Moby Wrap - MOBY Massage back & legs; Benefits for Parents; Back and Forth; Gliding

Back and Forth
Mold your hands to baby’s back starting at the
shoulders. Glide back and forth across the back
from shoulders to bottom then back up.
Stroke the Leg
Mold your hand around baby’s leg near the hip
with your ngers on top, thumb underneath.
Stroke from the hip to the ankle.
Gliding
Glide your hand down baby’s back from shoulders
to bottom.
Foot and Ankle Massage
Hold baby’s foot in your hand. Stroke the top of the
foot with your thumb from the toes to the ankle.
Draw circles around the ankle with your thumb.
Recommended
Reading:
Infant Massage:
A Handbook for Loving Parents
by Vimala McClure
Loving Hands - The Traditional
Art of Baby Massage
by Dr. Frederick LeBoyer
A special thanks to Infant Massage USA®,
a pioneering non-prot family education
and service organization, for their guidance
in bringing the awareness of infant massage
to Moby wearers and babies everywhere!
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MOBY® Massage back & legs
Toe Massage
Use your thumb and index nger to gently
roll each toe.
Benets
for Parents
Helps establish a strong bond
between parent and child.
Enhances parent-infant
nonverbal communication.
Feel more condent and
competent with parenting skills.
Better able to understand
the needs of infants.
Provides fathers quality time
with their babies.
Helps overcome feelings of
depression or post-baby blues.
Provides time to relax
and unwind from the busy
pace of life.
These
strokes have
been designed
for Moby Wrap
Circles
Use the ats of your ngers to draw circles down
one side of baby’s back then back up the other side.
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