Touch is one of the most significant and nurturing early experiences your baby will have. Massaging your child allows you to express emotional affection and to fulfil your baby’s need for physical contact.

Massage offers shared moments together for babies and their parents and caregivers. Baby massage greatly enhances this early bonding relationship.

Massage is also a wonderful way to lessen the stresses parent and baby may be experiencing in the early days of their relationship.

Some benefits of Infant Massage

• Helps relieve common ailments such as colic and gas in newborns.
• Eases other discomforts experienced throughout infancy, such as teething and sleeping difficulties.
• Relaxes and soothes your baby and is a pleasurable experience for both parent and child.
• Loving touch lessens tension, fussiness and irritability.
• Massage helps with development of motor skills and coordination.
•  It has also been shown to help new mothers in recovery from post-natal depression.

Baby Massage courses are run regularly in The Fingal Centre. Courses are relaxed and baby led (meaning babies needs come first). Courses run one morning a week over 5 weeks.

Quotes from participants

Quotes from participants on the Summer 2011 Course

“Learning how to relax the baby and enjoy making them relaxed.”

“Relaxed atmosphere-emphasis on baby led.”

“Perfect-comfortable and welcoming.”

“The Group is always very laid back and very welcoming.”

“I have enjoyed learning a new technique which both myself and baby can share together.”

“The room itself is very intimate and like a home away from home.”

“The girls  are just so lovely I felt so comfortable here.”

“I think it small nothing bigger than 8 as it works so well.”

Quotes from other participants

“I found infant massage relaxed my baby and made him feel calm.”

“It has helped greatly with my baby’s colic and I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

“She made us feel free and we were able to practise, ask questions, discuss, and attend to our babies.”

“Meeting new mothers, opportunity to spend quality time with baby and learn something new to enhance my babies well-being.”

“I think it is essential for new mothers to attend classes like this. A lot of mothers are lost. A simple class like this can boost confidence as well as developing bonding with the baby.”

“Like the relaxed feel about the class, made me feel comfortable.”

“He definitely sleeps better.”

“Found infant massage relaxed my baby, made him feel calm.”

“She is very calm and relaxing and of course she enjoyed very much.”

“She enjoys her tummy and chest, not happy with arms because she like her hands in her mouth.”

“It has helped greatly with my baby’s colic and I thoroughly enjoyed them.”

“How much enjoyment Kayden got from it, it relaxed him so much.”

“Learning how to massage correctly and meeting others mother and babies.”