kangaroo care in English
noun
1
a method of caring for premature babies in which the infants are held skin-to-skin with a parent, usually the mother, for as many hours as possible every day.
Nurses observed that four hours after delivery, the infants who received kangaroo care slept more, fussed and cried less, and made fewer startled motions compared with infants who were taken directly to the nursery.
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1. With assurance about the safety and the benefits for both mother and baby, more nurseries are providing kangaroo care.