Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Okay, so from your hands are resting right here and that's in the middle of the forehead,
we're going to go ahead and stroke down the sides of the nose. So going down over the
top here, the bridge, just quite down across and down sides of the nose, scooping around
the eyes and cheeks. The first few times that we're going down the sides of the nose, we're
not applying a lot of pressure, we're just simply stroking. We don't want to be tickly
or not too light, but you don't want to apply a lot of pressure, because the child is getting
used to having touch in this area so just light stroking all the way down, scooping
all the way around. And then we're stroking down and starting to apply a little bit of
pressure as we walk the sides of the nose. So you're walking down, in giving gentle hugs
all the way down and scooping around the cheeks, the eyes, sides of the head to the forehead.
And go ahead again and walk down, little bit of pressure, scooping around. Checking in
the whole time when you're applying pressure, make sure the child appears comfortable and
relax. They're not giving you any indication that they're uncomfortable. So walking down,
around, and stroking up; and we'll kind of go ahead one more time. A little bit of pressure
on the sides of the nose and stroking around, all the way up to the top of the forehead,
resting our hands right in the middle before we move on to the next stroke.