Twin newborn babies are kept warm by a father and son via skin-to-skin contact

ART and NATURE

That is the purest expression of love. Skin-to-skin contact is very common in Scandinavia. It is used as an alternative to incubation for premature babies.

Instead of being completely isolated in a soulless machine, it is thought that human contact helps these weak newborns get back up.

It is truly touching to see a young child assisting his father in cuddling his premature brothers. In 2016, the image was taken in Copenhagen. Denmark).

The “kangaroo approach” is another name for the expression “skin to skin” contact.

The foundation of the method is placing the newborns on the uncovered chest of the mother or father every day for anywhere from a few minutes to many hours.

Babies who use it frequently grow intellectually, gain weight, and quickly adapt to their surroundings. The “kangaroo” method introduces the child to the outside world gradually and naturally.

It appears to gently replicate all of the child’s senses. The infant gets strokes, feels the mother’s body, smells breast milk, and hears her heartbeat and voice.

There is an increase in the sensations of balance, body position in space, and movement.

The condition of preterm newborns stabilizes significantly faster in such contact settings than in incubators, according to studies.

Additionally, the number of issues and deaths involving young children is lower. Children weighing between 1000 and 1500 g had a 30% and 70% higher survival rate in one study.

 

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