I recently got wind of a spa in Australia. Not an ordinary spa,
but a special one. What makes this spa so special and worthy of mention is the
fact that it is exclusively for babies! Yes, a spa just for the little ones.
Australia’s Baby Spa Perth is a massage parlour designed solely for babies and
owned by Kavita Kumar and her sister, Anita Yap. At the spa, Kumar and Yap
offer hydrotherapy and massage for babies under 6-months-old. The concept of a
baby spa was first introduced by Laura Sevenus, who set up the world’s first
spa for babies in Kensington, United Kingdom. But Kavita and Anita’s Baby Spa
is the only one exclusively for babies. Presently, their Baby Spa only has
three locations – Brackenshurt (South Africa), Perth (Australia), and Madrid
(Spain) and they hope to expand to other location soon. According to Luxury Launches
the sisters have now entertained over 3,500 babies since their inception. “We
have had an overwhelming response to Baby Spa Perth since we opened just over
10 months ago” says Kavita. Babies as young as two days old to six months go to
the spa to relax in hydrotherapy pools, floating with a specially designed
device called a Bubby; the bubby helps keep the babies afloat while they relax.
They are then wrapped in a warm towel before being treated to a grape-seed oil
massage by trained nurses and staff!
Apparently, the hydrotherapy and massage sessions are much
more than luxury for babies. According to the official Baby Spa
website, these spa sessions also have important health benefits for the baby
such as the stimulation of digestive and circulatory systems, increase in
muscular and skeletal strength, not to mention the improvement of sleep
patterns. Water floatation is also believed to support the mental and physical
development of babies. The waves the babies create by kicking around in the
water is said to help improve their balance and coordination ‘and ultimately,
support their ability to craw, walk and swim’.
But like everything else, there are those who completely
disapprove of the baby spa. Calling it “completely unnecessary, and a waste of
money”. There are even those that have gone as far as shaming the promoters of
baby spas, accusing them of capitalising on the lovability of babies. And let’s
face it, the image of babies floating around in their ‘bubby’ is simply adorable;
whether you like babies or not, you’d have to be a monster not to agree.
So,
what do you think, if you came across a baby massage parlour, would you take
your baby for a day at the spa or not?
By
Akaomachi B
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