A Massage For My Baby

^{my Lil princess}

I am a young mother from Nigeria, who puts to birth recently. I used to baths and carefully massage my little princess, and both of us used to thoroughly enjoyed it. Massaging a baby is a traditional practice for mothers over here in Caring for our babies. My Mom used to massage my siblings and me, and she's the one who taught me how to massage my babies.

Massaging a baby is so good! It's a way to tone up babies' muscles and make them feel relaxed, that is why babies do fall asleep after massaging. I used to sing and talk to my little princess while massaging her, and she gurgles and generously smiles back, a wonderful experience all parents need to have.

Infant massage is common in other lands, and it's becoming popular in some Western countries. for example, while chatting with one of my friends in Canada she puts to birth 7 months ago, she told me that certain medical services personnel visited her at home and that she was invited to their massaging center where she and other mothers were trained how to massage babies.

^{my Lil princess}

The importance of infant massage can't be overemphasized it is a pleasant, tender and subtle technique that allows parents to communicate both physically and emotionally with their baby. Massages include a series of gentle but firm touches and strokes of my baby's feet and legs as well as the back, bum, and strokes on the spinal cord, chest, stomach, arms, and face. Lastly, I used to hold her upside down, this position is good for babies too.

WHAT DOES BABY GET FROM MASSAGE?

Most important, is the feeling of love and tenderness. A newborn does not only need to be fed but babies need affection from their parents too. Since the sense of touch grows early in life, a gentle massage by a mother or father tangibly speaks this love. Both physical and emotional information can be transmitted to a baby.

Massaging can help to strengthen the bond of affection between parents and their infants right from birth.

Apart from expressing affection massage can teach babies to relax which resulted in longer sound sleep and less stress.

Massage help to tone muscles as well as regulate the baby's digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems and it also benefits Babies immune system.

Infant senses of touch, sound, and sight will be stimulated, and this encourages memory and learning.

CONCLUSION:

The value of infant massage can't be overstated for instance study shows that babies who were born prematurely but when massage could leave the hospital one week earlier than those who were not, and the massaged babies increased weight gain by up to 47% compared with those who were not. You can see with me that adults are not the only ones benefitting from good massage, babies too! Yes, it's more than just a rub for them, it's an expression of love by the warm hands and gentle fingers along with a big smile 😊.

Dear Friends by the way, when last do you have a good massage 😉? Hahaha, and what do you think about massaging babies?