The Childrens Therapy Centre

Baby Massage & Milestone Classes and Individual Sessions

Baby Massage & Milestone classes are a wonderful opportunity for parents to learn to massage and stimulate their babies correctly.

Infant Massage is beneficial to all babies and their parents.

For your baby

  • Helping your baby to feel securely attached
  • Helping your baby to feel more loved, valued and respected
  • Reduced crying and emotional distress
  • Increased levels of relaxation and longer sleep
  • Development of body awareness and coordination
  • Relief from wind, colic, constipation and teething discomfort

For you

  • Feeling closer to your baby
  • Gaining a deeper understanding of your baby’s behaviour, crying and body language
  • Providing an enjoyable opportunity to spend one-to-one time with your baby
  • Feeling the relaxing effects of giving your baby a massage
  • Increased confidence in your ability to care for and nurture your baby
  • Learning a life-long parenting skill

The Baby Massage and Milestone course consists of 5 classes. (1 session per week). A little of the massage is taught each week, in order for the baby to get used to the massage, prevent them from getting overstimulated and to ensure that the parent joining the session will leave with confidence and an understanding of how to read their baby’s cues well. Information and exercises are given over the 5 weeks in order to help your baby relax and bond, feed well and reach all their milestones in the correct sequence. During the classes you will be provided a massage oil, a manual, laminated reminder card, notes and a certificate on completion.

Classes are practical and fun-filled sessions for parents and carers to make the most of baby’s early developmental stages. These classes help to develop your baby optimally by stimulating their sense of touch and sense of movement.

Parents are also given the support that they need in order to adjust to their new role of parenting.

Baby Massage & Milestone classes are for all babies from newborn – 1 year

They are especially beneficial to:

  • Premature babies
  • Babies who have had a difficult start
  • Special needs babies
  • Mothers suffering from post-natal depression
  • Babies who are not quite reaching their milestones
  • Babies with difficulty feeding and latching
  • Babies battling reflux or colic
  • Babies not sleeping well
  • Moms new to the area, as a spontaneous support group is initiated

 

Often referred to as “The Baby Whisperer”, Joanne Bradley has a passion for newborns and supporting their parents. Her goal is always to help a baby reach their milestones well and with ease whilst having fun. Joanne qualified as a certified International Infant Massage Instructor in 2004 and qualified to run baby stimulation classes in 2006. She is a board member of the International Association of Infant Massage SA.

Joanne has trained with Jan Tedder in the USA and is a certified HUG teacher, helping parents to understand their baby’s behaviour and development, meet their breastfeeding goals and feel more confident as a new parent.

Joanne trained in London as a Massage in Schools Instructor and has implemented the Nurturing Touch Program in Various schools in South Africa.

Joanne is a mother of 3 and has been working with babies for the last 17 years. She has been a supportive member of The Children’s Therapy Team for the last 16 years and has had the privilege of working with hundreds of babies, many with different needs and challenges. She has enjoyed seeing them reach their milestones well. Joanne especially loves working with premature babies and babies who may be facing various challenges.

What’s available?

Baby Massage  and Milestone Individual and Group Classes

Breastfeeding and feeding support

Private sessions are available to all parents who are helping their child with any special needs.

  • Home Visits in Northern JHB area
  • Sessions in order to help with Sitting and Crawling
  • Sessions in order to help with standing and walking.
  • Training for therapists, teachers and parents and nannies.

Please take note

Joanne will continue to provide the following:

  • In Person Classes in accordance with Covid regulations and levels
  • Online Baby Massage sessions
  • Online Support for parents with questions and concerns regarding their newborn.
  • Milestone Support sessions helping babies reach their milestones well.
  • Home visits