Moreover, the researchers found that infant massage properly can form a cycle of infant sleep better, relieve colic and might even be able to improve the baby's immune system, motor skills, and intellectual development of the baby itself.
Here are some tips and techniques to help you can massage the baby properly without the help of masseuse baby.
To massage the baby should use blankets or fluffy towels, and a special baby massage oil which is placed in a container that is not easily broken. Before massaging your baby you should test the oils that will be used on a small point of your baby's skin and wait a few hours to make sure there is no irritation to the skin of your baby.
Start baby massage when you are calm, but must stay alert and do not massage the baby after he had just finished eating or when your baby is sleepy. Before starting to sit on the floor with your feet in solonjorkan. Put a soft blanket over your legs so that your child comfortable while you massage him.
You put the baby's diaper and put your baby on a blanket with a comfortable, foot baby belly facing you and the baby's head right toe with the baby do not tilt.
Start massaging the baby very gently stroked just like, do it from the baby's head to his toes. If your baby wriggling, crying, or being angry, moved to other parts of the body or if very fussy you can end the massage for today, do not be in force until your baby enjoy your massage.
If your baby responds well, start gently massaging the baby some parts bit by bit, to the stage of your training should be massaged babies with such caressing it with one-way massage do not go back and forth.
1. Massaging the baby in the abdomen
- Hold your baby's stomach and move your hands as paddles in your baby's stomach. Starting at the base of the ribs, lower abdomen with one hand, then the other part, only with movements such as rowing and not too tight. With painstaking effort and you certainly will be able to massage the baby properly.
- Try massaging the baby's stomach with your fingertips in a circular motion, the same gesture with clockwise.
- Massaging your baby's stomach with whole belly stroked along his rib cage on the right side to the left and down. Invert the movement, with the stroking of the lower abdomen on the right side and around the navel and on the left side.
- Baby massage with your fingers around the navel of the small, clockwise motion.
- Do this carefully and lovingly. Hold knees and feet together and gently press your knees toward her stomach. Rotate the hips slightly to the right baby. Baby massage with this movement helps expel gas or reduce bloating.
- Massaging your baby by placing your hand on the baby's stomach horizontal direction and pull your hand from left to right several times. Should be avoided massaging baby belly umbilical cord has not been perfect. Check out the video below for more detail.
- Hold your baby's head with both hands, gently massage the baby's scalp with your fingertips, such as the movement is being shampooed. Avoid touching your baby's head crown because it is still very sensitive.
- Massage your baby's ear using the thumb and forefinger.
- Hold your baby face hand positions such as a heart shape, and then drag your fingers together until the baby's chin.
- Do this by placing your thumb between your baby's eyebrows pull it out gently and slowly.
- Again baby massage with your thumb, gently pull up the baby's eyelids with the eyes closed.
- Pull your index finger on the outside of the nose right and left upward direction to the cheeks.
- Using your fingertips, massage the baby's jaw in a small circle and soft.
- Place both hands on the baby's chest and then pull out from his sternum to his shoulder.
- Then begins the breastbone, trace the shape of hearts brought both hands up to his shoulders, then down and back together. Do this carefully and with feeling.
- Lift one leg of your baby by the ankles and relax by lightly pressing on your baby's thigh. Usually your baby will feel very uncomfortable.
- Hold the baby's ankles with one hand and massage with a thumbs down to around the upper thigh of your baby. Wipe off the small thighs to her feet.
- With your hand holding the baby thighs, rubbed down from the hip to the foot with both hands rotating in the opposite direction, like movements while wringing towels.
- In the palm of the baby, using the motion of your thumb to massage from the heel to the toes.
- Use your whole hand to stroke the bottom of the baby's feet from heel to toe.
- Wipe the top of his foot. Gently squeeze and gently pull each leg.
- Massage around the ankle using small circles.
- Conduct baby massage gently but firmly, and do not cause the baby amused.
- We recommend that you massage your baby every day.
- Follow your baby's signals when to stop massaging. Massage will usually be up to 30 minutes, but if the mood a little uncomfortable it may be only 10 minutes.
- To learn more about baby massage is right You can buy a lot of reference books in bookstores
Hopefully this article on how to massage a baby for you and your baby. good luck.
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