Meet local parents, make new friends, chance to share experiences
1 hour Baby Massage followed by our precious ''Mommy(and Daddy) Time'' Friendly chat with other parents with yummy homemade treats
Baby Massage is suitable form birth to pre-crawling
Benefits of Baby Massage for you and your baby:
Benefits For Your Baby
♥ Develops a bond with your baby
♥ Helps your baby to feel loved
♥ Relief from teething pains
♥ Helps relieve wind, colic & reflux
♥ Helps your baby sleep better
♥ Teaches baby how to relax
♥ Aids digestion
♥ Builds up the immune system
♥ Promotes physical development
♥ Feelings of love, respect, and being valued
♥ Improves muscle tone & growth
Benefits for Parents
♥ Provides close & nurturing contact
♥ Quality one-to-one time with baby
♥ Meet other new parents
♥ Helps reduce postnatal depression
♥ Improved confidence
♥ Learn to understand baby’s cues
♥ Bond with your baby
♥ Enhances early communication
♥ Relaxation
You will learn to massage your baby by following your instructor who will be demonstrating o a doll
Baby massage is an incredible tool for effectively relieving constipation, excess wind, fussiness and colic, and it is the most natural thing in the world. Baby massage is a really special way to spend some lovely one to one time with your little one in those early months. It gives you the opportunity to get out of the house, to meet other parents but also to learn to massage your baby using techniques to stimulate, sooth and calm. Baby massage may help your baby to sleep better, reduce crying and relieve problems such as wind, colic, constipation and reflux. It can also help reduce post-natal depression. Infant massage encompasses and supports all the vital aspects of bonding. Delayed bonding may occur due to situations such as premature birth, recovery from caesarean, medical complications, adoption, lack of physical and emotional support and postnatal depression. In these cases, infant massage can help families recreate the elements of bonding, which may help a parent and baby fall in love with each other. Baby Massage may be helpful in encouraging the connection between parent and child as children grow. Some families have found that massaging their baby is particularly helpful in enhancing the bond with children with special needs. Baby massage gives fathers a chance to connect and interact with their child on a deeper level than the usual day-to-day contact might provide. Fathers are always welcome in infant massage classes. Baby Massage is a fun way to meet with other local parents who are also going through the ups and downs parenting, my classes are very relaxed and baby friendly which gives parents and caregivers a chance to share experiences and support. My name is Ruth Donnelly, I am a fully Certified Infant Massage Instructor(CIMI) with the International Association of Infant Massage and work under the Irish Chapter-Baby Massage Ireland, I trained with Baby Massage Ireland in 2007. I am an active board member with BMI
and our Newsletter and Educational Coordinator. I qualified as a Baby Yoga Instructor in 2008, SMART Toddler Yoga Teacher in 2009 and spent 2015 training as a Pregnancy Yoga Instructor and Mum and Baby Yoga teacher with The Elbow Room. I am a Mum to two little boys and understand how becoming a new parent can be stressful, I am passionate about creating a relaxed stress free space where parents can learn to become more confident with their babies by supporting them through my classes and creating a peaceful, friendly supportive space with like minded people.
