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Infant Massage is about more than just learning the massage strokes. One of the primary objectives of massaging you baby is to learn to understand your baby's subtle non-verbal cues. By improving communication on this unspoken level, the bonding and attachment occur on a deeper level.

	When parents are more responsive to babies' cues, the baby cries less.
	Parents learn to understand and respond to baby's engagement and disengagement cues.
	Parents learn techniques to help comfort and soothe their baby.
	Babies learn the importance of respectful touch and the boundary between themselves and others.
	Sets aside a special baby-focused time for mothers, fathers, and caregivers.

In addition to promoting attachment and bonding, benefits to the baby include:

	increased ability to maintain a happy, alert state
	relief of gas and colic
	stimulation of development
	improved muscle tone
	improved digestion
	improved sleep patterns (more sleep for mom and dad too!)
	respiration and stress responses
	increased weight gain
	improved stimulation threshold

In addition to promoting attachment and bonding, providing infant massage has many benefits to the caregiver including:

	decreased stress level
	release of stress-lowering hormones
	increase comfort and confidence in ability to care for their baby.

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