Baby Massage with Laura

06/02/2022

Throw back picture from my last course with such a lovely bunch of mums and dads. ❤️❤️ 👶🏼

So tempted to start up again....

14/09/2019

Definitely! 🙋‍♀️💕🤣

07/09/2019

Grab a tissue, mama.

06/09/2019

We love this picture doing the rounds today thanks to
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Touch illuminates the brain! Hold them, kiss them, respond to their needs, massage them, love them, just as your instincts suggest and you'll have the same reaction ⁣👇
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"This is the world’s first ever magnetic resonance image showing a mother and child’s bond. ⁣
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The image is of neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe kissing her two month old son.⁣
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The child’s brain appears to be smoother and darker. This is because it has significantly less white matter. White matter is comprised of myelin, which is fatty tissue that acts as insulation for the wires that communicate messages inside your brain.⁣
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Kissing causes a chemical reaction in your brain, including a burst of the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin is often referred to as the ‘love hormone’ because it stirs up feelings of affection and attachment.⁣
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Kissing activates the brain’s reward system; releasing dopamine which makes us feel good. It also releases vasopressin which bonds mothers with babies and romantic partners to each other. It also releases serotonin which helps to regulate our mood."⁣
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30/08/2019

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17/08/2019

29/07/2019

Interesting theory.

This is amazing, babies’ heads give off pheromones, this helps siblings bond with each other.💕

22/07/2019

Introducing the wonderful International Association of Infant Massage IAIM Founder, Vimala McClure. Vimala was the first to develop a programme for teaching parents how to massage their babies.

Whilst studying and working in a small orphanage in Northern India in 1973 Vimala became aware of the importance of traditional Indian baby massage, both for its soothing effects and for its role in affectionate non-verbal communication.

An Indian mother regularly massages everyone in her family and passes these techniques on to her daughters. At the orphanage, the eldest massaged the little ones nearly every day, this was a type of nurturing Vimala hadn't seen before in the United States.

On her way back to her train she passed a young mother sat on the floor with her baby across her knees, lovingly massaging him and singing, this brought home to Vimala that there is so much more to life than material wealth. This mother had so little and yet she could offer her baby this beautiful gift of love and security, a gift that would help to make him a compassionate human being.

During Vimala's last week in India, she contracted Malaria and was delirious with fever, when all the women in the neighbourhood came to look after her, massaging her body with practised hands and singing, taking turns until her fever broke. Vimala highlights that she will never forget this feeling of their hands and their hearts touching her.

Vimala set about combining her practical experiences, the positive effects of Indian and Swedish massage, as well as the principles of yoga and reflexology, into a simple and beautiful routine.

She named the strokes, designed a special approach for babies with colic or symptoms of colic, and developed the ‘Touch Relaxation’ technique.

One of the wonderful things about the IAIM is that the same programme is currently taught in over 60 different countries around the world, and the number continues to grow year by year.

17/07/2019

Such an important message we don't train babies by ignoring their cries sadly they just learn that no one comes when they cry....

28/10/2018

26/09/2018

It’s hard, but it’s true.

When they’re at their worst, that’s when they need our ‘calm’ the most. When they’re at their worst, that’s when they’re not coping the most.

It’s the time it’s hardest to give, but the long term benefits to their developing brain are huge. When we know that, sometimes it helps us to manage a situation better. And in the times it doesn’t, we can say sorry and mean it. 💕