Classes will combine Developmental Baby Massage with a chance to sing some nursery rhymes and for parents to chat . You will need to bring massage oil and a towel to the class, please note you do not need to have attended Stage One to attend Stage Two. Please not there will be times when this course runs in the same course as Stage One.
Developmental Baby Massage from 8 weeks to crawling will focus on:
- Baby Massage – Techniques and strokes are demonstrated to parents using a teacher’s doll, with emphasis on loving touch, and responding to baby’s cues and communication through the class
- Infant Development – joint flexibility, muscular strength and coordination improving your baby’s circulatory, respiratory rhythms, back strength and overall muscle tone
- The Enteric (“Baby Brain”) and the Central Nervous Systems
Therapeutic Play to Relieve Stiff and Floppy Baby Syndromes focusing on:
- Early intervention and physical enablement
- Motivation and movement cranial neuroplasticity
- Gravity and centralised movement
- Remedial touch massage and movement to relieve “Stiff and Floppy” baby syndrome.
Infant Balance and Good Posture focusing on:
- Primary preparation for sitting and standing using gravity assisted techniques for stronger structural foundations focusing on your baby’s transitions from sitting positions to squatting, crawling, standing and eventually walking.