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When our little ones are not feeling their best, it can be a very stressful experience for any parent. As a natural and holistic way to help improve the function of your baby’s gastrointestinal tract, the practice of baby massage to help constipation has become increasingly popular over the past few years.

While adults can medicate newborns for a gassy tummy, the discomfort and pain it can cause will likely keep their little one up at night, resulting in a restless sleep for everyone involved. A massage for a gassy newborn can make all the difference — but for a baby tummy massage to be soothing and effective, parents need to use the correct techniques.

Like adults, babies can benefit from massage and even enjoy the process! Massage is effective in helping infants with wind, colic, constipation, and reflux. Baby massage soothes your infant, relaxes them, and helps ease their gas and other issues without having any adverse effects. Knowing how to administer an effective baby massage is a great skill to have for any parent or caregiver.

Infant massage is particularly suitable for mothers with PND as it focuses on supporting early relationships and interactions between parents and babies, empowers the parent and increases their confidence, teaches about communication and body language and responding to baby appropriately and has many other health/wellness benefits for the infant.
 

If you’re asking yourself, “Why does my baby hate tummy time?” you’re not alone. It’s incredibly common for parents, especially first-time parents, to feel a sense of guilt when their baby hates tummy time. If your baby cries up a storm, rest assured it’s common for babies to feel this way. Before we get into why babies are prone to crying during tummy time, let’s break it down and look at what tummy time is.