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 Nurturing
Touch Infant Massage is a parent education program which
promotes the physical and emotional well being of babies
and young children.
Clinical research supports the importance of a secure,
loving environment and nurturing touch in the healthy growth
and development of children. The benefits of positive contact
and nurturing touch are recognized as critical for healthy
brain development of all babies.
Parents report increased feelings of confidence in caring
for their baby as a result of learning to massage their
children.
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Order Nurturing Touch Infant Massage
Both Parents and Babies Benefit from the Infant
Massage Experience:
- Massage enhances communication and deepens feelings
of attachment between parent and baby that promotes the
physical and emotional well-being of babies and young
children
- Parents experience increased confidence and competence
in caring for baby
- Infant Massage helps families develop nurturing care
giving routines
- Massage helps babies relax and release stress
- Babies experience physical relief from symptoms of
teething, colic and gas
- Massage stimulates baby’s growth and development
Teaching adults and children to use gentle touch through massage techniques has clinically shown to increase parent-child bonding and to prevent the use of hurting touch such as shaking, hitting, and spanking children. The Nurturing Parenting Programs that use infant massage are: Prenatal Families, Parents and Their Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, Teenage Parents and Their Families, and Foster and Adoptive Parents and Their Children.
Juliana Dellinger-Bavolek, M.S.E. Certified
Educator Trainer with Infant Massage USA,
is co-author of nationally recognized and validated
parenting programs. She has over 25 years of experience
with young children and their families as a teacher,
home visitor, and facilitator of parenting groups.
For more information contact Juliana at julianadb@aol.com
You can view our schedule of training here.
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