Infant Massage Newcastle with Rochelle Dorman

19/01/2026

✨Cue based infant massage - so much more than just learning massage strokes.

Babies communicate long before words. Talking with touch is a 5-step process that supports communication, strengthens connection and builds trust between you and your baby.

The First Touch Infant Massage Program - Holding space for your baby - and you 🤎

18/01/2026

💛🤱 Next Course starts Tuesday 10th February - ideal for babies 6 weeks to pre-crawling age.
For further information and to enrol contact Rochelle
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

bondingtime

18/01/2026

💛🤱 Next Course starts Tuesday 10th February - ideal for babies 6 weeks to pre-crawling age.
For further information and to enrol contact Rochelle
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

15/01/2026

TOUCH is one of your baby’s first and most powerful languages 🤎

Infant massage offers a gentle, intentional way to support your baby’s development while deepening your connection with one another.

The First Touch Program is a cue-based infant massage course that’s all about connection. 🤍
Parents are gently guided to learn nurturing touch techniques using the “talking with touch” approach - so massage becomes a loving, multi-sensory conversation with your baby.

This isn’t a one-way experience.
Massage time is an interaction, where your baby has a voice and you’re supported to notice their cues, preferences, and signals. Over time, you’ll learn what your baby loves, what they don’t, and how to adapt your caregiving through responsive, connected touch.

It’s about slowing down, tuning in, and building confidence - together. 🤎🤎🤎

Next First Touch Program starts Tuesday 10th February- contact Rochelle for further information and to enrol.
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au


babybondingtime

15/01/2026

TOUCH is one of your baby’s first and most powerful languages 🤎

Infant massage offers a gentle, intentional way to support your baby’s development while deepening your connection with one another.

The First Touch Program is a cue-based infant massage course that’s all about connection. 🤍
Parents are gently guided to learn nurturing touch techniques using the “talking with touch” approach - so massage becomes a loving, multi-sensory conversation with your baby.

This isn’t a one-way experience.
Massage time is an interaction, where your baby has a voice and you’re supported to notice their cues, preferences, and signals. Over time, you’ll learn what your baby loves, what they don’t, and how to adapt your caregiving through responsive, connected touch.

It’s about slowing down, tuning in, and building confidence - together. 🤎🤎🤎

Next First Touch Program starts Tuesday 10th February- contact Rochelle for further information and to enrol.
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

11/01/2026

Excellent article explaining Matrescence ✨🤱
Looking forward to supporting mothers through this transition with my new Matrescence workshops this year.
Tuesday March 17th and 24th enrolling now.
For further information…

www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

To say motherhood is life-changing can feel like an inadequate summation. Matrescence offers a way to understand it in all its complexity.

03/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year ✨

Wishing a beautiful new year to all my past, present, and future families 💛🤍
I’m so looking forward to facilitating more infant massage programs in the year ahead, and to introducing my new matrescence workshops - a space to gently support mothers through the ongoing transition into and through motherhood.

My heart remains in supporting connection and wellbeing for both mums and their babies, creating a calm and safe space to slow down, connect, and feel held.

✨ Upcoming course dates ✨

First Touch Program starts Tuesday 10th February
Matrescence Workshops- Tuesday 17th and 24th March

If you’re curious, have questions, or would love to enrol in a program/workshop please contact me.
Rochelle x

rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

mumsandbabies

03/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year ✨

Wishing a beautiful new year to all my past, present, and future families 💛🤍
I’m so looking forward to facilitating more infant massage programs in the year ahead, and to introducing my new matrescence workshops - a space to gently support mothers through the ongoing transition into and through motherhood.

My heart remains in supporting connection and wellbeing for both mums and their babies, creating a calm and safe space to slow down, connect, and feel held.

