Posted on October 17, 2007 in Latest News
• Milking – Have you ever watched a milkman milking a cow. Well this massage technique requires you to follow the same method. Support your baby’s foot with one hand and grasp the top of the thigh with your other hand. Massage from buttock to heel squeezing the leg in a milking motion. Reverse the motion going from the heel toward the buttock.
• The Alphabet Method – This method requires you to make alphabets on your baby’s tummy. Make a single “I”-shaped stroke with your right hand on the left side of your baby’s belly. Then, make a backward, sideways “L” going from your left to right. Make an upside down “U,” going from your left to right. (This is one of the trickier strokes to master, but the idea is to follow the direction of the colon and large intestine, and to move clockwise.)
• Open Book – With both hands together at the center of your baby’s chest, push out to the sides, following the rib cage, as if smoothing out the pages of a book. Without lifting your hands from your baby’s body, bring them around in a heart-shaped motion to the center again. This is a simple technique.
• Get Cheeky – With your thumbs, stroke across the upper lip and then across the lower lip and into the cheek as if drawing a smile on your baby’s face. This helps soothe the muscles used for sucking.
Massaging time may not always be fun as the baby may cry and will try to wriggle out of your hold. So, as to capture the baby’s attention talk soothingly to the child. Make massaging time a time of fun, laugh, make funny noises and just enjoy your baby.
