Baby Massage Urmston

Baby massage helps to support the overall wellbeing of both you and your baby. It comes with many health benefits and can help soothe and ease some of the common ailments you may experience with your little love such as; wind, colic, constipation & teething pain.

Baby massage can also help enhance your relationship with your baby and can help your bond to grow, building strong emotional foundations for the best start in your baby's life. It can also help your baby's physical development by stimulating all of their senses.

This 5 week course is baby-led so throughout the sessions we will check in with baby to ensure they are happy and relaxed. If your baby would like to feed, cuddle or sleep during our session then they are more than welcome to do so, all strokes will be repeated the following week so you will be able to watch and join in when baby feels ready. And please DO NOT worry if your baby cries, it's okay, we've all been there, this is a safe space for you.

When you massage a baby the baby’s body produces a hormone called oxytocin which belongs to a group of “feel-good hormones“. These hormones help to lower the levels of stress hormones in the body and therefore help to lower blood pressure, heart rate, improve appetite. Massage is good for helping parents relax too. When a parent massages her baby, she also produces prolactin and oxytocin which helps her relax. Prolactin is an important hormone for women after birth as it helps build up a milk supply in the breast tissue and therefore it can be particularly useful to have in high levels when breastfeeding. In addition, a baby can learn to relax by watching its parent being relaxed during the massage.