"Through massage their Babies , parents will be able to communicate and create a link with their child , says Cecile Cortet - Pham , masseuse - physiotherapist specialist perinatal . It is a time of intense exchange , first by touch, but by the look and speech. The important thing is to be aware that this is not necessarily a technical gesture , and he often goes through a phase of experimentation. This touch has been lost in our society, is instinctive . You just take the time to tame . " What are the benefits of these massages ? Parents who choose to massage their Babies are a priority, to share with him a moment of tenderness and complicity. For it is indeed the first massage vocation enable them to establish , by touch , an emotional communication with their child. The skin has this amazing ability to put things into contact with each other . Love , security , appeasement ... emotions do not always need things named , they can also be transmitted through the skin and there are many sensations that pass through massage . It puts all the sensors in our body in motion , including our hormones. Indeed , touch also promotes the stimulation of oxytocin, which is none other than hormone attachment. But if the massage is performed in order to provide well-being to her baby , it has other benefits . It also allows the child to become aware of his own body, and at the time by touch, but by speech. That's why moms and dads are encouraged to talk to their baby during the massage : "I now take your little foot , and I slowly back up your leg ...". Finally, like most practiced massage for adults, baby massage can relieve pain or tension and have a therapeutic aim . Thus, certain actions can reduce the pain of colic infants or later, those teething .
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