Kangaroo care

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 Kangaroo care


What is Kangaroo care?

Kangaroo care means skin to skin contact with baby and her/ his mother's. If your babies is suffering from any type of illness or is in NICU during that time Kangaroo care is very effective. Every mother is carrying and fully devoted to her child but Kangaroo care show the bounding in between mother and child. Your  infant , who is naked or in diaper only and a piece of cloth covering his or her back ( either blanket or parents clothes).Infant/baby is placed in an upright position against a parents bare chest. "Kangaroo care is a nice way  to treat your premature baby in the NICU. Kangaroo touch and that special feeling keeps you baby warm and in comfort.It is a special skin to skin touch and closeness that only mother and baby can feel."

Why is it called kangaroo care?

Kangaroo mother care or say skin to skin contact is a technique for newborn baby/infant care.In this process baby/infant is kept in chest to chest and skin to skin contact with a parent.Kangaroo is marsupial and generally found in Australia & New guinea.Female kangaroo have a pouch called as marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development.Kangaroo care is based on same philosophy.

Origin of kangaroo care?

Kangaroo mother care origin is Bogota.During late 1970's there was high death rate of preterm babies due to infections, respiratory problems. In view of such critical scenario it was found that babies in touch with their mothers/parent were getting cured and revival was fast and from that time Kangaroo mother care became the part of premature infant treatment.

Through of research there have many benefits of Kangaroo care for mother and infant both.

Benefits for your preemie:-
  • Stabilizes heart rate
  • Improve self-calming abilities
  • Improve breathing pattern
  • Develops better sleep patterns
  • Increases weight gain and over all growth
  • Decreases pain
  • Keeps your infant warm
  • Decreases risk for infections
  • Leads to earlier hospital discharge
Importance for you as Parents:-
  • Promotes bonding/ attachment between you and your baby
  • Increases breast milk supply
  • Increases confidence in ability to care for your preemie
  • Increases sense of control in the NICU










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