Baby massage seems to be helping with Colin's sensitivity to his stomach rumblings, gas, and reflux. When he is calm the massage seems to help soothe him - how couldn't it? Between his spa-like bubble baths and the massage, he is getting a taste of the good life.
Here are the massage techniques we learned in mom & baby yoga and the mom's support group that he liked the best:
1. sun and moon crescent
Make a full circle on baby’s stomach with your left hand, moving clockwise. Make a crescent moon in a clockwise direction with your right hand.
2. i love you.
Use 3 massage strokes to spell out “I love you”
“I” make a vertical I-shaped stroke on the left side of stomach.
“Love”: make a backward upside down L-shaped stroke moving from left to right as if you are reading words on a page.
“You” make an upside down U-shaped stroke from your left to right.
3. water wheel.
Stroke baby's stomach with a downward motion with one hand following the other, like a wheel
4. foot reflexology.
Make a question mark down the foot, using your thumb and starting under baby's big toe. it would be a backwards question mark for the baby's right foot.
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