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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