UMA Infant Massage aims to create mutual attachment and bonding between infants and their parents or caregivers through nurturing touch.

Attachment and bonding are key components in a relationship, especially infancy. The first attachment relationship that an infant cultivates leaves an imprint for future relationships in the infant's life.

Touch is said to be the first sense that develops while the baby is secure in the womb. By learning to massage their infants, parents can provide their babies with the same feeling of love, security and Attachment Parenting.

My Mission Statement:

To promote reciprocal attachment and education about nurturing touch through infant massage while providing support through parental coaching

My Vision:

To acknowledge infants as beings who are innocent, conscious, and dependent on their parents (adult caregivers)

To acknowledge that parents have a loving heart, and need to feel secure in their parenting skills.

“Being touched and caressed,
Being massaged, is food for the infant.
Food as necessary as minerals,
Vitamins, and proteins.”

— Dr. Fredrick Leboyer

Evidence Based Research tells us that:

Research has shown that following the Infant Massage routine can have various health benefits such as reducing crying, relaxing the baby and aiding in improving sleep patterns. It also strengthens bonding with parents and affects hormones that control stress according to the Mayo Clinic. A research review conducted by the National Institutes of Health concluded that pre-term infant massage therapy has led to weight gain in pre-term infants when moderate pressure was applied during massage.

Benefits of Infant Massage

Interaction

Promotes secure attachment and bonding, nurturing touch
Enhances verbal/non verbal communication
Provides undivided attention
Inculcates feeling of respect, love, tolerance, empathy

Relief

Aids in relieving gas and colic, constipation and elimination, excess mucus and growing pains
Relieves muscular tension, teething discomfort, sensitivity to touch
Helps in softening of the skin

Relaxation