Baby Massage

Baby massage has many benefits:

  • It aids digestion, relieves colic and trapped wind
  • Soothes and comforts, promotes relaxation and helps to reduce anxiety
  • It helps to induce restful sleep
  • Stimulates and strengthens baby’s immune system
  • Deepens and strengthens the bond between baby and caregiver through the release of oxytocin, also known as the ‘Love Hormone’
  • Encourages muscle co-ordination and joint flexibility
  • Stimulates the nervous system and enhances healthy brain development
  • Relieves teething pain
  • ​Helps to increase confidence and self-esteem in parents
  • ​Encourages the release of prolactin in breast-feeding mothers which aids milk supply

Our baby massage course offers much more that just the practical strokes of how to massage your baby. Each weekly session covers the massage strokes as well as time for a chat with a hot drink and homemade cake.  This time is for Mums and Dads to share ideas and experiences (if they choose to) and ask questions to the group and the instructor.

The usual things that parents want to talk about are: sleeping, feeding, feelings and emotions, demands of becoming a parent, crying and not being able to put their baby down and many more

Classes are baby-led, meaning that we take our cues from the infants and adapt according to their needs.

Testimonials

I have just completed the 4 week massage course and it has been by far my favourite activity out of all of our groups to do with my baby girl. Sarah keeps the environment relaxed and baby led. I loved that I got one on one time with my little girl, creating loving moments together, whilst learning a new skill that we have continued to practice at home together and made part of her morning and night time routine. Millie sleeps like a dream after we’ve done some massage too. It’s been a great friendly environment where there is also time to chat and download with other mums, all really honest about what we are experiencing and swapping tips to help each other. I would highly recommend these classes. It’s helped me to feel more confident as a mum and also given me some time to breath, relax and just be in the moment. Thank you Sarah.

Liz

 

We really enjoyed our 4 week baby massage class. It was really relaxing and calm and my little one loved receiving a massage each week. Sarah is lovely and looked after the mummies as well as the babies. Her homemade cakes were always a hit too. Thank you very much.

Sinead

 

We had a wonderful time at ‘Daddy and Me while Mummy has tea’. Thank you for creating such a special haven. It was lovely to meet the other mummies and daddies too (and babies of course!). The perfect Father’s Day treat! Thank you.

Maria & Chris