Demonstrates techniques to use in massaging babies and explains how massage can help their physical and emotional development
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This classic handbook now back in print—a fully illustrated, time-tested approach to the techniques and benefits of parent-child touch.The latest research on infant development shows that not only is baby massage a pleasurable way to express love and establish an emotional bond between parent and child—it also has direct and crucial effects on the physical growth of infants.With an introduction by Dr. Tiffany Field, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Baby Massage includes information on:• the process of bonding and body contact• the positive effects of touch on premature babies• how baby massage can heal the effects of birth trauma• how baby massage can alleviate colicOver 30 b/w photos and drawings.
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