Best oils to use for infant massage

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When discussing massage oils with parents, I find one of the hardest things for them to figure out is which oils they want to use. The types of oils that are used for baby massage are very highly depending on family traditions, cultural traditions. What we do know in this country is that the only oils that have been clinically proven in a medical setting to be safe are coconut oils, sunflower oils, and cranberry. Oils like grapeseed oil have potential blood thinning properties. Mustard oil has potential damages to the skin. All of these oils have value and are used around the world. But there are really only three that we know for sure are safe.

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Kim Walls is an accomplished entrepreneur and internationally recognized skincare expert focused on optimizing health through skincare. Leading child health advocacy groups and national media rely on Kim's clinical expertise to help parents navigate the often confusing world of natural skincare.

As a fourth generation entrepreneur, and second-generation expert on anti-aging skincare products, she has combined her experience and expertise to create clinically effective, organic skincare products for pregnant women and children.

For more than a decade, Walls has honed her clinical perspective focusing on botanically based skincare and transdermal nutrient absorption as a pathway to improved health and beauty for women and children. She shares her experience internationally with dermatologists and estheticians, as well as childbirth and postpartum professionals, underscoring the relationship between optimum health and skincare.

She is dedicated to leveraging the advances of new technology to share that knowledge with new and growing families to support the enhanced health and immunity that effective, all natural products can provide.

Kim’s strong, personal commitment to organic and environmentally-responsible living is at the core of green manufacturing and product development. As the mother of two young boys, she has coupled her innate understanding of the importance of sustainability with her post-graduate work in biochemical and nutritional sciences to establish a new standard in skincare research and products that supports lasting health for today’s families.

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