Baby Massage Proven Techniques to calm your baby and assist development

Give your baby the best start in life with this expert-led guide to baby massage, featuring massage techniques and relaxation methods

Touch is the newborn baby's first form of communication and a crucial part of their development. Regular massages are proven to have a number of physiological benefits. You will find that massaging your baby will help:

-       relax your stressed infant
-       relieve wind and constipation
-       improve muscular coordination and flexibility
-       facilitate longer and deeper sleeps

This book is designed to help you perfect this essential parenting skill. Written by the international baby massage specialist, Peter Walker, this comprehensive guide demonstrates vital new massage techniques and sequences for young babies.

Featuring easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographic instructions, this book will guide you through baby massage and relaxation methods and help strengthen your bond with your little one.

Peter Walker is the world's foremost authority on baby massage. A trained physical therapist, he offers a certificated teacher training course in baby massage directed at midwives, health visitors, neonatal nurses as well as parents. He has written a number of books on the subject.