Infant massage is a wonderful way to have a special time with your baby and get to know your baby in a deeper way.

Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant. Food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins.                                                    
- Dr. Frederick Laboyer

Research has shown many benefits for massaging your baby.
Infant Massage is ...

Stimulating
Stimulates all the systems of the body including the:

  • Nervous system
  • Circulatory system
  • Respiratory System
  • Elimination System
  • Immune System

Stimulates the release of oxytocin, known as the cuddle hormone (is released in both parent and child), prolactin (promoting milk production in the mother) and other endorphins.
Reduces muscle stiffness and normalizes muscle tone.

Relaxing

  • Helps relieve tension built up from all the stimulation in the baby’s environment
  • Helps babies handle sensory stimulation and respond in a relaxed manner
  • Helps babies sleep better
  • Helps regulate sleep/wake cycle

Relief

  • Touch combined with vocalization helps reduce pain levels up to 80%
  • Helps tone digestive tract
  • Helps alleviate gas and promote elimination
  • Releases hormones for food absorption.
  • Releases endorphins, natural pain killers, to ease emotional distress

"Bonding is a unique relationship between two people. It is specific and endures through time."
- M. Klaus

Bonding and Attachment

  • Infant massage draws on all the elements of bonding and attachment
  • Eye-to-eye contact, skin-to-skin, body scent, vocalization, taste, responsiveness
  • Hormones stimulated by infant massage promote bonding and attachment between parent and baby

Visit InfantMassageUSA.org to learn more about Infant Massage. "It's amazing!"