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The damage to the baby’s brain because of the Ghanaian custom of massaging a newborn baby’s head with hot water and rubbing it with ointments.

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This site brings information in 3 parts on the following topics:

Part 1.

  • The structure of the baby's head/skull.

  • The two reasons why it is made like that.

  • The reason the "Breathing place" vibrates.

Part 2.

  • The baby's brain structure.

  • The baby's brain function.

  • The damage of hot water and Robb ointment to the baby's brain.

Part 3.

  • Temperature of our body, and the hot water massage.

  • Examination of the behavior of Ghanaian babies during the bath.

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The information here is written in the most simple way with pictures and models. It is the summary of 3 days workshops in Ghana as part of a sensitization program to de-massaging the head of the baby with hot water.

What this site lacks is the demonstrations, self-experiences, conversations, and examples of difficulties in learning that come as a result of the destruction of nerves in the baby's brain due to the custom of massaging the head of a baby with hot water that were given in the workshop.

Difficulty in learning among Ghanaian children who passed hot water massage to their head was recorded in Creative Foundation School which was established in 2011by Yael Dzamesi, who designed and managed the curriculum and the school.​ The outcome of the research indicates a high possibility that the practice of hot water massage to the babies' heads is harmful since it impairs the brain development and the learning capabilities of the children. It showed a delay up to 3 years in cognitive development in comparison to the cognitive development of children over the world that do not pass hot water massage to their head. 

For full details on the research that was done on the custom of massaging the head of Ghanaian babies with hot water and the difficulties in learning see the following site: https://www.child-development-ghana.com/

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