Massaging will bring babies a lot of
benefits such as helping babies have regular and smooth breathing rate,
improving the stimulation of growing, building baby’s brain more completely…
Everyone knows that massaging is an
invisible string that can connect mothers and newborn babies. Those are
considered one of the simple pleasures; however, they are extremely good for baby’s
health. Many researches proved that massaging can help babies develop and
behave better in life.
Massaging
is an invisible string that can connect mothers and newborn babies.
Many parents consider the time of massaging
for babies “the happy time” and this thing is obvious. This action is good for
both mother and baby.
Massaging will bring a lot of benefits for
babies such as helping babies have the regular and smooth breathing rate,
improving the stimulation of growing, building up baby’s brain more completely,
improving the development of neural system, intensifying the immune system for
babies, helping babies relax, not feeling tired, reducing bellyache and
constipation…
Prepare
You should pay attention that you should
wash hands cleanly before beginning to massage, you need to not wear all
jewelries that can make baby’s skin scratched. In the process of conducting,
you should check space for babies carefully, the room must be warm and
airtight.
Although oil for massaging can make your
movements move smoothly; however, medical experts showed that massaging oil
isn’t really necessary. Especially, you shouldn’t overuse massaging oil in baby’s
face.
To children that are born prematurely and
babies that are under 4 months old, 10 minutes for massaging is a time that is
long enough. When babies grow older, you can increase to 20 minutes.
You should pay attention to massage
smoothly, but with a pressure that is big enough.
Massage hands and feet
You should smoothly use 2 palms to rub time
and again baby’s hands and feet smoothly. You can massage for babies by moving
2 hands rhythmically following the movement of milking cow’s milk, roll baby’s
hands and feet between your 2 hands.
After that you can clap the fingers softly
on the surface of skin in baby’s hands and feet. You can massage baby’s small
hands by fondling smoothly from palm of babies to the fingertips. Massaging
regularly will make blood vessels in baby’s hands and feet circulate easily,
intensify the immune ability and prevent diseases that relate to the stress of
babies.
Massage face
You
should smoothly use your forefinger to create the small circle on baby’s face.
You should smoothly use your forefinger to
create the small circle on baby’s face. You should begin from the center of
forehead and fondle slowly to 2 sides of baby’s face. From forehead, you can
move to cheek, nose and chin of babies. You can massage ears by using
forefinger and thumb to touch baby’s ears from below to the upper helix.
Massage baby’s head
To children that are under 4 months old,
you don’t absolutely touch the soft point on babies
Head (crown of the head). When babies are
over 4 months old, babies begin to control their head and neck actively, you
can massage smoothly by using the forehead to create small circle on baby’s
head.
Massage baby’s back in the new posture
Put babies lie on lie on their front on
your belly, you need to ensure that babies lie with the comfortable posture.
You should begin from baby’s shoulder, you should use your fingers to massage
smoothly for babies along their backbone. You need to do this movement quickly
because babies can easily smile when you touch to the tickling positions on baby’s
body.
Massage baby’s belly
The
best time to massage belly for children is after babies eat about 1 hour.
The best time to massage belly for children
is after babies eat about 1 hour. You can use forefinger to create circles on
baby’s belly. You can take baby’s navel as a center.
Or you can use the movement of rowing in
baby’s belly. You will close your 2 hands perpendicularly with baby’s belly,
after that you will move smoothly on baby’s belly. Medical experts considered
that this way will reduce the bellyache and improve the digestive system for
babies.
