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Healing Your Baby’s Eczema with Massage
It never ceases to amaze me about all the ways massage is beneficial for baby. I’m learning about new benefits all the time. This topic is one, for example. Did you know about healing your baby’s eczema with massage? What is Eczema? Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition that causes dry skin, rashes, scaly patches, and blisters. It is common among children under two because their
Tongue Tie Release in Baby: Profit or Purpose?
It was the day after I had given birth and I was enjoying the postpartum home visits by my birth team, as I lay in bed resting. My midwife was inspecting my newborn and said “she has a tongue tie”. You might want to have her checked out”. “Tongue what?”, I thought. Here’s our story to determine if the tongue tie release in baby was for
Pediatric Mental Health and Massage
The topic of pediatric mental health has been garnering attention and with good reason and I’m discussing the correlation between pediatric mental health and massage. Stress and anxiety and mood and behavioral disorders have been growing at an alarming rate. We can point to reasons such as a global pandemic, social media for older kids, screen time for younger ones, school gun violence, to name a
Ear Infections in Baby: Holistic Interventions
Ear infections are incredibly common in kids from infancy to grade school. Ear infections in baby are the most common reasons parents bring their child to the doctor. I want to share my experience and that of my daughter to provide additional information to this common issue. How Common Is It? A whopping 83% of children will have at least one ear infection by their third birthday.
Belly binding in Postpartum: Benefits and History (Part 2)
In my last post, I referred to the roots of belly binding. Malay culture is thought to have influence from Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine so we know it is a beautiful coming together of some amazingly effective indigenous practices. However, they also practice belly binding in Russia, Africa, and in Latin cultures, sometimes known as “closing the bones”. Now let’s look at belly binding benefits
Belly binding in Postpartum: The Ideology (Part 1)
Belly binding in postpartum is an ancient technique, like infant massage, dating back thousands of years, to support the birthing mom’s postpartum recovery. I only learned about this powerful practice in recent years and became certified recently. Wow, I wish I had known about it for both my postpartum experiences! It is one of many indigenous experiences that support mamas in thriving in the 4th trimester.
