FiglioPig Exactly three years ago had four months. We were going through a bad period of poor growth, reflux, lack of breast milk, categorical rejection of the bottle, atopic dermatitis, desperate cries, sleep-disordered breathing. I was obviously very badly: I was worried, depressed, demoralized and felt incapable and inadequate. And I cried. I was crying alone in her arms with FiglioPig. Unfortunately I had someone who could advise me, I had a friend with children to contend with already, I had a mother nearby - he lives halfway around the world - and I had a mother-in-law. I did not know what to do, really. Of course the night I vented with PapàPig, but he was in my own impasse We were therefore not in charge.
Then one day in February I get a call: ASL was the pediatric clinic of the area that I intended to attend the Infant Massage. I accepted the fly.
And things have finally started to work. First of all because I met other mothers and finally I started to smile, to make two words, to confront. While we were talking about the massage as well of us and our problems with the puppies and it seemed that we were in therapy. And perhaps it was indeed! Sitting in a circle, with our kids hung out before us, with our fears and uncertainties of new mothers, but with so much enthusiasm and desire to improve, grow, learn, face.
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| FiglioPig to four months with his "classmates" |
This course was very important in the history of my experience and FiglioPig. We have learned to know each other better, to relate through touch and gaze, to spend long moments of pampering when I massaged, speaking, singing songs and he followed me rapt and attentive. We definitely spent some special moments and quality, thanks to these messages.
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| MammaPig FiglioPig and during the course |
During the weeks when I attended, I also received valuable advice dall'istruttrice - Marina - who was a nurse in the pediatric clinic itself. Thanks to her words have managed to finally accept the bottle to FiglioPig and from that moment resolved the problems of growth and part of reflux. After the course I continued to practice massage at home and occasionally go to the clinic, where they weighed and measured FiglioPig and gave me advice on weaning, baby care, sleep, etc..
I also established a good relationship of friendship with other moms, I continued to attend throughout the period of maternity. Then back to work, we were a bit 'lost. Except with a! With one of these mothers have always continued to feel and see us (because we live really close!) And in the end we have also decided to send our children to nursery school together in the same class. I have to say that children are not particularly friends, but at least we still have "another mother-ally" to speak on the topic and also deal seekers, teachers, etc.. It is no small thing!
But there's more.
Yesterday I started the massage course with FigliaPig. I do it in another structure, not simply because most pediatric clinic at this time was the ongoing search for me and not vice versa. And I tried from another source, so I accepted this other call. I decided to redo the course with FigliaPig (even if it's really the same as what I have already done) just to dedicate to her special moments that I lived with the eldest at home and you can not play (at least for me!) with the same climate and the same atmosphere. And the first lesson we were not just disappointed! Continues to be a good experience, I am happy to repeat with my sweet little girl.
But at this point .... What is this baby massage? It 's a way of being with your child who is taught by instructors AIMI (Italian Association of Infant Massage) which in turn are based on the teachings of the founder of IAIM (International Infant Massage Association) Vimala McClure , displayed in the book "Baby Massage, messages of love." On this link found well exposed everything about this book and the benefits of massage.
