What is tactile contact?

Tactile touch serves as a kind of transmitter of our feelings and mood. In the course of research in the field of healthy development of young children an interesting conclusion was drawn: babies, who were often worn on pens, hugged, stroked and kissed, were much healthier and more active than the children deprived of this affection. It is from childhood that this need is transferred by man into adulthood, giving the need for bright emotions and experiences. Therefore, if you want to develop positive feelings in your child, make his character softer and more flexible, you certainly need to know what tactile contact is.

What is tactile contact and what is it important for the mother and child?

Due to the sensitivity of the skin, the newborn begins to receive and process information from the outside world: what is good and what is bad; pleasant - unpleasant, etc. The kid sees, hears, but in the first months he begins to understand the world only by means of touches and skin sensations. Even at a very early age, he begins to realize what objects or people are friendly to him, and which are not.

It has long been a fact: the more you hug the child, kiss him, massage him, iron him, the less he worries, he cries. On the contrary, it develops faster and becomes more receptive.

Remember that the baby came from the warm and safe environment of mother's tummy in a strange and unknown world and requires caresses. Mom in this case, the only one who can best help the child learn how to harmoniously settle in it. If you do not want your child to grow up to be closed or aggressive, try to press him to the chest more often, take them by the handles, stroke and kiss. Tactile communication is the guarantee of a healthy psyche.

Surely, many mothers have repeatedly noticed that the movements of the baby are somewhat constrained and disorderly, but it is worth it to touch, as they gradually become more calm and smooth, the muscles relax.

How to develop a tactile communication with the child to the parent?

Since in the first months after birth the baby sleeps a lot, try to use every minute of his wakefulness. Do a little gentle tapping and stroking massage: it will not only relieve muscle hypertonia, but will calm it down.

A few tips:

• Moms should often press the child to their heart. This sound is familiar to him from the womb and symbolizes safety, warmth.
• Straighten up the compressed palms, follow them with your finger. Curl and unbend each finger. Do not be afraid to tickle the heels, knead them.
• During bathing, it is recommended to wash your baby often from your own hands. Massage movements are also welcome.
• Lulling on one's own hands is one of the most effective ways to calm and help a little one fall asleep. Your movements should not be sharp or diverse, try to rock at the same pace. It's great if a lullaby is accompanied by a quiet lullaby. Also take care of the comfortable indoor temperature.

Knowing what tactile contact is and how to apply it in communication will allow you not only to develop a healthy psyche of the baby, but also, as a parent, to know all the joys of manifesting your love.