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Infant Massage in the NICU (Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit)
by Lisa Bader As an occupational therapist and CEIM working in a NICU, my job may be quite different from many CEIMs around the world. I wanted to share with you some insight into the world of premature infants and specifically what infant massage looks like in the NICU. It is first important to have [...]
Review of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley
Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2009. Reviewed by Kerrie Hurst In Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, Australian family physician Dr. Buckley offers a fresh lens on choices related to prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care as well as how gentle early parenting choices can promote lifelong well-being for babies. She does this through her personal experience and wisdom that comes from [...]
New On-line Store for Infant Massage Instructors
NEW!! We have a new On-line Store for Trainers, CEIMs and the Public to order supplies for teaching and practicing Infant Massage. A % of sales will go to support the work of Infant Massage USA. Click on the Image below to visit our store. Blog this! Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin [...]
Infant Massage Helps Babies with Autism
Excerpts from an article: Massage for Infants and Children on the Autism Spectrum By Mary Gengler Fuhr, OTR/L, RYT, CEIM, with Jackie Kalina Hattori, COTA/L, LMP and Carrie Sheppard, MEd., LMHC It is estimated that 1 in 110 children in the US are considered to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Most children are not diagnosed [...]
Massage with Autistic Children
By Mary Gengler Fuhr, OTR/L, RYT, CEIM With Jackie Kalina Hattori, COTA/L, LMP and Carrie Sheppard, MEd., LMHC It is estimated that 1 in 110 children in the US are considered to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) which includes autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This means that [...]
Infant Massage Helps Babies Learn to Talk
We have always said that infant massage helps babies learn to talk, and new research backs this up. According to an article by Associated Press, “Florida scientists discovered that starting around age 6 months, babies began shifting from the intent eye gaze of early infancy to studying mouths when people talk to them.” At this [...]
Infant Massage USA goes to Kenya
I am very excited to prepare for my next Infant Massage Certification training – in Kenya! Suzanne Adamson (UK trainer) and myself (Jody Wright, USA) will be doing the first International Association of Infant Massage instructor training in Nairobi next week. We expect about 25 participants in the program, ranging from doulas, to clinic health [...]
Bonding Matters. . .
The Chemistry of Attachment by Linda F. Palmer, DC, author of Baby Matters Human babies are born helpless, needing to be entirely cared for and protected. Luckily, they are born with all the necessary tools and “instructions” to attain such care for themselves, and to become a loved and loving part of their family and [...]
Talking about Infant Massage with Linda Storm
by MAMAFIER on OCTOBER 26, 2011 in MAMA U. Infant Massage is a time-honored technique to soothe and comfort babies. It has amazing physical benefits, from stimulating digestion and learning, to reducing stress hormones and increasing relaxing hormones. It promotes a bond and lays a foundation for healthy, secure interactions, and helps babies feel connected and able to communicate [...]
SuperBaby
A Book Review by Jacqueline Storm Godwin When I became unexpectedly pregnant in 2009, I read every book I could on pregnancy, labor, and raising a child because I felt unprepared and was terrified my ineptitude would scar my child for life. What I found was that many of the books I read on childrearing [...]
Infant Massage: Helping Babies in Cambodia & Japan
by Les May, CEIM In November of last year, the first time I crouched down to smile and make eye contact with Runcalyan, a seven-year-old girl living at an AIDS orphanage in the countryside of Cambodia, she grabbed my ears and squeezed and twisted them hard enough to make me yelp. I took her hands [...]
No Matter How Small
Reviewed by Jody Wright “You know it is just a whirlwind at first, to get a grasp of [all the] things going on, and everything is in a constant state of flux.” Says one father of a prematurely born baby. Parents feel lost and alone, living much of their day in the strange and new [...]
