Infant Massage

by Michelle Walton

The mothers attending the massage classes this month at the new venue, Mother Instinct, in Randburg, are loving it. The shop is filling up with wonderful things relating to pregnancy, birth and babies. If you have a free morning you should pop in and say hi.

Michelle will also be attending the

Genesis Clinic Open Day
12th of March from 10h00 to 14h00

The next baby massage class will begin on Thursday, 3 March.
Please see the details below:

INFANT MASSAGE

Next course begins : Thursday, 3 March and runs for 4 consecutive Thursdays
Address : 129 Republic Road, Fontainebleau, Randburg
Time : 10h00
Duration of each class : 1 ½ hours
Cost of 4 week course : R550.00
Included in the course : Weekly notes and infant massage manual, massage queue card, CD, 100ml bottle massage oil, support group, tea, coffee & tasty treat
What to bring : Just yourself and your baby (moms or dads massage their own babies in the class)


Touch is the most powerful element in human bonding. Enhance the bond with your baby by mastering the skills of infant massage.


The benefits of skin stimulation include:

· Provides an opportunity for close bonding between mother and baby
· Creates an important emotional link that will continue throughout life
· Promotes relaxation and better sleep
· Makes baby feel loved and secure in her environment
· Facilitates body awareness
· Boosts immune system
· Sensory stimulation
· Improves skin condition and blood circulation
· Relieves colic
· Relieves chest and nasal congestion
· Relieves teething pains
· Helps build baby’s self esteem
· Helps you learn about your baby’s needs and desires
· Relaxes and calms parents
· Gives parents a greater sense of confidence
· Reduces post-natal depression
· Encourages love, trust and intimacy between parents and their baby
· Group classes offer support for mothers and caregivers
· Substantial physical and emotional benefits for special needs children

“Feeding babies with touch, giving food to their skins and their backs, is just as
important as filling their stomachs”- Frederick Leboyer


Please contact Michelle on 082 871 0210

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