While the benefits of ‘kangaroo care,’ or skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn, are globally recognised, researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have shown that there is also immense power of skin-to-skin contact between premature newborns and their fathers.
They examined the experiences of a group of fathers holding their premature and critically ill term babies against their bare chest in a pouch-like position.
Kangaroo care mimics the way marsupial mothers hold the joey close to their heart, providing the baby warmth and security within the mother’s pouch.
Mothers would also hold their newborn babies against their bare skin for as long as possible each day to nurture their development and bond with them….
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