Whether you have a baby, are expecting one soon, or know someone who is, Mashala Baby Organics has the perfect gift for you. I’ve been checking out their Organic Tradition Complete Infant Massage Set. Massage is an ancient form of baby relaxation and health that moms all over the world have been relying on for as long as they’ve had babies! Baby massage is used to soothe the newborn, relieve colic, heal dry skin on babies of any age, help babies sleep, or clear a stuffy nose or chest. The benefits are endless, but the biggest benefit is the bond that is built between mother and child as they spend a few quiet moments together.
Mashala Baby Organics is an impressive Canadian company that has quite a story behind it. It’s the merging of two sides of a family, both putting an importance on natural care for generations. The recipes, passed down from great grandmother to grandmother to mother to daughter, are the backbone of Mashala Baby Organics. Equally impressive are their all-natural organic products, which feature ingredients such as olive oil, holy basil (a favorite from my Old World roots as well), and chamomile.
The Organic Tradition Complete Infant Massage Set is certainly complete! It includes a 100% organic cotton infant massage pad, a muslin bag filled with four different massage oils, a special sign for baby’s bedroom door to let people know “Shhh! Baby Massage in Progress”, and a beautiful wooden bucket to store the massage oils in. I love the oils – they’re not strongly scented, which is very important for a small baby. Even the Gentle Vapor oil is mild; just enough for baby. This set is a $55 value, and I guarantee any mother who receives this one will be very pleased with it. It comes with full instructions on how to do an infant massage too, so mom isn’t left wondering how it all works.
Ready to enter? I thought so! Let’s get to it. In the meantime if you’d rather just go shopping, you can get a 40% off coupon (wow!) from Mashala Baby Organics. Simply sign up for their newsletter on their home page (left column), and they’ll send you a coupon code.
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Feel free to do all four, and you have four entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Friday, September 5, 2008, to enter.
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I love the Infant message pillow. That would be great.
Nice gift for a baby shower at work!
I love the name…Mashallah is what they say in Turkey to wish good luck to an infant!
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I love the story behind the products, the merging of two sides of a family with one ideal in mind, the importance of natural care for babies.
just some advice for Mashala Baby Organics…
there are a lot of broken links on the website, and I’d hate for anyone to be too distracted by that to notice how awesome the company really is.
ORGANIC BLESSING™ Baby massage oils gift set
I too like the Organic Blessing baby massage oils gift set.
baby massage oil • GENTLE VAPOR™ sounds great!
I love the sound of the Gentle Vapor massage oil. When my daughter was a month old she came down with a cold that kept both of us up all night. We sat in the bathroom with the water on hot, so it would steam up the room, for 30 minutes at a time. This would have been a lifesaver!
“Music has the same effect on babies as it does on adults” – It’s good to know that calming music might be able to help a child settle down.
I like the complete FAQ they provide on infant massage. It’s certainly eye-opening for me, since I’ve never tried it before, but it looks like a great idea! Thanks!
i like the infant massage pad
The best thing is that their products are made using no preservatives, or artifical colours!! Lucky babies!!
Thanks, this would make a great gift for my daughter!
i like the gentle vapor massage oil.
love to win this for my daughter
Thanks for the site. I’ve been looking for organic baby stuff! Im glad that these are made from natural oils. I dont want to put any chemicals on or next to my baby’s skin.
This is great! I’ve used basic lotion for my baby, but I would love to “upgrade” for baby #2.
I love that they don’t have nut oils in them! That’s a huge seling point to me. Very cool.
I had not heard of this company or these products. I like the fact that they are HYPOALLERGENIC with no mineral nor nut oil. I massaged my children when they were babies and it was very soothing for all of us. I would like to try these products with the grandchildren. very nice
sounds like great products. i like that they are frag. free.
I love the Organic Traditional Complete Gift Set. What a fabulous shower gift that would make. So perfect I might have a hard time giving it away!
Great Grandma Mahalachmi mixed her first batch of massage oil over half a century ago and has passed this on to her 14 children, 24 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren!!
this is the best for baby.
