Baby Massage For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

290 Pages·2005·12.46 MB·English

by  Joanne Bagshaw

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Baby Massage
FOR
DUMmIES
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By Joanne Bagshaw,M.A.,and Ilene Fox
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Baby Massage
FOR
DUMmIES
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Baby Massage
FOR
DUMmIES
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By Joanne Bagshaw,M.A.,and Ilene Fox
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About the Authors
Joanne Bagshawis a psychotherapist, writer, and promoter of
attachment parenting. She has a master’s degree in Forensic
Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New
YorkCity and a post-graduate certificate in Trauma Studies from
New York University. She is also in her final year of a four-year
certification in Core Energetics, a body-centered psychotherapy.
Her psychotherapy practice focuses on trauma treatment, and
howemotional and energetic issues manifest in the body.
Her inspiration for writing this book came from her love of massage
and experience as a mother caring for her newborn daughter.
Joanne lives with her husband, Tim; her daughter, Ava; and her
dog-daughter, Dakota, in Brookhaven, New York. She loves yoga
andskiing and grudgingly practices Pilates. She can be reached at
[email protected].
Ilene S. Fox, LMTis a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist.
She graduated from the New Center for Wholistic Health, Education
and Research in 1998. She holds certifications as an Infant Massage
Instructor and in Pre/Post Natal Massage. In addition to her private
massage practice, Ilene is employed at the State University of New
York at Stony Brook as a massage therapist in the Department of
Pediatrics/Division of Infectious Disease. Here she teaches infant
massage instruction to caretakers of HIV-exposed newborns and
provides massage therapy to HIV/AIDS-infected children, adoles-
cents, and young adults.
Ilene wanted to write this book because she believes massage ther-
apy adds peace and calm to a world of chaos. Creating a book that
teaches parents to massage their babies can only make the world a
better place.
Ilene loves music, travel, yoga, and, of course, massage. She lives
on Long Island and can be reached at [email protected].
Dedication
From Joanne:For Ava — this book is so much about you.
From Ilene:To all of the babies and the people who care for them.
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Authors’ Acknowledgments
From Joanne: I want to thank my husband, Tim, for his never-ending
support and encouragement for me to do whatever I need to be
happy . . . even if that means everything else becomes “just too
much” before a deadline.
To Ava, I thank you for sharing your beautiful smile in Mommy’s
book.
Thank you to my subs, Ginger, Jillian, and Mariah, for giving Ava
loving and nurturing care when I needed to write and she needed to
squeak and play.
To my coauthor, Ilene — without your experience and knowledge,
we couldn’t have written this book. It has been my pleasure to get
to know you better — thank you.
To Anna Damaskos, for giving my name to Grace Freedson, thank
you; and to Grace, my literary agent, thank you for your support in
getting this project.
To Joan Friedman, our project editor, I want to say that I couldn’t
ask for a better editor — thank you.
Thank you to Kathryn Born and Margie Pillar for the beautiful illus-
trations and photographs.
To my family, friends, and Core Community: Each of you, in your
unique way, helps me reach for the stars.
From Ilene: Terence, I want to thank you for putting up with me for
the past eight-plus years, for being my massage subject when I was
still a student and didn’t know what I was doing, and for your sup-
port when I thought I couldn’t do it.
To my clients, I want to say that I appreciate you giving me the
honor of working with you. Because of your receptivity and our
shared wisdom, we have the opportunity to learn how we can
healourselves through the power of touch: with compassion,
care,presence and tenderness.
Thank you, Joanne, for making this possible with all your hard work
and determination. To Ava, thank you for being so good-natured all
the time.
Thank you to all the babies, my parents, and my friends.
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