Baby Massage is hugely enjoyable for babies and their parents, whilst also having amazing benefits. Here are a few:

Babies:

• Improves immune system
  
• Helps baby learn to relax
  
• Promotes sounder and longer sleep
  
• Develops flexibility, strength and stamina
  
• Helps postural development
  
• Promotes bonding and communication
  
• Helps to regulate digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems
  
• Helps relieve discomfort from wind, colic, congestion and constipation
  
• Decreases production of stress hormones
  

Parents:

• Provides a special focused time that helps deepen bonding
  
• Helps parents to understand and respond appropriately to baby's nonverbal cues
  
• Promotes feelings of competence and confidence in caring for baby
  
• Improves parent-infant communication
  
• Increases parents' ability to help child relax in times of stress
  
• Eases stress of parent who must be separated from child during the day
  

Other Benefits:

• Cross-cultural studies show that babies who are held, massaged, carried, rocked and breast-fed grow into adults that are less aggressive and violent, and are more compassionate and co-operative
  
• Recent research shows benefits for premature infants, children with asthma, diabetes, and certain skin disorders
  
• Mothers with post-natal depression have shown improvement after starting baby massage
  
• Teenage mothers have shown improved bonding behaviour and interaction with their babies.
  
• The group environment of baby massage classes gives parents a support network