Pioneered and perfected by Dr Lauren Brim, Bodywork for Babies is an extremely gentle and HIGHLY effective modality to support the unwinding and releasing of tension and trauma from a baby’s body and nervous system. Using massage like motions on specific parts of the body and cranium, including inside the mouth, we can help baby feed better, sleep better, digest their meals better, develop more optimally, and even help correct and prevent issues like flat heads and side “preferences”. This fascial work can be done as early as day one of life, and can continue to be used through toddlerhood and beyond. I have had the distinct honor of training under Dr Brim, and has seen firsthand how Bodywork for Babies has helped babies who have experienced the following:

• Cesarean births

• Very long of very fast vaginal births

• Inability to latch or who cause damage with their latch

• Traumatic experiences like NICU stays or circumcision

• Tongue ties, both to avoid and to heal from releases

• For babies with reflux, colic, constipation, rashes, or torticollis

• Not meeting developmental milestones

• Flat head and “breech” head shape

• Choking and gulping during feedings