Infant Massage

Touch is very important to an infant baby. Touching helps babies bond to their parents. A soft touch from Mom or Dad can help baby relax.
Massage can be very helpful to a baby. It seems like it is a new idea, but it is not. It is just the Western world that is behind again.
Infant massage benefits the infant, by feeling that caring touch. An infant needs to be assured that they are being taken care of and someone will be there to help them. Infant massage is also good for the caregiver giving the massage. It allows them to start the bonding process with their baby.

You may think that they are just babies, and there isn’t much going on for them. This is far from true. Everything in a baby’s world is so very new. Besides eating and sleeping, a baby is learning so much in just a few months time. They go from being in the womb; a nice warm, quiet place to be, to being thrown into a world filled with all sorts of stimuli. They don’t get much time to adjust to this big world.

The benefits of massage are relaxation, stress relief, and bonding.
I know what you are thinking “What does a baby need stress relief for?” Think about all the new things babies are taking in everyday. From the time they wake up in the morning, until the time they go to bed at night, they have seen all new and exciting things. This can cause them a bit of stress. Not like the stress an adult might face, but it’s stress just the same.
Massage will help your baby to relax, get relief from stress, and help it to bond to you.

Autumn's Infant Massage Oil is heaven in a bottle for babies and for Mom's (and Dad’s too). Help your baby to learn to relax, by using gentle strokes along arms, legs, back and torso. Autumn’s Infant Massage Oil is unscented, as babies products that are for infant -6 months old should not have essential oils in them. Essential oils are too strong for their developing nervous system.
If you baby is older, you can use Autumn’s Baby Massage Oil. This oil is for babies 6 months and up, and it lightly scented with lavender.
Be sure to try all the Autumn’s Baby Products for your baby.