Baby Massage

Baby massage is a wonderful way to spend time getting to know your baby through positive touch. This 5 week course (suitable for babies from birth to 1 year old) will teach you to use massage confidently and build upon touch as an intuitive way of communicating with your baby.

Babies have open hearts and minds and are ready to embrace new experiences. The shared experience for both parent and baby encourages early bonding and creates a secure and happy foundation of well-being. We see the development of mutual respect and understanding and the expression of pleasure and delight. 

The course is fun and informative and a great way to meet other parents and for babies to socialise with each other!

Take a look at some of the benefits……

 BENEFITS FOR BABY

BENEFITS FOR PARENT/CARER

            CONTENTED BABY = HAPPIER PARENTS!

 Don’t just take it from me, here are some of the comments from parents who have done the course……

 "Excellent.  Very relaxed and baby-friendly.  Julie is a very encouraging instructor, completely unphased by tears and tantrums of the little ones, and endlessly patient in teaching us all.  She has a great sense of humour and I was particularly touched by her exceptional kindness to my Matilda and I. ‘

 "Relaxed, informal and enjoyable - while being educational at the same time!  Julie is really gentle and approachable."

 "He sleeps better in the evening after a massage."

"The massage course really has helped Charlie to be so much more contented, which has made time with him an absolute joy!  Before when he had colic he seemed so miserable, and it was difficult to get him to smile, whereas now he seems so much more happy and is a lot more smiley, which gives us so much pleasure." 

"His bowel movements have become much more regular since starting the tummy massage.  I have also notices that he is passing wind much less than before, but that the tummy massage helps to relieve the wind."

 "I found the classes so welcoming and relaxed.  It was lovely sitting in a circle so we got to see all the babies having their massage and how much they all were enjoying it.   It was great that if people had missed a session or there were any areas of massage we were unsure of, that we could go over them again without disruption to a lesson plan." 

"I really wanted to learn some proper baby massage techniques that would help relax both my baby and myself, which the course provided really well and by an extremely professional person."

 "Excellent. Lovely calm atmosphere. I would definitely recommended it to friends."

 "Being able to get into a routine with the massage that my baby knows and can anticipate, and even look forward to is wonderful. It is so lovely for us both to have that time together to focus on each other 100%, with no distractions and to also know that the massages are so beneficial to her overall wellbeing."

Baby Massage is for parents/carers of non- mobile babies. These are 5 week courses and full attendance is required. Course date/times and venue are listed below.

As these are very popular courses, priority will be given to families living in Rutland, who have not attended any other Children's Centres activity. Remaining spaces will be allocated by the Manager, either to families who require a priority space or on a first come, first served basis. Any unallocated spaces will be open to all families in the local area.

Dates of courses are below:

To enrol for this course call: 01572 772590

Page updated: 11/5/12