The moment of the massage is a very special magical moment between you and your baby. Besides that it has numerous benefits for him. We will tell you how to give your baby the best massage and that the two of you enjoy your little time together.
What are the benefits of massage for my baby?
- Promotes relaxation.
- They stimulate your senses.
- They reinforce the bonds between mother / father-baby.
- Relieves your infant colic.
- Stimulates motor coordination and improves flexibility.
How to prepare the moment?
- Any time your baby is calm is a good time. Can be used after bathing to take advantage of its relaxing effect before sleep. It can also be given with the diaper change or before the nap, any time when the baby is calm, calm and not hungry (and not finished eating).
- To prepare the moment, remove all kinds of distractions around. Turn off the TV, silence the phone, put on a soft light and keep the temperature comfortable. If you want you can put on some relaxing music or hum something to it.
- The baby should be on a smooth and firm surface, but not hard. Must be as comfortable as possible, we can leave him in a diaper so there are no leaks.
- When the time comes, take off rings and bracelets, and apply a little oil or massage cream on your hands and rub your hands in front of him so that he can see the gesture and associate it with the massage. Choose a special baby oil or cream.
How to give the best massage to your baby?
- Everything is ready and we can start with the massage. We can start with friction movements to promote circulation and warm the muscles prior to the massage.
- After warming up we can start with the massage. We will grab a thigh with both hands and press down gently, first with one hand and then with the other. Repeat the same operation with the same leg.
- With your foot we will do gently rotate your joints, respecting its natural movement, to one side and to the other. In this way we will improve its elasticity and flexibility. Then press gently from his ankle to his fingers and the same with the other foot.
- Then do circles throughout the plant of your feet.
- Gently stretch your fingers of his foot one by one using two fingers of your hand.
- We turn to your arms and we do the same movement that we had made with his thighs, from the wrist to the armpit.
- With their little hands we also do the same as for the feet. We twist their wrists gently, respecting their natural movement, to one side and to the other. The same operation in both arms.
- Draw circles with your fingers in the palms from his hand.
- With the fingers of your hand stretch them one by one, the same as we had done with their toes.
- Around it put your two hands on his chest and make movements towards the data. From the center to the armpits. Each hand to his side. Squeeze gently.
- Then put one hand to the top of your chest and do downward movements towards her thighs. Change hands with every movement. Repeat this movement several times.
- Now put the baby on his back and draw circles with your fingers on his spine from the neck to the buttocks.
- And to finish, we do gentle pressure all over your body with our hands, from shoulders to feet.
Basic massage
This is a basic massage for beginners. Then you have others for example specific for colic or more complete. You can start with this type of massage and as you get more practice you can try other more complex ones.
Over time you will know which massage he likes the most, how much pressure he likes and when he does not like something at all. Your teacher is your baby, which will tell you if you like it or not.
Be patient, it may not work out the first time.
Why remember ... you have to take every opportunity to strengthen your bond with your baby.