Contact in the massage

In the last few years in our society, due to logistical reasons, the use of contact with children has been lost.

It has been noted that in the peoples in which this practice has never been abandoned, instead, the children grow up with greater serenity, more sociable, smiling, more available in the game with their companions and more open to sharing.

Furthermore, scientific studies converge to confirm that contact and pressure favor the production of endorphins, natural pain suppressors.

Hands not only communicate love, tenderness, warmth, but through massage they can instill safety and well-being. In fact it was found that we will have the safest babies during the growth.

A team of researchers in 2009 led by Lamberto Maffei (Scuola Normale di Pisa and Institute of Neurosciences - National Research Council) demonstrated the beneficial effects of massage . The research was published in the journal The Journal of Neuroscience. The effects of massage on brain development were explored in a group of healthy preterm children and the results show that massage influences the maturation of brain activity evoked by vision and visual acuity.

In children, electroencephalographic activity was also evaluated, which resulted in faster maturation in massaged children.

Colic in children

Colic is quite frequent in children especially in the first months of life, the reasons are various, for example one of the main factors is the mother's diet, which must be very careful in the period of breastfeeding, one of the foods to avoid is chocolate, but also legumes, frying, raw meats, yeasts, sausages. Some maneuvers that are taught to parents during specific courses serve to lower the frequency of episodes, and they can also be very useful in case of constipation .

Relaxation

The massage greatly relaxes both the mother and the child, through the "touch" and non-verbal communication in fact it transmits serenity, love and presence with the result of more serene children and fewer white nights for the parents. Increases immune defenses and speeds up growth.

The weather

Time is important for mom and baby. Time for oneself, relax before massaging the child, the mother-child time, a small but large time together, a medicine for the growth of one's child and for the serenity of the mother.

A cutout of time where the world is outside, only mother and child exist, massage is the means to be with your child helping him in development, stimulation, protection, communication, bond, well-being.

Obviously all this is shared between the mother and the father, a very important figure, precisely because of the compactness that is created: the two parents act as a barrier in the growth of their child, giving him love and security.

Unfortunately it is often difficult to find "the time", in general the parents work both and when they return they are tired and stressed, and guilty because they left the child all day by their grandparents or at the nest. This is one more reason to find that "time", which strengthens the child's safety and keeps away those feelings of guilt that often plague parents, bringing serenity to the whole family.

The benefits

The benefits are more serene parents, safe, strong, peaceful children. Fréderic Leboryer French gynecologist and obstetrician born in 1918 was the precursor of the sweet birth and author of some books on the sweet birth and the mother-child contact, describes the massage with this phrase: I massage of newborns is an ancient art and deep. Simple but difficult. Difficult because simple as all that is profound.