By Alan Heath
Put aside the day-by-day chores and use this easy-to-follow consultant to spend exact time along with your baby. To a child contact is speak, and during those soothing and stress-free concepts you and your baby can percentage probably the most pleasurable and communicative moments. There are 4 chapters masking key options, daily care, therapeutic massage for various age teams and easing universal difficulties. therapeutic massage will have the funds for you a extra intimate technique to convenience, nurture and sit back your child.
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Awake, calm and alert. Place one or two hands on the chosen area and ask your baby if you can touch him before you do. OBSERVING HIS REACTIONS Watch your baby to gauge his reaction to this touch. He will show you, by his actions and facial expressions, whether or not he is enjoying the experience, which will help you understand what level of touch he is able to manage at this time. Keep a constant watch for stress cues and no cues (see page 64). These indicate that he is becoming over-stimulated, tired or distressed.
Repeat all the way down the forehead, as if you are drawing a series of lines with your thumbs. 2 STROKING THE UPPER CHEEK BONES Place your thumbs on either side of the bridge of the nose. In a single flowing stroke, move each thumb simultaneously downwards and outwards, along the upper part of the cheek bone to the sides of the face. STROKING THE LOWER CHEEK BONES Position your thumbs on either side of the bridge of the nose again, this time slightly lower down. Make a single sweeping stroke with each thumb from this position along the lower part of the cheek bone and out to the sides of the face.
Cordy’s mother holds her wrists gently and stretches her arms above her head. 3 SITTING UP Cordy’s mother helps Cordy come to a sitting position by pulling her arms gently. This stimulates muscles in Cordy’s arms, back and abdomen, and also in her legs, which push against her mother’s lap to maintain balance as she rises up. 2 STRETCHING THE ARMS DOWN Now Cordy’s mother brings Cordy’s arms down to her sides. She repeats steps 1 and 2 several times. These movements stimulate the muscles in the upper arms and along the shoulders.