Our Trainers
Tammy McLellan
Director of Training
Tammy has taught Baby Massage since 1991, and has striven to bring Baby Massage into mainstream Health & Social Education & Early Years Practise. She's trained hundreds of NHS professionals, local authority & private sector nursery nurses & massage therapists, and still loves sharing her skills directly with Parents and their babies as well as her own children & grandchildren - much to their delight & hers!
“It is my sincere hope that with any luck, in 50 years time, Baby Massage will be part of our culture.
Parents will be teaching their sons & daughters how to massage their grand-kids. It truly is a skill that with a little time, patience, love & respect, any parent can learn.
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— Tammy McLellan
Shirley Billes
Shirley trained with the Scottish School of Child & Baby Massage in 2010. Coming from a back-ground in Education & Early Years work, she went onto use her skills in teaching Baby Massage to Parents & Babies in Priority Areas around Scotland. Shirley very much enjoys teaching parents this wonderful, nurturing, inclusive yet easily transferable skill -as well as massaging her now, much older, daughters.
How it all Began.
Tammy trained in therapeutic massage for adults in 1989. When her first daughter was born, it seemed natural to use her massage skills to bond & be with her baby. To Tammy’s surprise, she discovered that this was unusual.
After reading relevant research and working with midwives in the local maternity unit, a national paper asked to write an article on the massage Tammy was doing.
Professionals then enquired to be trained in Baby Massage and the Scottish School of Child & Baby Massage was born in 1994
The Scottish School of Child & Baby Massage's core team has trained over 1,000 Baby Massage Instructors across Scotland & England. We welcome new additions to our arm's length team of Instructors to help ensure that Baby Massage is available to all parents who wish to learn this wonderful skill.