Infant & Baby Massage

You and your child are unique, yet we all respond positively to kindness and love expressed through healthy touch and massage.

Massage for your baby or toddler provides the perfect opportunity for you to learn to interpret your child's behaviour through massage. This can help to increase your own self confidence as a parent, to relax and help to decrease stress levels, and strengthen your relationship with your child.

Infant and baby massage is suitable and beneficial for children of any age and ability, and the instructional sessions will be tailored to your child's individual circumstances and needs.

Private One-to-One Sessions for In-Depth Learning
• £20 ( 1 hr)

I offer professional instruction, advice and support in the comfort of your own home. You will learn specific massage techniques, strokes and sequences that you can confidently perform for the benefit of your child's ongoing development. These gentle and nurturing massage routines include the legs, arms, back, abdomen, chest, hands, feet, and face, and can easily be incorporated into your daily routine, such as bath or bed time.

This is very dedicated, caring, and in-depth programme of instruction that is best covered over at least two sessions to ensure you feel confident in your basic techniques.

Individual session content
An instructional session begins with a gentle relaxation to help calm and prepare you, before I take you through the basic massage strokes and sequences in stages. The gentle pace of the instruction enables you to practice and gain confidence massaging your child, whilst allowing your infant to gain trust and enjoyment from the touch.

As a Reflexologist specialising in treatment for general health, infertility, pregnancy and post natal, these sessions can also include Reflexology techniques on your infant's hands and/or feet to help with symptons that your infant may be suffering from.

These individual in-depth sessions offer you flexibility, allowing you to arrange your one-to-one session at a time convenient to you. Whilst you will receive an instructional manual, your sessions will be very much tailored to your infant's needs, abilities and development, as well as your own expectations as a parent. Please call me for a friendly chat to discuss the type of content of the individual session you would like to have.

For greater depth of knowledge, and additional longterm benefit for you and your child, I recommend opting for a course of sessions in order to learn a greater variety of advanced techniques and sequences covering the whole of your baby's body. This provides you with a regular and strong foundation to build upon, as you gain skill and confidence in your ability to massage your infant for his or her greatest benefit.

Instruction manual and FREE massage oil
Included in the one-to-one session cost is a detailed instruction manual outlining all the strokes and sequences I teach you, plus I provide you with a complimentary bottle of nourishing grapeseed massage oil to get you started on this fulfilling journey.

Group Classes for Parents

I also offer introductory group classes at a number of venues throughout the Wirral – please see the Classes for Parents page. Although informative, fun and beneficial, the group classes are not as in-depth as individual one-to-one sessions.

Important Note:

To all infant massage parents, please refer to the article about "Indian milking" on the www.gicm.org.uk homepage. In view of the current position regarding Indian milking, please refrain from this stroke in your massage.

If you are unsure then please call me for a friendly chat. (For the avoidance of doubt, please note my training was with FHT and not The Guild of Infant & Child Massage.)

Minimum age:
The minimum age requirement is after your child's 6-8 week health check. There is no upper age limit. Toddlers and older children are more than welcome!

Confidential consultation & consent forms:
Upon booking your first Infant & Baby Massage session, you will need to complete and sign a confidential consultation form for you and your child. You will need to return the forms to me prior to your first session by Royal Mail post (please don't email). A GP referral may be required in some individual cases, but this will be discussed upon receiving your forms.

Please call me to book your session, then please download the following forms to complete:

Download – consultation & consent form:
(Word document)
Click here or on icon below

Home Session – Travel costs:
Travel costs may apply. If travelling totals ten miles or more (round trip) to and from Wallasey, a £5 travel cost will be added to the total price. Further costs may apply for longer distances. (For more information, please see my Terms & Conditions.)

Disclaimer:
Infant massage is practiced widely throughout the world and is recommended by many pediatricians. All these techniques taught by me, when following the guidelines and when practiced correctly, are both therapeutic and beneficial for both you and your infant and have been used safely by me and other parents with their children. I cannot accept responsibility for any injury claimed to have arisen from practice of these techniques.