Baby Massage For Dummies

The fun and easy way to enhance a baby’s health and well-being

Baby massage is a hot new parenting trend–the all-natural way to soothe a baby’s pain and discomfort, enhance parent-baby bonding, and stimulate healthy growth and development. Featuring step-by-step photographs, this friendly guide shows parents and caregivers how to get started with baby massage, offering specific techniques for a wide range of situations, from settling babies to sleep and alleviating disruptive crying to easing the pain of colic, teething, and gastrointestinal upsets. It also explains simple baby massage moves that can stimulate brain development and build a baby’s strength and flexibility.

Joanne Bagshaw, MA (Brookhaven, NY), is the owner of Blue Point Wellness Centers, which offers massage, yoga, and more. Ilene Fox, LMT (Brookhaven, NY), is certified in pre- and postnatal massage. She is a massage therapist at the SUNY Stony Brook Department of Pediatrics.