Infant Massage Course in Samford Valley
Learn how to give your baby beautiful, soothing massage
Baby Massage
Baby massage is a beautiful, relaxing activity all care givers can do with their babies and infants, and an excellent parenting tool you can return to again and again to help with common digestive and teething pain, sleep, tummy time and bonding.
The first connection between parent and baby is through physical loving touch. Learning baby massage techniques early sets up deep emotional bonds, builds confidence in understanding how babies communicate and their cues, and helps your little one feel securely attached, laying down the foundations for a lifetime of trust, respect, and compassion. Learn the power of touch and the many benefits of infant massage, as well as build a social network with other parents in our 4 week class, designed for all caregivers.
What you can expect
Learn the history and cultural aspects of this ancient art, and what oils to use when massaging.
Communicating with your baby, understanding their cues and behavioural states.
Baby reflexes and infant brain development.
The benefits of massage for parents and babies and the importance of touch for lifelong health outcomes.
Stroke routines for different body parts, relaxation, fussy and colicky babies
Comprehensive handouts, and a bottle of oil to get you started.
Baby Massage is a completely baby-led practice, we welcome all of their sounds and states. Each session runs in a temperature controlled, relaxed environment over 90mins to allow for babies to feed, nappy change, cuddle or sleep. Lauren will teach massage sequences on a doll, whilst you will massage your own baby. Each week adding a new body sequence and review the previous week.
This course is best suited
to newborns to pre-crawlers.
Meet Lauren
Lauren is a local midwife who has extensive experience caring for families to and through the pregnancy, birth and parenting journey. Her passion to provide families with the tools to develop healthy bonds and secure attachments with their new additions, has led her to become a certified infant massage instructor. Lauren enjoys combining her midwifery knowledge and expertise with teaching the many benefits of touch and effective massage sequences to build parental confidence, empower and enrich connections and communication, and ultimately enhance the physical and emotional development of babies.