Hi everyone.

I tried infant massage on DD when she was a newborn, but she didn't seem to like it. She would cry as soon as I took her clothes off, or if I tried after I took her out of the bath, she just wouldn't stop crying until I dressed and nursed her (she cried through her baths as a newborn). Eventually when she was a few months old she started to enjoy massage (I used olive oil because I dislike mineral oil) but it never helped her sleep unless she was already really tired . . . in which case she would get cranky anyway!

So basically, I had success with this when DD was older but gave up when she was a newborn. I'd like to use infant massage consistently with this next bub but I don't know whether to wait until he stops getting upset about it or to persist.

What should I do?