Born to Bond

14/01/2023

Exciting Announcement!🔉🔊

I will teaching Baby Massage & Baby Yoga at the lovely Playden in March & I couldn't be more excited!

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It's been a busy 6 months re-locating to Torquay from Reading but loving the community feel here already & looking forward to helping other mothers bond with their babies & have some fun🤗🌸🌸🌸

DM me for booking enquires

Book your place now!😊👶👶👶

22/10/2021

Sometimes I get soo busy I foget to stop & be proud of myself! Qualified baby massage and baby yoga instructor👏👍 Excited to start group classes in the new year 🎉💗

16/08/2021

Cant believe its already been 8 weeks since i started my case studies for Baby Massage and Baby Yoga! So happy to have completed it but also sad it's all over! I've enjoyed every minute of it and seeing the mamas and babies each week, seeing how much babies have grown over the weeks too😯💖. Thank you so much Girls for showing up every week it means the world!💖🎉. I've learned so much over the weeks and about how I want to move forward with this little business I've created. Exciting times👏🎉💖

05/08/2021

02/08/2021

Want a Super speedy Introduction to Baby Massage and Baby Yoga?! Here you are👼💗 with special guest Eve😘

26/07/2021

When the siblings joined in for Baby Yoga today on zoom!🤩🧘‍♀️👍 what a lovely activity to do together as a family🤗🤗🤗

26/07/2021

Week One of Teaching Baby Yoga today for case studies and it was Fun!🎊🧘‍♀️👼

06/07/2021

It's . Shout out to all the mamas doing an amazing job!👏👍💪

You are strong💞
You are resilient💞
You are a Loved💞

06/07/2021

Benefits to Baby Yoga:
(Model in picture: baby Eve🤗)

Baby Yoga promotes tummy time and active play for babies in the form of swings and dips which help to develop baby's Proprioception and Vestibular systems (more on this later!). The use of songs during classes help to develop baby's sense of rhythm and promotes language development and communication between mother and baby. In addition, the release of endorphins in both mother and baby's body can help to promote relaxation and wellbeing.

Baby Yoga shares some of its benefits with Baby Massage. The main difference between the two is that baby yoga stimulates baby's senses through a variety of different stimulus;

-movement
-touch
-songs
-stretching.

Baby Yoga stretches can relieve pain or discomfort from Wind, Constipation and Colic. The movements in Baby Yoga compliment the movements in Baby Massage. A combination of both can provide the infant's digestive tract with a high degree of support.

As with Baby Massage Baby Yoga can help settle babies and improve their sleep patterns. It can also strengthen the bond between the parent and baby by having that close physical contact with Baby💞

28/06/2021

Baby Amber & Baby Buster totally chilled during baby massage today!😁👼🤗. This pic makes me so happy to start this new journey👏

28/06/2021

Today's little cute Set up for Zoom!😘👼💗

16/06/2021

🍫🍫🍫 who else is a chocolate addict?😋

16/06/2021

thanks for this quote🙏👏🤗🌞

15/06/2021

Meet Jill😁 my new demonstration doll!💗

Why do I have a demonstration doll??

~to demonstrate baby massage movements and baby yoga poses

~I don't ever demonstrate on Your baby. You are the expert of Your own baby and the bond between you is yours only!💗

~Eventually I will have a few demonstration dolls for classes for when baby falls asleep mama can use a demo doll to practice :)

~But for now, Jill is the star of the show🤩⭐

02/06/2021

A mothers love is like no other😘😘😘 💗💗💗

29/05/2021

What are the benefits of Baby Massage?🌸

Relief:

Relief from Colic and wind is an important benefit of baby massage. Massage helps to tone the digestive tract, expel wind from the body, break down large air bubbles and makes the elimination of waste more efficient.

It also helps with teething relief by massaging the mouth and gums and helps with colds and congestion by helping to drain the nasal passages of mucus.

Relaxation:

Baby Massage is very important for aiding relaxation for the parent and the baby. When you massage a babys body, Oxytocin- the 'feel good' hormone is produced. This hormone helps to lower levels of Cortisol (stress hormone) in the body, bringing blood pressure and heart rate down.

Bonding:

Infant massage plays an important role in the bonding process between mother/parent and baby through touch, eye contact, smell, sound of voice and skin to skin contact. It can be a wonderful way to bond with your baby💗

Connection:

Baby Massage is also a great way to connect with other mothers. Being a new mother can be isolating so its lovely to connect with other like minded people to talk, share experiences and ask questions. Maybe you will even find a new friend for life🤗

22/05/2021

🌸Bonding🌸

It is difficult to describe what a bond is. It is something which cannot be easily explained and sometimes hard to instantly create.

Bonding with your baby is a process which can take some time, there is no split second in which a bond is made and if it does not happen right away it does not mean the opportunity is lost!

One factor in postnatal depression is mothers not feeling like they have bonded with their babies right away and feel a disconnect.

Infant massage and Baby Yoga plays an important part in the beginning, enhancing and continuing the bonding process.

Here are a few ways that we can bond with our babies:

Eye contact:

This helps baby recognise you and aids in communication

Smell:

A mother can instantly distinguish between there own babies smell and another babies smell. How cool is that😎

Touch/skin to skin contact:

When a mother has skin to skin contact with her baby this helps to release oxytocin which helps the uterus contract, builds milk supply and helps the mother and baby relax. It's also know as the "Love Hormone" and promotes feelings of love and nurture🤗

~All of these factors are present in baby massage and baby yoga👶 making it the perfect safe space for you to continue or enhance the bonding process💗💗💗

21/05/2021

New page, new post!💗👋

Hi Guys👋

Just wanted to come on here and Introduce myself and tell you why I started Born to Bond Baby Massage🌸

I'm Louise. Im Irish🍀. I live in Reading with my husband and Beautiful daughter Eve. I've been a massage therapist for over 10 years now!

I gave birth to my daughter right before the first lockdown in January 2020. Little did we know it would last for a year and a half! Like most new mamas in lockdown we missed out of the baby classes, groups, meeting up with friends for lunch and not having our family around to help and enjoy our little ones! But we are also grateful for our health, our time with her at home and enjoying the simple things in life💕.

I started studying with Blossom and Berry in February 2021 and slowly worked on it while Eve napped and I was still on furlough. I have enjoyed every minute of learning all about Baby Massage and Baby Yoga and child development/ mental health and I can't wait to start classes as soon as my case studies are complete😁🙏.

My aim is to bring mothers and babies together, strengthen the bond between mother and baby, build friendships between mothers and have a community of support which new mothers in lockdown have missed out on. (Side note dad's are very much welcome too!) I hope my classes will have lots of giggles, lots of fun and lots of cuddles🤗 and make some memories you can cherish forever💖

Stay tuned😘

Louise ###