Baby massage is a way of showing care and great love for the baby. Science has proven that the daily massage help develops and enhance brain health for the baby. Moreover, they always like being massaged. You should create a daily massage routine for your darling. The best time to massage the baby is after a bath with warm water. Meanwhile, they are very refreshing. You just massage gently to help them relax and fall asleep easily.

Benefits of massage:

Massage for infants delivered many valuable benefits for parents and of course for the baby.

• There is a period of rest after the stress of the day for both parent and baby, as well as a great opportunity to increase the coherence. Only the father / mother and baby, really focus with no uninterrupted time to touch each other, communicate with each other in the eyes, the smell of the body, voice and other sounds will help you and your baby understand each other more deeply. Both parties will have the opportunity to better understand their own emotions and feelings for each other. The time period for the massage really helps foster the trust.
• Massage helps stimulate the production of some hormones to create a sense of comfort, endorphins and oxytocin, which is called “hormone of love”. Therefore, when they feel so palatable, you might feel the same!

• To relieve pain: Endorphins are released during a massage is a natural painkiller in the body. Thus, the process of infant massage can soothe the pain of teething babies… Also, there are specific massage movements to help reduce infant pain significantly for a number of common symptoms in children.
• Enhance your child’s cognitive abilities of their body (such as the size and position of the body parts).
• You can also recognize the specific status of the child and find out how the most appropriate massage. If your child has special needs even more, find a guide to massage for babies from a certified guider.
• Support the child for promoting comprehensively the potential development. Infant massage helps support the development of the nervous system, thus, supporting the process of communication between the brain and the baby’s body.
• Reduce stress both physically and emotionally for the baby. If they suffer medical interventions and / or are separated from their families, were born difficultly or a few other cases can cause tension when to express feelings through touch. In the course of infant massage, your concentration to “listen” to the baby, with respect and tenderness, can help to heal their fears and rebuild a sense of confidence and comfort of the skin.
• Experience massage helps baby clearly percept the process to reduce their stress, such as parents drag the limbs so that they can learn how to do it when they need to reduce stress to the body.
• Due to the support the circulation of blood and lymph in the body, as well as produce happy feelings, infant massage enhances the immune system and thereby helps reduce sick for baby.
• Massage can help children have a deep sleep.
• Regular infant massage is a great way to help your child know that they are loved and appreciated.

How to massage your infants

Are you ready? Take a look at our tips on preparing massage, to help you create a relaxing space for the baby. You can massage your baby at all ages. Remember that infants are especially sensitive to the massage and will be easy to sleep. A premature baby is a special care to create a sense of intimacy and safety for them. According to medical experts, the massage for premature babies is very beneficial.

For those who are a little older, they also like massage but this time, they are more active. They probably will be giggle when being massaged. At this age, you can just massage and sing to your child, or just playing games while massaging.

The most important thing when massaging your baby is to know that this is a special time to relax and express love. Let’s make this time enjoyable and you will see this is a great way to care for the baby and express your joy for them.