As my regular clients know, I have had the good fortune of being able to continue massage during my entire pregnancy, up until the day I gave birth to a baby girl, Isis, on March 29, 2013.
My original plan was to have a friend’s mom babysit her or place into an infant care facility, but the babysitting fell through and the thought of placing her with a stranger in a facility this young didn’t seem as appealing after looking into it more. Plus, I feel it’s important as a parent to get bonding time in with Isis as much as possible because she’s only a baby for a brief amount of time and I don’t want to miss out on it.
Now Isis is 2 months old, and has been my massage sidekick for 1.5 months now. I appreciate both the loyalty and patience of my clients who continued to come to me for massages despite Isis’s crying and fussing at times during a session. Now she and I have a routine worked out that is successful most of the times to where she is happy and the client can get a quiet massage. If she gets fussy in her bassinet, I put her into the baby carrier and carry her on me as I massage. Normally she watches as I work or dozes off. And as I said, she’s not guaranteed to be cry free during the session, because she is a baby, after all…