Perhaps the most important benefit of still touch and massage for your premature baby is that it helps you both to bond.This is especially helpful if your baby has spent the first days of his life in an incubator.You can give him love, comfort and reassurance through your voice and gentle touch. Massage can also:
❖ have a calming and soothing effect
❖ help to improve weight gain
❖ enhance growth and development
❖ encourage greater responsiveness
❖ improve digestion and metabolism
❖ reduce pain by stimulating the production
of endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers.
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