As a new mom, these are the things that you read about giving your baby a massage...
It helps to soothe your baby.
Helps create a bond between parent and child.
Your child will look forward to this one-on-one time.
What a load of crap. I started giving Gabriel a massage when he was 2 weeks old. At the peak of our "massage experience," when Gabe was three months old, he merely tolerated me massaging him. Mostly, he would fuss and kick and try to roll away. Today's massage consisted of me chasing him around the house naked with a bottle of baby lotion, hoping that he wouldn't pee on the carpet I just had cleaned. FYI- he was the naked one, not me.
All he really wanted to do was pull every toy out of his closet and pile them in the middle of his room. Apparently it's very important for him to take "inventory" of his belongings at least twice a week. So, this leaves me wondering, how much else have I read that is pure crap? I have 14 different books on baby-rearing (not including the name-your-baby books). Think of all the time I wasted sitting around on my pregnant butt, just reading. In retrospect, I should have slept more. This kid is exhausting.
1 comment:
Oh my god. You crack me up! Just wait until your second one...you won't even get those books out to dust them off. That kid just has to to rely on your rusty memory. :)
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