Nowadays, massage for baby has become the most intimate among the parent-child relationship as a means of communication. Many parents have a busy schedules with so little time for their new-born baby, but actually it only needs 10-15 minutes a day having a intimate contact with their baby's skin is very healthy, while children in a relaxed state, including visual, hearing, touch, taste, smell and other sensory information, both through gentle massage, efficiently into the body, so that the child feel the feeling of love can effectively enhance the parent-child relationship, can also increase the baby's sense of security to help stabilize mood, it can promote blood and touch to stimulate circulation to help the brain grow and develop.

In addition to baby massage will help to enhance a better parent-child relationship, there are many more benefits, for example, to improve the baby breathing, strengthen the digestive system, thereby improving air and intestinal pain, stomach problems, may also accelerate the growth rate of other premature babies. In addition, parents can make their little ones fall asleep faster through massage can help improve sleep quality. Clinical trials have proven that massage can reduce the number of disturbed sleep up to 30%.

TIPS for Parents:

- Do not give the baby a massage when they are hungry or too full because this will prone to vomit. It is suggest the best time should be approximately 1 hour after feeding, just after a shower or massage before bedtime.

- Room temperature is about 24-25 degrees most appropriate and the massage time is normally 10-15 minutes is ideal.

- Surroundings with a soft lighting, can prepare some soft music for the baby to enjoy, so they can be more relaxed.

- Before massage apply 5mm of baby lotion or baby oil and apply to the baby, massage gently on the baby skin.

- Massage can also apply to newborn babies but caution to avoid touching the navel.

- If the baby fell asleep during the massage should be stopped.

- If the baby is still awake after the massage can give them some water to drink.

- If the baby is having a fever, have inflamed situation on their body, bruises, fractures, skin diseases, skin infection or after vaccination, do not give a baby massage.