Baby Strokes - Infant / Child Massage
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Infant and Pediatric Massage and topics around maternity, newborns and Pediatrics.Classes and courses She then became a Pediatric Massage Therapist.
Baby Strokes Infant /Child Massage is here to help you as an expectant parent, new parent or experienced parent of a baby and or growing child. Melanie Wattles RN started the company with one mission to educate and empower all parents. Children are our most priceless asset and by nurturing them from an early age Parents and Families can provide a good foundation and help shape their future. Melan
19/04/2026
18/04/2026
Thank you to First3Years and Atelier Preescolar for inviting me to participate in Baby Day 2026.
I enjoyed meeting everyone.
18/04/2026
UT research study… check this out. I met the researchers this morning at Baby Day 2026 so sharing their request.
Great class everyone….
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12/04/2026
Join Babystrokes and Atelier Preescolar next Saturday April 18th for Baby Day 2026 hosted by First3Years
10/04/2026
Interesting as we love Oxytocin!
Oxytocin is often referred to as the ‘bonding hormone’, but through a neuroscience lens, it is central to how children experience safety, trust and connection.
When a child feels seen, soothed and understood, oxytocin is released. This has a direct impact on the nervous system, helping to reduce stress responses and support a shift from survival states into connection and engagement.
Oxytocin supports:
• The development of secure attachment relationships
• Emotional regulation through co-regulation
• A reduction in fear and threat responses
• Increased capacity for trust, curiosity and social connection
When early attachment experiences have been inconsistent or disrupted, children may not easily access these states of safety. Instead, their nervous system may remain primed for protection, showing up as hypervigilance, withdrawal or controlling behaviours.
Play Therapy offers a relational, neuroscience-informed space to gently shift this.
Through consistent, attuned interactions, the therapist provides repeated experiences of safety. Over time, this can support oxytocin release and help reshape the child’s internal working model of relationships, as described by John Bowlby.
In the playroom:
• Attuned responses communicate safety at a nervous system level
• Predictable sessions build trust and reduce uncertainty
• Play enables connection without reliance on verbal processing
• The therapeutic relationship becomes the foundation for change
This is not just emotional support. It is biological.
It is .
It is the brain and body learning, through experience, that connection can be safe.
Expectant Parents, New parents and Parents with babies under 6 months. Join us this Saturday April 11 at 10am for our group class. It’s a great way to bond and connect with your baby and to meet other parents and babies.
The class is relaxed and baby focused… you will learn why massage is so beneficial for you and your baby. Discover gentle but effective massage strokes that can help your gassy baby.
Questions? I am ready to answer them all.
Register at
https://www.eventzilla.net/e/southwest-pediatrics-introduction-to-infant-massage-2138677221?resp=on&dateid=213829771
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