Story of Baby Massage

I got in touch with baby massage since the birth of my first boy. He had colic, sleeping and constipation problems. As a first-time mum, I did not know what to do. It didn’t help when I’m a full-time working mum. It was very stressful and it broke my heart to see him cry so much and that unwittingly/unintentionally put strain on my relationship with my hubby. Tired, lack of sleep and feeling helpless, we brought him to see a pediatrician and was given probiotics. Somehow it did not work for my boy. But luckily, all this came to an end when my friend introduced me to baby massage. My hubby and I were skeptical about it initially. But since we were at our wits’ end, we decided to give it a try. After a few weeks of massage, his colic problem started to improve. Surprisingly, his sleep has also improved.
When I had my second boy, I repeated the same process of bringing him for baby massage. Honestly, it was quite a hassle to bring one baby and one toddler to the clinic weekly. And eventually we stopped. Luckily, our second boy didn’t have much of a colic and digestion problem. And 5 years later, I had a baby girl and started my own clinic. With a full-time job and owning a business, weekends are very precious for my family. I feared for the same problems with my third one, and thought to myself, “Why not I learn baby massage for my baby girl and maybe on my two boys?” This got me started to search for baby massage course online. And I came across this infant massage course by IAIM which is internationally accredited and has been established since 1986. With that in mind, I signed up for it without any hesitation. Through the course, I realised the importance of touch in optimal neurodevelopmental regulation in early infancy and I was lucky to be able to witness first-hand how IAIM massage routine benefitted and enhanced my children’s physical and socioemotional development as well as in strengthening the mother-child bond I have with them. Hence, I want to share this lifelong skill /knowledge with all mothers as well as fathers.
I feel that all mothers should enjoy motherhood, especially full-time working mums who may not always have the privilege to spend quality, quiet moments with their little ones. Fathers will also feel involved and be empowered to fulfil their caregiving roles for their babies. When the babies are sleeping better and longer, no colic and pooping problems, it creates a wonderful impact on the family as there is less stress for the mother and the family.