Infant Massage: The Lowdown on Baby Rubdowns
So you get home from a long, hard day of back-breaking labor and guess what, the baby’s crying again. Typical. You try feeding it, giving it the bottle, singing to it (you were in your alma mater’s barbershop quartet) but to no avail. Suddenly it hits you, infant massage! While some parents may wish that infant massage means training their baby to massage their backs after a long day of work, the term refers to techniques of loving touch that can be applied to your infant.
An old tradition made trendy?
While the idea of infant massage may sound like something a New Age guru thought of while making a headband out of granola, it has actually been a reputable technique for centuries in Eastern cultures. However, it had only been properly introduced to the United States in the 1970s, when Vimala Schneider McClure returned from her trip to India and witnessed firsthand the positive effects of infant massage. McClure is now the founder of the International Association of Infant Massage, an institute that provides training, certification, and classes, and is located in Sweden with affiliates in the US.
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February 7, 2010 at 9:25 am Comments (0)
