Here you’ll find our posts about Infant & Baby Massage. Another one of our topics that’s closely related to this one is Doula, Midwifery, and Postpartum Practices.
Traditional Malay Baby Massage (called Urut Bayi in Malaysia) has been practiced for centuries, and is a gentle full body head-to-toes oil massage that already starts in the first week after the baby is born. [ Read more … ]
Infant Massage in India is a daily ritual for the baby and an ancient Ayurvedic custom still practiced to this day. The use of oils in Ayurvedic massages is of prime importance, and as such [ Read more … ]
Russian Dynamic Baby Gymnastics (also referred to as Dynastic Gymnastics or Extreme Baby Yoga) is a type of rigorous infant physical therapy, which profoundly stretches and mobilizes the limbs of the baby. It’s strongly inspired [ Read more … ]
Traditional Senegalese Baby Massage is a rather tough, rigorous full body massage, one that certainly should not be carried out by an inexperienced practitioner. The massage is typically applied daily, in the morning, and is [ Read more … ]
Although a Baby Massage (also called Infant Massage) can certainly be given without oils, it’s nevertheless rather common to use them. Oils can have a variety of health benefits for the baby if used with [ Read more … ]
The Maori people — also written Maaori or Māori — are the indigenous inhabitants of what today is called New Zealand. By the way, the Maori name for the whole of the New Zealand islands [ Read more … ]
The Bima Regency is a regency (an administrative division of a province) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara, which is located on the island of Sumbawa. Infant or Baby Massage — locally called [ Read more … ]
The moment to start with giving massage to a newborn baby, and the frequency, depend very much on the culture and tradition, but also on the abilities of and suitability for the baby. For instance, [ Read more … ]
Over the years, dozens of studies have been conducted on the effects of moderate pressure Preterm Infant Massage — also called Preterm Baby Massage or Preterm Newborn Massage — and without exception the conclusions are [ Read more … ]
The Warabe-uta Baby Massage is a traditional Japanese Baby Massage treatment modality, also called the Japanese Traditional Nursery Rhyme and Baby Massage. It’s a full body Baby Massage that includes the use of oil, strokes, [ Read more … ]