Our grandmas did it, moms did it, I did it. Doctors now emphazise the benefits of massaging a baby: good circulation, better digestion, healthy development and growth, etc. in addition to relaxing our little babies.
Please share your experiences, suggestions, recommendations, techiques.
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i think baby massage is a great bonding experience…i used to love doing it on my nephew till one day he peed on me…
..i still did it afterwards but always used an open diaper to prevent that from happening again 
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I used olive oil and watched some strokes on a TV show. There are some good guidelines on the Internet as well.
Our grandmas did it, moms did it, I did it. Doctors now emphazise the benefits of massaging a baby: good circulation, better digestion, healthy development and growth, etc. in addition to relaxing our little babies.
Please share your experiences, suggestions, recommendations, techiques.
lol
my momany once gave shower/massage to me and my cousin(her son) when we were little kids.
I was thick a strong even back than, my cousin was skinny.
I remember my momany got mad at my cousin for being skinny and said some thing like "look at him.(me)" and slapped him twice on his back he started crying.
hahahahahah
Niksik u always start good nice threads regarding some issues we never get to but they r there only by u!
well cook olive oil with some lehsan cloves and then preserve that oil..massage ur baby with this...
i did with mine and yeah mashallah alhamd. its very good for baby....
haha same thing happened to me once when I was massaging my nephew! boys i tell ya!! 
massages have many benefits…too bad not many people do it for long these days.
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head and limbs. just massage movement with a little bit of baby oil is what i have seen my cousin do to her babies.
i heard that it makes babies blood circulation. and since they cant dp aerobics when they are so little, that is an excercise for them.
Niksik u always start good nice threads regarding some issues we never get to but they r there only by u!
well cook olive oil with some lehsan cloves and then preserve that oil..massage ur baby with this... i did with mine and yeah mashallah alhamd. its very good for baby....
Wow, that seems like a good idea. Is it because garlic is some kind of an antiseptic?
thats so funny…some ppl do that when they compare their kids..it could be abt grades too in school .. lol
but I just cant imagine the scene in ur case … lol:omg:
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For both my children, a massage lady used to come over for a month. We started as soon as they were back home...ie within 3-4 days. The ladies massage the baby, do some baby exercises...one really nice one is to take the legs right up to the nose ...till they let out wind:)....bathe the baby and also if you like massage the mum...to get back into shape...I suppose. It was so brilliant. The baby gets so tired after the routine, they sleep for a long time after. Oh and after the massgae and bath, they straighten the baby legs & arms and wrap them up so tight...we used to call them spring roll baby....Just a head sticking out of tightly wrapped roll. I know ...it may sound "cruel" but it was actually the best thing for them.