• Enhance and facilitate Parent / Infant relationships through improved bonding and communication
• Increase parental confidence with their baby
• Improve digestion and encourage increased weight gain
• Promote longer and deeper sleeping patterns
• Provide relief from colic and gas pains
• Provide relief from teething pains and nasal congestion
• Increase muscle tone and circulation
• Stimulate the immune system, nervous system and brain functions
• Decrease the production of stress hormones
• Release of accumulated tension and promote relaxation for Parent / Infant
• Increase vocalization of your baby

Infant/child massage can also be beneficial for

• Adoptive parents and their Babies / Children
• Adolescent Mothers and their Babies / Children
• Parents and Babies recovering from drug addiction
• Mothers suffering from postpartum depression
• Babies and children with developmental delays

When:   Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:15 CT
Where:  Virtual at the current time

Instructor:  Melanie Wattles Melanie is a Registered Nurse (RN), a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI 1, 2) and a Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist ( CPMT). Melanie received her CIMI certification through the International Association of Infant Massage in 2001. She updated her skills in January 2014 and received her CIMI2 Certification through WINC Without Borders (World Institute for Nurturing Communication). Melanie has over 20 years experience in Pediatric and Neonatal Nursing. Melanie is infant / child CPR certified.