✨ Upcoming course dates ✨

First Touch Program starts Tuesday 10th February
Matrescence Workshops- Tuesday 17th and 24th March

If you’re curious, have questions, or would love to enrol in a program/workshop please contact me.
Rochelle x

rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

18/12/2025

✨2026 First Touch Programs enrolling now!
A beautiful way to bond and connect with baby and to also feel seen, heard and nurtured as you navigate the joys and challenges of becoming a new mum.
Looking forward to capturing more moments of LOVE, JOY and CONNECTION during this special program again in 2026💛

The course is for babies 0-12 months however pre-crawling age is recommended.
For further information and to enrol contact Rochelle ☺️ rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au. www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

14/12/2025

💫One of the things I love most about facilitating my infant massage groups is the opportunity to create a calm, safe space where mothers can connect with other mothers and feel ‘seen and heard’. A space where they can talk openly and normalise the experience of transitioning to and through motherhood — which, yes, actually has a name: Matrescence.

We live in a culture that often expects mothers to “bounce back” to who they were before becoming a mum, rather than acknowledging the very real changes that happen — the losses and gains, the growth, and the emergence of a new self.

Over the past year, I’ve loved deepening my understanding of Matrescence and have completed Nikki McCahon’s Seasons of Matrescence course. From this, I’ve developed two nurturing workshops designed to support mothers as they navigate their own unique experience of Matrescence — and I’m so excited to be offering them in 2026.

These workshops can be attended as an optional continuation after the First Touch infant massage program, but they are absolutely open to you even if you haven’t done baby massage. Babies aged 0–12 months are very welcome to attend with you.

This is a space to slow down, connect, and feel supported as you move through the changes of early motherhood. If you’re curious about your own experience of Matrescence and would love support to explore it alongside other mothers, this space is for you 🤱🤎

Rochelle x🤍🤍

For further information...
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

14/12/2025

💫One of the things I love most about facilitating my infant massage groups is the opportunity to create a calm, safe space where mothers can connect with other mothers and feel 'seen and heard'. A space where they can talk openly and normalise the experience of transitioning to and through motherhood — which, yes, actually has a name: Matrescence.

We live in a culture that often expects mothers to “bounce back” to who they were before becoming a mum, rather than acknowledging the very real changes that happen — the losses and gains, the growth, and the emergence of a new self.

Over the past year, I’ve loved deepening my understanding of Matrescence and have completed Nikki McCahon’s Seasons of Matrescence course. From this, I’ve developed two nurturing workshops designed to support mothers as they navigate their own unique experience of Matrescence — and I’m so excited to be offering them in 2026.

These workshops can be attended as an optional continuation after the First Touch infant massage program, but they are absolutely open to you even if you haven’t done baby massage. Babies aged 0–12 months are very welcome to attend with you.

This is a space to slow down, connect, and feel supported as you move through the changes of early motherhood. If you’re curious about your own experience of Matrescence and would love support to explore it alongside other mothers, this space is for you 🤱🤎

Rochelle x🤍🤍

For further information...
www.infantmassagenewcastle.com.au
rochelle@infantmassagenewcastle.com.au

08/12/2025

✨ I LOVE YOUR ATTENTION, DAD!

👶 It is not possible to spoil a baby with too much attention or by giving them too much smiling and affection.

💛 The small interactions with you playing or soothing and comforting helps build safety and trust. You are letting baby know that if they need something you will try to meet their need.
💚 But you are also teaching your baby about what they are feeling. Babies will watch your face to see what you are feeling and that helps them figure out their own feelings.

👉 Download your own copy of this illustration, and the Handout too, from our website.

Written, developed and created by Bronwyn Leigh and Richard Fletcher for the Centre for Perinatal Psychology and SMS4dads.

✅ Check out the full series of resources in our Speaking for the Baby x SMS4dads campaign on our website:
Centre for Perinatal Psychology: https://www.centreforperinatalpsychology.com.au/resources/speaking-for-the-baby-campaign/

🫶 Illustration by Jess Racklyft of Jesses Mess - Illustrations