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"We
have to feed babies,
fill them both
inside and outside.
We
must speak to their skins,
we must speak to their backs,
which thirst and hunger
and cry
as much as their bellies.
We
must gorge them
with warmth and caresses
just as we do with milk.
Being
touched and caressed,
being massaged,
is food for the infant.
Food as necessary
as minerals, vitamins, and proteins."
Excerpt
from "Loving Hands, The Traditional Art of Baby Massage" by
Frederick Leboyer, physician. Also author of other world renowned
classics including "Birth Without Violence" and "Inner
Beauty, Inner Light"
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