Baby massage helps to communicate with baby

As we all know, communication can take many forms; we pick up messages in a variety of ways, not all of them verbal. When you massage your baby, you and your baby have many opportunities to express yourselves nonverbally.
Here are just two examples of nonverbal communication that can be expressed during a massage:

• Babies learn to see themselves through their caregivers’ eyes. Providing eye contact during a massage gives your baby the opportunity to feel loved and to have his sweetness and vulnerability mirrored back to him through your eyes.
• When you massage your fussy baby, you model relaxation with your relaxed and soothing touch.

During massage, your baby picks up cues from you. Don’t underestimate how much information your baby absorbs through observation. Babies are like sponges, absorbing everything within reach.