Baby-Friendly NICU to Support Kangaroo Care
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is where premature and special needs neonates spend the first days, weeks or months of their new lives. Currently, most NICUs are designed to provide optimal...
View ArticleKangaroo Care
There is nothing more important than skin to skin contact between mother and child, according to the March of Dimes and other supporters of pregnancy and infant health. Kangaroo care is a method of...
View ArticleShow Me Some Skin: Benefits of Kangaroo Care for Infants
I brought my nephew to the zoo the other day, and as I wandered through the section that housed the new baby animals with their mothers, it got me to thinking about how differently most mother mammals...
View ArticleBaby-Friendly Hospital Accreditation and Breastfeeding Rates
In Queensland, Australia, the BFHI (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative) gives accreditation to hospitals and health care facilities that meet certain criteria. A recent review of breastfeeding rates at...
View ArticleSpecial Therapy May Help Preterm Infants with Development
One of my friend’s cousins was a preemie and when he was born, he was so small her mom says that he could have fit in the palm of his grandpa’s hand. Unfortunately preemies are more prone to developing...
View Article‘Kangaroo Care’ Boosts Mother-Child Bond and Enhances Preemie Health
The human touch is important. One person touching another, skin to skin, may be most important when establishing a bond between a mother and her newborn child. This form of intimacy is affectionately...
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