Essential oils that induce sleep are proven safe and natural sleep aids for babies. When babies have difficulty settling down for the night, a calming bath and infant massage can be of great help. Techniques like swaddling, breastfeeding, and skin-to-skin contact also do wonders. …
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a method of caring for and feeding newborns that involves skin-to-skin contact. Its primary purpose is to allow parent interaction and minimize the mother’s separation from her newborn. In kangaroo care, the mom or dad is used as an …
I have seen way too many movies. But nothing is more emotionally dramatic than the moment a mom meets her baby for the first time. The uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact that we, nurses, oblige is almost a sacred moment in the delivery room. It’s touching …
Premature babies or preemies are infants born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Preterm babies are smaller and frailer than full-term babies. They require extended hospital stays, while some need to be put in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Some premature infants even …
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