Massage of the baby

Massage is useful for any little-one (you look also “details”), but nevertheless before to begin to make to his child, with doctor. It is possible to begin similar procedures approximately from 3-4 weeks from the birthday of child. The author “of reference book on the massage” Vladimir Ivanovich  determines massage as follows: “This is the totality of the methods of the mechanical action in the form of friction, pressure, vibration, conducted directly on the body surface of man both by the hands and by the special apparatuses through air, aqueous or other medium”. During the massage it is necessary that the direction of motions would coincide with the direction of flow of lymph. This means that upper extremities should be concentrated °[t] of brush to the arm, to the armpits; lower extremities – °[t] of foot to the inguinal glands. However, during the first sessions it is desirable so that the motions would be directed from top to bottom, since it is considered that they act , and motions from bottom to top, on the contrary, excite.

The massage of child is conducted in the form sequential strokings, grindings, kneadings and tappings of separate body parts. As specialists note, in this case occurs the action not only on the surface and deeply located cloths, but also it is reflector to entire organism as a whole. It would be good, if parents studied the methods of massage in order to carry out him with its little-one (complexes of exercises and massage they were given below). It is best to be trained to massage under the management of experienced specialist. But also by itself it is possible to master the basics of massage, by remembering what to make with its novice necessarily with the maximum caution. Let us immediately note that the massage must reach pleasure to little-one. But if the fact that you make, does not please it, it is better to end this to that moment, when child begins to experience satisfaction from the massage.

It is interesting that this procedure pleases not all children in view of different reasons. Little-one can pucker, turn away to the side, whimper – all these are the signs of the fact that massage to it unlike. Possibly its skin is still too sensitive and its touchs simply irritate. But it can be, it is not still physiologically ready to massage and its head, navel or sex organs painfully receive any external action. In these cases you will put off to the period (for the month and more) its attempts to make massage. The same is recommended the making of if during the first session you they noted that the child detains respiration. Wait, until its nervous system develops properly.

Safety in child

One should remember, also, about the fact that in little-one, as in adult person in the different time there can be different mood, and therefore should be distinguished the situations, when the little-one rejects the massage because it “not the spirit”, from the physiological lack of preparation of child to this procedure. You will focus attention on the following rules of conducting massage to the breast child: Massage to the baby is done in no way in the manner that adult. Try to concentrate little-one easily, without the pressure, by tender touchs, preserving in this case with it visual contact. Constantly control the degree of the efforts applied by you. Now and then it suffices altogether only to be touched by one finger. The degree of the activity of child is different in the different time of day. For the massage it is desirable to select the time, when your little-one is least active. Furthermore, it is required that after the feeding it is past the minimum of one-and-a-half hours. Specialists recommend the making of all methods in one and the same sequence. This will help child more easily to them to become accustomed. Do not forget to follow the fact, as little-one it reacts to the massage. If you see that the procedure does not please it, you will stop. So that your hands would slide well, they were “tender” and it is warmer, before the massage (if you carry out the massage of head, then after it) it is possible to grease hands by several drops of any deodorized vegetable oil and to grind it in the palms.

In order not to wound little-one, your nails compulsorily must be cut. With the same purpose remove adornments. During the massage undesirably much to talk with the little-one or to sing to it song. Specialists note that this simply tires many children. In the opinion specialists, best anything for massage is suitable table. To undesirably use for this procedure the bed or some other soft surface. Also specialists in the massage of small children advise to cover little-one by blanket, leaving opened only that body part, which you concentrate. First, therefore little-one preserves the heat- (in the first three months of life his organism it does not possess a sufficient capability for thermostatic control). In the second place, this makes it possible to create the sensation of safety in child. Subsequently, when crumb a little grows up and becomes accustomed to the massage, it is possible simply to place by its [golenkim] to the diaper. There are contra-evidence to the massage: it cannot be made, if child is unhealthy. But if to him they made any prick, was necessary interruption for 48 hours. And one more: never concentrate fontanel on the head of little-one.

Details
Long ago it is already proven that the more the parents give to the child at the age up to the year of attention, the better it is developed. We still will speak about the contact with the little-one, and let us here note that one of the methods of a similar contact, moreover by the method pleasant, can be massage. As specialists note, even the simplest massage favorably acts on child. It strengthens the immune system of child, improves the circulation of the blood, stimulates digestion, favorably it affects the nervous system, it tones up muscles, has the damping effect. What is very important – during the massage occurs the close contact of mom and little-one, which is very favorable for their emotional state. Furthermore, as note [S]. [A]. , author of the book “for the small”: “the massage of the babies has an essential effect on the development in them of emotions and vocal reactions… Basis of the development of little-one – independent active motions. However, special exercises and the massage they will contribute to the improvement of its [dviga] – body habits”. But doctor- pediatricians see the benefit of massage in the fact that during it the parents learn to correctly understand the needs of their child.