your infant. By enhancing the bonding experience, skin to skin contact releases Oxytocin – the love drug, relieving and reducing the incidence of Post Natal Depression. 

Baby Massage is suitable from birth and can continue for as long as your baby will allow. Although there is no upper age limit to baby massage, massage is adapted to suit the developing needs of your child.

The recommended age for new joiners is from 4-6 weeks old. This allows time for recovery after birth, and also initial development of your baby's awareness with longer awake periods.

For each session you will need to bring your regular changing bag, nappies, comforters, feeds etc. and a blanket or towel to lie your baby on as we strip them down to nappies (or naked if they prefer).

With each course you will receive a handy takeaway guide covering all massage strokes learnt over the 4 week period and a complimentary bottle of massage oil so you can continue your journey in the comfort of your own home with your baby.