BONDING AND INFANT MASSAGE:

Touch is your baby’s first sense to develop, starting around 7 weeks of pregnancy. Once your baby’s born, touch plays a key role in bonding. Touch is also important to soothe and calm your baby; they thrive on skin-to-skin contact. Infant Massage is the best way to promote bonding between the baby and parents, siblings, and other family members.

Bonding, probably one of the most pleasurable parts of infant care, happens during the sensitive time in the first hours and days after birth when parents deeply connect with their infant. Physical closeness can promote an emotional connection.

For infants, attachment contributes to their emotional growth, affecting their development in other areas, such as physical growth. Another way to consider bonding is "falling in love" with your baby. Children thrive from having a parent or other adult who loves them unconditionally.

Babies, especially premature babies and those with medical problems respond to infant massage. Certain types of massage may enhance bonding and help with infant growth and development.