10/11/2025
Asking permision for massage.....
We always ask permission before massage for our little ones. This gives them the opportunity to say yes or no. Why? Teaching consent from an early age helps with the building blocks for consent as they get older.
How can a newborn or young baby provide consent?
They learn the consent sequence and we respond to their cues.
Yes: A calm baby, smiling, pulling our hands towards them, eye contact
No: Avoiding eye contact, crying, trying to or rolling away, pushing our hands away
We ask permission before begining and again before chest massage. We ask in 2 different ways but we always ask the same way for each.
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