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Nursing…..the single most bonding experience a mother can share with her baby.
Massage....the single most bonding experience a father can share with his baby.
Massage....the single most bonding experience a father can share with his baby.
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The healing power of massage is exceptionally bonding for families.
Next to nursing, massaging your baby is the single most bonding experience that both parents can share with their infant or child. When a baby is born and the mother begins to nurse, often times, the father gets to sit on the side lines, so to speak. Learning to massage your child offers you a lifetime of closeness from the moment of birth. As well as the bonding benefits of massaging your family, the healing power of touch is far-reaching and vast. Beneficial to you and your family in many different ways, massage can alleviate discomfort from normal bodily functions such as:
*birth trauma, colic and other issues surrounding the digestive system, hiccups, teething, growing pains in older children, circulation, sensory development just to name a few, beginning at birth.
Intuitive touch and massage is also highly beneficial to special needs babies and children.
Fathers may feel dissatisfied with their ability to form a close attachment with their infants in the early postpartum period, which, in turn, may increase their parent-related stress. Our study sought to determine if an infant massage intervention assisted fathers with decreasing stress and increasing bonding with their infants during this time. To address the complex father‐infant relationship, we conducted a pilot study using a mixed methodology approach. Twelve infant‐father dyads participated in the intervention, and 12 infant‐father dyads populated a wait-list control group. Paternal stress was measured using the Parenting Stress Index at baseline and at postintervention. We found infant massage instruction significantly decreased paternal stress. Our findings were also supported by the qualitative data and suggest fathers may benefit from applied postnatal education.
Authors: Cheng, Carolynn Darrell; Volk, Anthony A.; Marini, Zopito A.
Source: The Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 20, Number 4, 2011, pp. 200-209(10)
Next to nursing, massaging your baby is the single most bonding experience that both parents can share with their infant or child. When a baby is born and the mother begins to nurse, often times, the father gets to sit on the side lines, so to speak. Learning to massage your child offers you a lifetime of closeness from the moment of birth. As well as the bonding benefits of massaging your family, the healing power of touch is far-reaching and vast. Beneficial to you and your family in many different ways, massage can alleviate discomfort from normal bodily functions such as:
*birth trauma, colic and other issues surrounding the digestive system, hiccups, teething, growing pains in older children, circulation, sensory development just to name a few, beginning at birth.
Intuitive touch and massage is also highly beneficial to special needs babies and children.
Fathers may feel dissatisfied with their ability to form a close attachment with their infants in the early postpartum period, which, in turn, may increase their parent-related stress. Our study sought to determine if an infant massage intervention assisted fathers with decreasing stress and increasing bonding with their infants during this time. To address the complex father‐infant relationship, we conducted a pilot study using a mixed methodology approach. Twelve infant‐father dyads participated in the intervention, and 12 infant‐father dyads populated a wait-list control group. Paternal stress was measured using the Parenting Stress Index at baseline and at postintervention. We found infant massage instruction significantly decreased paternal stress. Our findings were also supported by the qualitative data and suggest fathers may benefit from applied postnatal education.
Authors: Cheng, Carolynn Darrell; Volk, Anthony A.; Marini, Zopito A.
Source: The Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 20, Number 4, 2011, pp. 200-209(10)
