Ceredigion Flying Start Parenting Group - Baby Massage - Family support services

What we do

Ceredigion Flying Start offer informative, fun and interactive parenting sessions that help you get the best out of family life.

Over the 6 sessions offered to you, baby massage helps you to bond with your baby. Before babies are able to speak they communicate with the world around them through touch. Massage is a way to communicate with your baby before they can talk. It can help you to:

- Soothe baby
- Calm your baby
- Improves sleep
- Improves weight gain
- Aids digestion
- Improves circulation
- Reduce the symptoms of postnatal depression

Baby massage can be great for dads too. Some dads may miss out on a lot of the “hands-on” care of their babies, especially if they are at work and if their baby is breastfed. A regular massage with dad can become a routine, perhaps at bedtime, which helps to bring them closer.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

We will accept self referrals but we will also take referrals from health visitors.

Service details for this family support services

Language: English and Welsh medium

• Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs Yes Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further. Health support is adapted for children with disabilities. Some members of staff have the ability to use sign language. We provide an Autism specific programme and a Family Nurture course, specifically for parents of children with a Disability or Additional Learning Need.
• Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Website

https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/resident/wellbeing-and-care/support-for-children-young-people-and-families/parenting-and-family-support/flying-start/

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