Baby Massage
Baby massage is a gentle, nurturing practice that uses soft, rhythmic strokes to soothe and comfort your baby. It supports healthy development by promoting relaxation, improving circulation, easing digestive discomfort, and strengthening the bond between you and your little one. It is also a beautiful way of expressing love, care, and respect through touch. Baby massage is something parents and caregivers do with their infants—not to them—creating meaningful moments of connection that support wellbeing from the very beginning.
Session Overviews
Tummy and Chest
A gentle, nurturing massage focused on the tummy and chest to support digestion, ease discomfort, and promote relaxation—helping babies feel calm, soothed, and connected.
Arms and Hands
A soothing massage for the arms and hands that encourages circulation, releases tension, and supports coordination—helping babies feel relaxed, secure, and comforted.
Legs and Feet
A calming massage for the legs and feet that supports circulation, eases tension, and encourages body awareness—helping babies feel grounded, relaxed, and at ease.
Back, Face and Head
A gentle, comforting massage for the back, face, and head that promotes relaxation, releases built-up tension, and supports sensory awareness—helping babies feel calm, soothed, and secure.
Full Body
A nurturing full-body massage that brings the whole body together, supporting relaxation, circulation, and overall wellbeing—helping babies feel balanced, comforted, and deeply calm.
Benefits for babies
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Develops a feeling of being loved, respected and secure
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Can alleviate trapped wind, soothe colic and alleviate constipation
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Jaw massage can relax a baby who has just begun to take solids
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Gum massage through the skin may ease the pain of teething
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Can unblock baby's blocked nose
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Smoothes the transition from womb to the world
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Develops baby's first language of touch
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Teaches positive, loving touch
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Develops body, mind, awareness and coordination
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Helps to regulate and strengthen baby's digestive and respiratory systems and stimulate circulatory and nervous systems
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Promotes relaxation
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Can help to reduce 'fussiness'
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Improves quality of sleep
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Strengthens and tones muscles
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Improves skin conditions
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Offers skin to skin activity for non-breast-fed babies
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Offers opportunity for socialisation in groups
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Aids and supports development
Benefits for Parents
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Gives parents practical tools for soothing common ailments
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Can alleviate the effects of postnatal depression
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Helps parents to have a more positive interaction with their baby
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Enhances parents' confidence and competence in dealing with their baby
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Helps parents to communicate with their baby
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Helps parents to understand their baby's cues
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Teaches positive loving touch
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Helps parents to become aware of their baby’s body
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Promotes lactation in breastfeeding mums (through stimulation of hormones)
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Promotes relaxation
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Promotes the nurturing instinct (through stimulation of the hormone oxytocin)
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Improves quality of sleep
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Offers a skin-to-skin activity for non-breast-feeding mums
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Offers an opportunity for skin-to-skin activity for Dads
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Offers opportunity for socialisation in groups
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Helps parents to become aware of their developing baby