The Effect Of Baby Massage Using Pure Coconut Oil Content On Increasing Baby's Weight

Abstract

Stimulation plays an important role in a child's growth and development stages. Children who receive the right stimulation will grow and develop faster. Efforts that can be made to optimize the baby's weight in addition to the nutrition provided by the mother and one other way require stimulus stimulation or what is commonly known as baby massage. The aim of the research was to determine the difference between baby massage using coconut oil and baby weight gain. The method in this research uses a quantitative descriptive research type with a quasi-experimental research design. The results of the study showed that the average increase in baby weight in the control group was 0.08 grams, while in the intervention group it was 0.30 grams. The data normality test shows that the data is not normally distributed, so the test used is the Wilxocon test with a sig result of 0.002 < 0.05 so that there is a difference in baby massage using pure coconut oil to increase the baby's weight. The conclusion of this study is sig 0.002 < 0.05 so there is a difference in baby massage using pure coconut oil to increase the baby's weight.