The Benefits of Infant Massage From bonding with your baby to better sleep, infant massage has many benefits for both mother and baby.

Parent coaching and infant massage can further enrich your relationship with your baby.

The use of mustard oils in traditional societies for infant massage has been identified by one study as risking damaging skin integrity and permeability.

The researchers conclude that they do not recommend the use of olive oil for the treatment of dry skin and infant massage.

Ayurvedic medicine in ancient India taught the use of infant massage.

Other areas where infant massage is regularly used are African countries and areas in the former Soviet Union.

In Western culture, infant massage has been increasingly used in neonatal intensive care units for pre-term infants who are in stressful environments and have limited tactile stimulation.

They reviewed 23 studies on infant massage, mainly in newborns.

The reviewers call for more studies on infant massage.

Time 's trend story: infant massage.