Massaging is something more than a physical interaction between you and your child. It is an association, a bond that helps you to know children better and at the same time make them feel comfortable in your arms.
In this process a child starts to get close to you and at the same time develops strength and flexibility in context of physique that is very much needed at this evolutionary stage. You should massage your child very carefully as at this time their bones are under development and sometimes and untamed massage can result in critical after-effects.

Important tips when massaging your child
Though you should massage your child rigorously but that doesn’t mean that you should consider them fragile and fear in handling them. Slowly and gradually you need to pace up and take things to higher levels. Handle your baby in a firm manner as this is both necessary for strengthening their body as well as sending a message of confidence and reliability to your child. Make sure that all your strokes are slow, long as well as rhythmic. Any random stimulation can disrupt the muscles or damage the bones hence make sure that the muscles are strengthened in a rhythm. 

Proper order of massaging your baby
It is considered good if you start the massage from the feet and then progress to the stomach as well as torso. Repeat the massage of this section up to 3-4 times and thereafter move on to the arms as well as your baby’s face. You should also massage your baby’s back by turning him to the opposite side or by making him sit. You may conclude the session after repeating the massage of legs. The reason of such a focus on the leg section is that in the initial years your baby need to learn walking quickly and for this reason the legs should be comparatively stronger as they need to carry the weight of the entire body.

Tips for massaging various body parts
Each body part needs a different set of patterns of massage. These are as follows: 

• Massaging Stomach
  When you massage the stomach of a child then you can bring relief in context of problems like constipation or gas. In this process, you should stroke the stomach of your baby one by one with each of your palms. You should flatten and push out the area inside navel onto the sides gently as this would help your child to feel better. 
• Massaging Chest
  This is pretty simple and you just need to put the hands at the middle and then massage by splitting away from the centre gradually. You should also cover the ribcage in the process and that too without lifting your hands.
• Massaging Feet and Legs
  When you are massaging the foot then you should make use of your thumb for moving from the toe to the heel, one after the other. You should then squeeze the baby’s toe and make use of your thumbs in order to push the feet top towards the area of ankle and eventually massage in form of circles around ankles.

• Milking Method
  You should milk the complete leg right from the buttock till the foot. You should milk gradually and extend the impact to each and every part in this area in a rhythmic manner. You should make use of the inside portion of your hand.
• Twist and Squeeze Method
  This technique you should grab the leg firmly and after a good lubrication of massage oil you should rotate your grip in opposite direction while covering the complete length of the leg. In this process the muscles will cope against the change and thereby become stronger. If done slowly and gradually this is one of the most strengthening exercises for the growth of your child.
• Swedish Milking Method
  This is same as the former milking technique but in this case the direction of impact is just opposite as in this case you start from the ankle and end up in the hip section.
• Rolling Method
  This is a highly stimulating technique and has an immense impact on strengthening the bones. In this case you need to roll the sections of leg in between your gentle palms and gradually rotate in opposite direction.  
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