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She helps bridge that gap with
patience, instruction and obser-
vation of infant moods and stress
levels.
"There's a lot of stress in the
hospital," she says. "It's noisy. It's
invasive, and it's stressful for
even newborn babies to be sep-
arated from their parents."
When parents begin to touch
their babies, she says, "you can
watch the monitors and actually
see the child start to relax."
Seeing that effect is an in-
credible confidence-builder for
parents, as well as a body
builder for their babies in in-
tensive care. A 1992 pilot study
by Lynda Law Harrison at the
University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa tested the effects of
the containment hold.
In the study, clinical re-
searchers gave preemies a "gen-
tle touch" for 15 minutes three
times a day for 10 days. The
touch consisted of laying one
hand on the infant's head and the
other across the infant's arm. Not
only were the children more vis-
ibly calm, according to the study,
but they also had fewer total days
on supplemental oxygen, greater
weight gain, fewer blood trans-
fusions and a shorter hospital
stay.
The best way to begin a mas-
sage program for your infants
is to do some basic reading, ide-
ally followed by some form of
professional help and instruc-
tion.
A good place to begin is with
the book Infant Massage: A
Handbook for Loving Parents by
Vimala Schneider (McClure,
Bantam Books). Ms. McClure
presents various types of basic
massage from Swedish and In-
dian Milking to Open Book and
Butterfly. The strokes are illus-
trated and described in step-by-
step fashion.
Ms. McClure recommends us-
ing cold-pressed oil during a mas-
sage to reduce any friction that
may irritate or actually damage
a baby's delicate skin. Any oil la-
beled "cold-pressed" means the
oil was extracted through pres-
sure alone, rather than through
any type of heating process that
might rob the oil of inherent nu-
trients.
She prefers cold-pressed fruit
or vegetable oils to mass-mar-
keted "baby oils," mainly because
"baby oils" are made from non-
organic petroleum products. Oils
made from organic sources would
cause less concern if they get on
a baby's fingers or toes and those
oily digits found their way to
baby's mouth.
If possible, follow your reading
with hands-on learning. Many
hospitals are developing staff to
understand and appreciate the
basic gains simple massage can
engender. E
Laura Accinelli writes for Copley
News Service.
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