Infant Massage Is Nothing New. For Centuries, Parents Have Been Using Massage to Bond with Their Children and Treat Emotional and Physical Ailments.

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DeAnna Elliott embraces the concept and is determined to pass it on.

"The message that is given to a child through tactile kinesthetic channels conveys the message, `You are loved, you belong, and you are whole,' " Elliott said. "What could be better to give a child besides better health and better self-esteem at the very beginning of life?"

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Infant Massage Is Nothing New. For Centuries, Parents Have Been Using Massage to Bond with Their Children and Treat Emotional and Physical Ailments.

Since 1982, Elliott, of Boulder, Colo., has been traveling the country educating others on how to train parents to massage their infants. She was recently in Columbia, where eight people...

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