Infant Massage

You know that you love a good massage…so does your baby.

HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage

•Teaches parents massage strokes to calm & soothe your baby
You will learn specific routines for relaxation as well as for getting your baby to sleep and to help relieve colic and congestion.

•Empowers you as a parent to trust yourself when interacting with your baby
Babies don’t come with manuals that explain what each type of cry means or which position your baby likes to be in and when. It sometimes takes time to gain that confidence to know your baby needs and wants and to trust that you are doing it right.

•Enhances your relationship with your baby

You probably visualized many times during your pregnancy about what life would be like with your new baby. Sometimes that vision becomes reality and sometimes not. For some parents the love affair begins immediately after birth. But other parents feel lost or distant from their babies and it takes a little longer for that bond to become as strong as they had envisioned.

This class will enhance the perfect relationship and it will help the troubled relationship to become peaceful and relaxed.

•Improves communication with your baby
You and your baby communicate with all senses…smell, sight, taste, hearing, and especially touch.

Babies need touch to survive, they need it to thrive. Study after study has proven that. Instinctively you knew that…the first thing you wanted to do after your baby was born was to touch it’s head, hands, cheeks, toes… Learn to use that need for touch to respond to your baby’s needs.

You had to learn to relax while you were pregnant so that you could give birth in the most natural way that you could imagine and you can learn to use touch to connect to your baby in the same natural easy way.

But what if I didn't use HypnoBirthing® to give birth?

HypnoBirthing® teaches parents how to relax and have a gentle, peaceful birth the way that nature intended. HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage classes take that relaxation a step further, by teaching parents effective ways to massage and touch their babies that promote calm and gentle little people.

Even if you weren't a HypnoBirthing® parent, you can still take these classes and you will probably even have greater benefits. These classes will teach you to relax when interacting with your baby, and how to relax in general. Yes, you learn specific massage strokes, but you will also come away with a newfound sense of empowerment and a new level of trust in your own natural ability to communicate with you baby.

This is a series of 5 classes. Each class is about an hour long, sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on how the babies’ are doing. Babies can bring 2 adults with them to group classes and as many as they want for private.

Please call for class dates or to schedule your individual sessions.

To Baby:

• They know they are loved!
• They know good touch, so they won’t accept bad touch
• Higher IQs
• Better individuation
• Promotes attachment
• Encourages muscular coordination
• Helps baby to open and straighten arms and legs
• Helps with digestion
• As muscles relax, they absorb blood, and as they contract, they help to pump blood back to the heart and aids venous return
• Massage stimulates the vagus nerve, which stimulates the release of food absorption hormones insulin and glucose
• Massage teaches children the concept of hugs, not drugs
• Fosters body acceptance and awareness
• Gives baby’s body a chance to release birth issues
• Alleviates anxiety and depression
• Reduces stress hormones
• Reduces pain
• Enhances immune system function
• Facilitates weight gain in preemies
• Relieves colic, constipation, reflux
• Improves sleep pattern
• Increases circulation
• Improves elimination of blood wastes

To the Family:

• Dad bonds with baby as effectively through massage as Mom does with breastfeeding.
• Older children can help – stand by with lotion (and wait for their turn!)
• Serves as a calming ritual for everyone
• Gives Mom and baby a chance to communicate
• Gives Mom a chance to release birth issues
• As children age, touch gives an opportunity to reconnect
• Massage introduces a unique level of confidence and trust between parent and child

To Society as a whole:

• Well-adjusted, well-bonded babies grow up to be well-adjusted adults

For more information or to join the next massage class, please call Jennifer at (858) 385-9028