Infant Massage Classes

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Andrea's Skin Care & Body Therapy is now offering Infant Massage classes. As a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) through Infant Massage USA and Internationally through International Association of Infant Massage (CIMI), Andrea Stein will support new parents in learning infant massage while deepening their relationship with their baby's. An infant's primary task in the first year of life is to build TRUST. Infant Massage, practiced the way we teach it, facilitates the development of TRUST between the infant and parent/primary caregiver.

Nurturing Baby:
This class goes beyond baby massage to include hands-on education and discussion around all things parenting infants including cues, reflexes, crying, colic, spoiling, mirroring, sleep (nighttime parenting), bonding and attachment, verbal communication, tummy time, babywearing, parenting messages and dealing with advice, siblings, baby blues and PPD, family routines, massage as they grow, rhymes and songs and making room for baby (baby-proofing).

  • Promote restful sleep
  • Reduce crying
  • Improve digestion
  • Promote communication
  • Encourage brain & motor development
  • Relieve common discomforts
  • Relax you both
  • Deepen the bond between you and your baby
Enrollment in Nurturing Baby INCLUDES:

  • Organic Baby Massage Oil for use during class
  • Parent Book
  • Photo
  • Certificate

Group Class: (6 family maximum) Join us at a studio for a group class and learn everything you need to know to bring the benefits of infant massage to your baby! ........................$35 per class 

Private Class: If you have a group of 3-6 families you could have a class of your own! Just imagine, all the benefits of Nurturing Baby with your friends and the flexibility of a
personalized schedule! You can have a private group class in your own home or at our location............................................................................................................................$175

Private Instruction: I will come to you, on your schedule, in the privacy and security of your own home. This is a convenient option for families ready to receive the benefits of Nurturing Baby but hesitant to venture out into a group class (schedule, distance, fragile immune system, etc.). In this personalized format, you will learn all of the material in an accelerated 3 sessions ........................................................................................................................................$275


 Come enjoy the many benefits of massaging your baby and meet other new parents!

New Classes starting soon!

Enroll Today 209-765-4967



Benefits of Infant Massage for Baby
  • Infant-Parent attachment or “bonding”
  • Relaxation
  • Helps baby feel loved
  • Promotes better sleep
  • Facilitates body awareness
  • Boosts immune system
  • Sensory stimulation
  • Improves skin condition
  • Improves blood circulation
  • Helps digestion
  • Balances respiration
  • Relief for teething pains
  • Help waste elimination
  • Helps build parents’ and baby’s self-esteem
  • Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires)
  • Relaxes parents
  • Pleasurable experience
  • Stimulates production of oxytocin (Oxytocin is a hormone which can be produced by both male and female persons during massage. It is useful as a pain reliever and has a calming effect on the person.)
  

Infant Massage provides these benefits in 4 distinct ways:

Stimulating Stimulates all the systems of the body including the:
  • Nervous system
  • Circulatory system
  • Respiratory System
  • Elimination System
  • Immune System
Stimulates the release of oxytocin, known as the cuddle hormone (is released in both parent and child), prolactin (promoting milk production in the mother) and other endorphins.

Reduces muscle stiffness and normalizes muscle tone

Relaxing
  • Helps relieve tension built up from all the stimulation in the baby’s environment
  • Helps babies handle sensory stimulation and respond in a relaxed manner
  • Helps babies sleep better
  • Helps regulate sleep/wake cycle


































Relief
  • Touch combined with vocalization helps reduce pain levels up to 80%
  • Helps tone digestive tract
  • Helps alleviate gas and promote elimination
  • Releases hormones for food absorption.
  • Releases endorphins, natural pain killers, to ease emotional distress

 Interaction
  • Infant massage draws on all the elements of bonding and attachment
  • Eye-to-eye contact, skin-to-skin, body scent, vocalization, taste, responsiveness
  • Hormones stimulated by infant massage promote bonding and attachment between parent and baby
Benefits of Infant Massage for Parents
  • Caregivers report feeling more comfortable and confident in their ability to care for baby.
  • Parents learn to understand and respond to baby’s cues.
  • Parents learn techniques to comfort, calm and soothe their babies.
  • Provides an additional avenue for close and nurturing contact.
  • Infant Massage is one of the most natural and pleasant methods of providing this important early nurturing and an amazing tool for helping parents become closer to their babies.
Come enjoy the many benefits of massaging your baby and meet other new parents!

New Classes starting Soon!
Enroll Today 209-765-4967