I would like to try the Organic Start massage oils.
I’d love this for my little bambino!
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ORGANIC START™ Baby massage oils
i learned that theres no preservatives in their products
I like that products like these exist at all! I am a big proponent of chiropractic and massage therapy, and I think that products like these are great for everyone to have!
no preservatives in their products!
I thought that you would have to wait a bit to start massaging an infant, but I learned differently from reading the FAQ. I would love to try this on the new little one who is coming our way in December!!
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I learned “that massage nurtures babies’ psychological, physiological, and developmental growth. It fosters healthy self-esteem and increases bonding between parents and their babies. It helps to calm baby and ease muscle pain or pain caused by teething. Most importantly, it is an opportunity to focus your undivided nurturing attention on your baby and show him/her how loved they are.” I found that interesting because I always thought that massages felt good and all but had no idea that they helped with babies’ growth and development. Thanks for the giveaway!
LOVE the Checkered wood massage oil barrel. What a beautiful thing to put the oils in!! FUN!
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I know that baby massage helped the parent-child bond. I knew that it could reduce pain and stress. But according the FAQ, research also shows that it helps to foster healthy self-esteem. How wonderful to know that there is another long-term benefit to such an immediately calming experience!
These products are mineral oil and nut oil free. They are also 100% natural and have no artificail fragrances, preservatives or dyes. This means that they are safe to use even on newborns which will help develop the initial bond between baby and caregiver!
i didn’t know that massage nurtures a baby’s psychological growth
I wish I would have know about this when my children were babies. =) What an awesome shower gift! =)
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I like the Infant Massage Pad.
I AM A MASSAGE PRACTITIONER AND IT IS TRUE….BABIES NEED MASSAGES TOO. IF YOU MASSAGE THEIR VERY LOWEST BACK, IT PUTS THEM TO SLEEP OR VERY, VERY RELAXED.
I LOVE that there are no preservatives! Very cool.
I like that everything is natural and that these products make it EASY to do infant massage
Think my hubby could use it on me too?! 
No nut oils are used. great beacause, even when my baby was young, we used everything organic but he still kept getting rashes/ excma. We took him to a apecialist and found out he had a nut allergy, organic or not.
The organic ingreadients are USDA certified, not many products in the US are. – they just say organic, but with no certification. I’d use them for my self, let alone my babba.
NO artificial dyes, preservatives, no nut oils – everything we put on our skin gets absorbed by us into our blood stream. Thats the principles behind aromatherapy massage. – All natural and organic is the best way to go with babies.
Even top brand gentle baby products are loaded with sodium laurel sulfate. – whats good for a baby about chemicals? – the environment we live in is toxic enough.
I appreciate how your products contain no artificial fragrances, dyes or preservatives, no mineral oil, it is hypoallergenic, and no nut oil.
I love that they are 100% natural. What could be better for baby??? I am already a subscriber.
This caught my attention as we have a really new little one and these would be perfect for her! Some of the products I liked there were Calm and Comfort Oil and I also saw their Angel Figurine! I will definitely be checking some more of their items out.
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The “calm and comfort” oil would be great for my daughter. She’s been incredibly fussy at night so it’d be a great way to calm her down.
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I learned that Mashala is exclaimed (with a spit) in her Greek Macedonian tradition by grandparents and elders upon the birth of a child and to express satisfaction with a child’s growth and acheivements.
I learned that MASHALA BABY ORGANICS™ got its name from the congratulatory blessing -”Mashala!”- exclaimed (with a spit) in her Greek Macedonian tradition by grandparents and elders upon the birth of a child and to express satisfaction with a child’s growth and acheivements. In fact, this exact blessing is used widely throughout areas and across cultures where ancient civilizations once flourished.
I liked the fact that the products contain no artificial fragrances, dyes or preservatives, no mineral oil, it is hypoallergenic, and no nut oil.
Thanks so much!!
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The ORGANIC START™ Baby massage oils set would be great for my son to calm him before bed time or after his bath.