How Do You Sooth Colic Or Wind Related Problems With Baby Massage?
Colic affects many new born babies and it is distressing condition for both baby and parent. Colic is misunderstood and widely used to describe a whole range of conditions. Symptoms of colic can include prolonged crying during late afternoon on a regular basis, a hard tummy, drawing legs up to tummy, and difficultly passing wind. How and why baby massage works? Massage helps in a number of ways; • It helps to eliminate wind from baby’s body; • It can help to produce “feel good hormones” helping baby to relax and reducing levels of stress hormones; • It can help to mature the digestive and nervous systems by helping to tone the digestive tract and aid the process of myelination of nerve cells for better brain body communication. Most importantly baby massage gives you the opportunity to listen, observe and communicate with your baby. Your baby ultimately needs your trust, love and respect to make him feel secure and comfortable outside the womb. By communicating this through massage and
