Correct massage can promote the intellectual development of infants

Infancy (0 to 1 year) is a critical stage for children to lay the foundation for their future physical and mental health can have an important impact. However, now, most parents are accustomed to the focus of training on education: accompanied by talking, storytelling, buy a variety of toys to develop intelligence; but the child’s physical training has been neglected. Unbeknownst to them, this physical training, can have a great role in promoting their overall physical and mental development, especially for infants to carry out appropriate massage, they can benefit a lot. For example, to enhance muscle strength, strengthen the respiratory, circulatory and gastrointestinal system function, the development of tactile and motor nerves, growth of brain cells, promote intellectual development. Parents can massage their babies at any time after birth. Below are some precautions as well as scientific methods to perform full body massage on infants from 0 to 4 months old. Parents should make sure that the baby is placed on a soft, wide and comfortable cushion; massage when the baby is quiet and awake; do massage parents to relax, lubricate the hands with baby oil (the temperature should be moderate); in the massage can be sung or play baby music; massage strength should be light and solid; if the baby shows discomfort, we must stop immediately, and try again in a while; such as the baby cries more than, then Stop the day massage program. Because of the chest and back massage of the baby’s technical requirements are relatively high, so we here only introduce the feet, legs and arms parts of the massage method. Adhere to the massage once a day, you can give you a robust baby. 1. Hold the baby’s small hand with one hand and gently squeeze the baby’s arm muscles 3 to 4 times with the other hand from the direction of the big arm to the small arm. 2. Hold the baby’s feet with one hand and gently squeeze the baby’s leg muscles from thigh to calf with the other hand 3 to 4 times. 3: Hold the baby’s heel with one hand and gently move the baby’s foot towards the outer shin of the calf with the other hand 3 to 4 times. Then massage the other foot. 4. Gently massage the infant’s heel and ball of the foot with the thumb. Followed by gently squeezing each toe. Finish by massaging the infant’s ankles with your thumbs. Repeat each movement 3 to 4 times.