Page 5 - The First 60 Days Magazine - December 2024
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Focus on a Member


                                             Melanie Wattles, RN                                     TouchTouch
                                                                                                            Touch











                                                                   Meet the Founder of



                                                                          Baby Strokes




                                                           Their mission is to educate parents and
                                                        caregivers on the importance of and value

                                                            of touch in the early stages of life and
                                                            teach the techniques that will enable

                                                          them to provide positive nurturing touch
                                                                   throughout their child’s life!

                                                          Baby Strokes will provide a comfortable,
                                                           non-judgmental environment to learn

                                                          about the importance of early touch and

                About Melanie                           the many benefits of massage that can be
                                                          experienced by both the baby and child

                                                             and you the parent/caregiver. Baby
        Melanie is a registered nurse,                     Strokes will teach you massage strokes

           certified infant massage                        and touch techniques that you can use
            instructor and certified                          with your newborn, older baby and

        pediatric massage therapist.                        growing child. Class options available;
        She has lived in Austin, Texas                   virtual, community based, in home and at

       for over 30 years. She is British                              the Babystrokes studio.
        with a Texas twang. Her goal

       or vision for Baby Strokes is to
             promote infant / child

       massage to facilitate bonding

          and to enable all parents,
             babies and children to

       experience the many benefits                     .
                    of massage.
                                                                  www.Babystrokes.com


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