About and FAQs

Baby Massage at the PPC teaches simple ways of massaging your baby while meeting other parents in a relaxed, easy environment. It is a non-invasive way to promote your baby’s healthy growth and development, and encourages bonding and trust between parent and baby. It’s absolutely fine if you need to feed or change your baby at any time during the session. All sessions include individual support and chat time. We provide all you need for massage including: Bottle of oil Laminated list of strokes Nursery rhymes Week 1 Oil and pressure of strokes, and learn the leg and bottom strokes, introduction to baby development. Discussion around babies sleep patterns and how massage can stimulate a baby’s digestion and weight gain. Discussion about when to massage your baby at home. Week 2 Brief discussion on how your baby’s gut works. Learn the abdomen strokes for digestion, constipation, colic, and go back over the leg strokes. Discussion about car seats and digestion and carrying position to help baby’s digestion at night. Week 3 Learn strokes for the chest and arms, then review the abdomen and leg/bottom strokes. Week 4 Learn strokes for the face and back. Discussion around tummy time and the importance of crawling. Review chest and arm strokes, abdomen and legs.

Cancellation Policy

To cancel or reschedule please give us as much notice as possible. Because we are a charity, we only run workshops if we can meet our running costs. If you book and subsequently have to cancel, we ask that you give us at least two weeks notice. Any closer to the workshop start date, we will always try to offer you an alternative course date or come to some arrangement on a case by case basis. Please give us as much notice as possible of cancellation of your space.

Contact Details

• 188 Pleasance, Edinburgh, UK

  info@pregnancyandparents.org.uk