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Today's Baby Boom
Australia in the grip of a baby boom, Courier Mail,  9 May 2008
NSW baby boom - more women deferring childbirth to after 35, NSW Health,
2 March 2007
Brumby's baby boom budget, The Age, 7 May 2008
$100.3 million Brumby Government Baby Boom Budget boost, Victorian Government,
5 June 2008
Australia's baby boom, Herald Sun, 5 June 2007
Health Minister opens Coffs Harbour Pregnancy Care Service, NSW Health,
24 April 2008
Labour pains for health services as baby boom hits, Sydney Morning Herald,
22 October 2006

Infant massage
A stroke of love, The West Australian, Publish date: August 9, 2005
The benefits of baby massage     Channel 7 News (Sydney)
Broadcast date: August 2, 2005, Reporter: Marguerite McKinnon
A Dialogue of Touch, Massage Australia
Loving Touch Brings Out The Best In Babies, Sunday Mail
Touch Early and Often, Time Magazine
The Benefits of Massaging Babies, Journal Of the Australian Association of Massage
The Power of Touch, Baby & Child
Oh Baby this is the Life, Central Coast Express Advocate
Parenting is a Touching Experience, The Sun Weekly
Rising Birth Rate to keep us younger, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 2005
Holding Patterns, Psychology Today, October 2008:51
In Two Minds (bilingualism makes unique demands on the brain), Psychology Today, October 2008:13

Published Research papers
Infants are calmer when massaged with oil
Massage improves preschooler performance
Massage lowers kids anxiety

Presentations
Infant Massage and Occupational Therapy, M. Seyfant, Chief Occupational Therapist, Noarlunga Health Service
Physiotherapy and Infant Massage, K Carol, Physiotherapist and CIMI
Media Clippings

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