The love that a mother has for her child is incomparable to any other bonding, and this love is shown by the way she tenders and nourishes her baby. This nourishment and care is needed to be started much before the baby is brought into this world. The child’s health is very important to keep in mind as he comes to this world. Massaging keeps your child fit and also make your child strong to face the hardship of the world.
Impact on Bones and Muscles
There are many benefits associated with a proper massage. The physical aspects include the strengthening of bones and muscles. With various formats that are done gradually, the bones get an opportunity to offer resistance and in this process of resilience, they become robust. This is a smooth struggle for the structure of a baby that helps them to overcome and shine with perfection.
Other Biological Impacts
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Massaging helps in the development of metabolic activity and hence the child exhibits better digestion and enhanced growth.
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Another important aid that massaging provides is that it regulates the hormone excretion of the body. The hormone regulation and distribution of the body gets altered and causes many problems such as change in mood and depression after birth. By massaging this hormone distribution is improved and reduces these affects.
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Massaging also tends to improve the cardiovascular system and give relaxation to the body. The child would experience better blood circulation and with a regular massage the blood pressure level would also remain maintained.
Hence, for all these biological aspects the massaging activity is considered to be an undisputed boon for the child.
Impact on Premature Child
Studies at a university in Miami have shown a lot of benefits of providing proper massaging to the premature babies.
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The premature babies show a 47% better increment of weight per day as compared to those premature babies whose are not given proper after their birth.
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The premature babies after massage show much better improvement in their health and recover much quickly.
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These babies show much better improvement of the neurological order and show quicker sign of normality than other babies.
Psychological Aspect
One of the biggest advantages of massaging is that it creates a better sense of understanding between the mother and her child. In the early weeks though the child’s other senses of eyes and ears are not completely active but the sense of touch through his skin is fully active and the mind starts to work when the mother massages her child. At this period the child gets to feel the first touch of her and the continuous work of the massaging continues to improve this bond between the mother and her child. The massaging process gives you a sense of the body language of your child and helps you to have a better bond with the child. Studies have shown that the children of the mothers who have been massaged in their early days after the birth stage tend to be closer and loving to their mothers, as this creates an impression and notion of care and affection from the mother’s side and hence the child loves his mother more.
When giving massage to the baby, it is very important to have a proper note of specifications and to take care of the pressure points of his body. It would be appropriate to consult the doctor before starting the massage in case of any complexity. The massaging oil used should be such that it does not harm the child’s skin, which is very sensitive just after the birth.