Upper limbs         

• Smooth from the wrist to the armpits

• Place your hands, completely flat, at the base of the stomach o Make large, circular movements, moving up towards the neck, keeping the hands parallel, o At the neck, move your hands down across the shoulders with an embracing movement,          
• Place your hands under the armpits, put the child to sit down with their head against your shoulder.

• Place your hands on the small of the back,
• Make large, circular movements, moving up towards the nape of the neck
• For a more relaxing effect, massage the back with the child lying flat on the stomach, using a technique similar to that used for the torso.
• Nape of the neck o Make circular movements,          
• If necessary, move upwards to the ears; massage with the tips of the fingers making sure to include the point between the earlobe and the cheek.

• Warm the cream on your fingers only, massage using your fingers, but keeping both hands symmetrical,    
• Place the fingers flat on the top of the forehead, move down to the temples and then to the nose by sliding your fingers under the eyes
• Move down to the nostrils,       
• Smooth hands over the cheeks and move down to the neck, passing hands over the chin,
• If necessary, apply the emollient to the eyelids, the mouth and the corners of the lips with the tips of your fingers.

Put the child to lie down. Before massaging each area, take a small quantity of the emollient and warm it between your hands.

- The lower limbs

• Smooth from the ankle up to the upper thigh.
• Begin at the back then move to the front.

- Hands

• Place the child’s hands on your fingers,
• Massage by rotating your thumbs,
• Massage the back of each hand from the tips of the fingers to the wrist.

- Feet
• Place the child’s foot on your thigh and place your hands at the top of the ankle,
• Massage by rotating your thumbs,
• Massage the sole of each foot, moving up from each toe towards the ankle,  
• Massage the base of each foot with the thumbs as well as each toe.