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Is massaging with baby oil or any other oil(almond oil,olive oil). To new born baby is good for them.please reply me

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GingerAcorns

Hi Rkzat,

Massage is really good for newborn babies. It helps with their development due to the eye contact and interaction you give them during the massage and aids with your bonding. Most oils are fine to use except olive oil as a few years ago a research study found that it causes damage to newborn skin.

There is a lot of advice about baby massage online or you may be able to attend a baby massage class nearby.

Good luck

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Rkzat23 in reply toGingerAcorns

Thank you. But baby oil from johnson's is fine for baby

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GingerAcorns in reply toRkzat23

Absolutely

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KellyTrip

I did baby massage with my son at our local children's centre and we used olive oil!

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KellyTrip in reply toKellyTrip

I forgot to say that it had to be extra Virgin

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roxannacar in reply toKellyTrip

Why would it make a difference? Olive oil is olive oil surely?

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KellyTrip in reply toroxannacar

Who knows! We had it provided.

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GingerAcorns

When did you attend the massage groups? It's taking quite some time for the research to be filtered out to everyone sadly.

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