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You may think that holding your baby enough constitutes touching your baby enough. But studies show that actually holding your baby in skin-to-skin contact whether laying your baby’s bare chest on your bare chest or massaging your baby in a series of massage strokes known as “infant massage” provides many benefits. These benefits include reducing crying, improving colic, better weight gain, and closer parent-infant bonding. Bonding is a process that takes place over time and with added touch through holding, babywearing, infant massage and skin-to-skin contact bonding takes place. It’s a wonderful and rewarding adventure.
