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Kangaroo mother care (KMC), [1] which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003.
The use of receiving blankets during kangaroo care of preterm infants is recommended in order to maintain the infant's body heat. [ 6 ] Parents may use a receiving blanket to cover a sleeping infant, or place a blanket beneath the infant to create a soft sleeping surface. [ 7 ]
Kangaroo care, in which the baby's bare body rests against the parent's bare chest, with or without a baby sling, has shown clear benefits to premature and ill infants. [11] Studies of parent-child attachment, parental satisfaction and infant crying point to babywearing as a satisfactory arrangement for both parents and baby.
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Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) is assigned to care for a premature baby, using an unconventional method of skin-to-skin contact, known as kangaroo care, to help stabilize the infant. Shirtless, Alex holds the baby to his chest, attempting to save the child when all other medical options have been exhausted.
Bergman is the founder of the International Network of Kangaroo Mother Care (INK), [8] and a member of the advisory board of La Leche League, South Africa, [9] the Breastfeeding Association of SA, the International Lactation Consultants Association, [10] Milk Matters (Human Milk Bank, Cape Town), [11] and a Trustee of the South African Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation.
Each item of clothing features a hang-tag depicting one of several animal characters called Garanimals. The original clothing had small embroidered animals on the breast or bottom of tops, and on the waistband of bottoms (or sometimes on one leg above the hem for shorts.) Their second ever coordinator was Gary Sears.
Jun. 7—The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's new Dornette Kanga' Klimb Aerial Adventure Course has opened. The elevated course has 58 different elements and challenges appropriate for any ...