Perfect Baby Massage

Perfect Baby Massage

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Our 3 sessions involve more than teaching Infant Massage. They’re about guiding you in dealing with the process of being a new parent, sleep deprived and all. I teach sequential baby massage strokes, plus effective swaddling, setting up a nighttime sleep routine, calming a crying baby, feeding, stages of growth, stages of development and how they all affect baby's behavior. Being guided by me in l

Before having our first baby, we took a car seat course to learn all things about car seat safety. We knew nothing! In addition to the course we read our car seat manual AND each of our car manuals to ensure we were fully prepared for installation, proper adjustments, and could feel confident in the safety of our girls.

What we learned while immersing ourselves in car seat safety is how it is ✨UNSAFE✨ for a toddler to eat in their car seat. The positioning simply isn’t ideal for eating (think about a high chair and proper high chair positioning: hips are at 90 degrees, back is upright, knees are 90 degrees, and feet are supportive). A car seat is not even close to that!

But here’s the thing… we didn’t follow that safety guideline. 😬 We offered snacks to our toddler in the car. What’s wrong with a few yogurt bites to avoid a meltdown, am I right?! So this post is laced with ZERO JUDGEMENT. I was there. I get it. I understand the value of a good toddler bribe and the desperation of a happy toddler in a car. I get it.

…until we had a lil’ experience that completely overrides any of that convenience. We were driving on the highway when Emilia was around 14 months old. She was actually NOT eating in her car seat at the time, but she started to gag. We realized she was vomiting but couldn’t get her vomit out! She was essentially choking on her vomit in the car seat. We immediately had to pull over, remove her from the car seat, and hold her upright so she could vomit. She was so scared and we were so scared. It showed us that if she’s not positioned to swallow or gag properly, then she most certainly shouldn’t be eating. That was not worth anymore snacks in the car seat.

I share this to share our experience and let you know that it’s not just a guideline that doesn’t make sense: it’s a very real safety concern. And again, this isn’t to shame. I was there, but we have explained that snacks aren’t for in the car and we stuck to that. 💛

06/07/2023

Before having our first baby, we took a car seat course to learn all things about car seat safety. We knew nothing! In addition to the course we read our car seat manual AND each of our car manuals to ensure we were fully prepared for installation, proper adjustments, and could feel confident in the safety of our girls. What we learned while immersing ourselves in car seat safety is how it is ✨UNSAFE✨ for a toddler to eat in their car seat. The positioning simply isn’t ideal for eating (think about a high chair and proper high chair positioning: hips are at 90 degrees, back is upright, knees are 90 degrees, and feet are supportive). A car seat is not even close to that! But here’s the thing… we didn’t follow that safety guideline. 😬 We offered snacks to our toddler in the car. What’s wrong with a few yogurt bites to avoid a meltdown, am I right?! So this post is laced with ZERO JUDGEMENT. I was there. I get it. I understand the value of a good toddler bribe and the desperation of a happy toddler in a car. I get it. …until we had a lil’ experience that completely overrides any of that convenience. We were driving on the highway when Emilia was around 14 months old. She was actually NOT eating in her car seat at the time, but she started to gag. We realized she was vomiting but couldn’t get her vomit out! She was essentially choking on her vomit in the car seat. We immediately had to pull over, remove her from the car seat, and hold her upright so she could vomit. She was so scared and we were so scared. It showed us that if she’s not positioned to swallow or gag properly, then she most certainly shouldn’t be eating. That was not worth anymore snacks in the car seat. I share this to share our experience and let you know that it’s not just a guideline that doesn’t make sense: it’s a very real safety concern. And again, this isn’t to shame. I was there, but we have explained that snacks aren’t for in the car and we stuck to that. 💛

04/03/2023

RETIRED
Thank you to all the 🤱parents👨‍🍼 who believed in Infant Massage and are still using it. 💜 I loved every one of you. 💜

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