What is the length of parental care of a kangaroo?
Kangaroo care From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Kangaroo care is a way of holding a preterm infant so that there is skin-to-skin contact between the infant and the person holding it. The baby, wearing only a diaper, is held against the parent’s bare chest. Kangaroo care is typically practiced for two to three hours per day, skin-to-skin, over an extended time period in early infancy. The label kangaroo care was chosen to describe this strategy because the method is similar to how a kangaroo is carried by its mother. It is estimated that more than 200 neonatal intensive care units practice kangaroo care today compared to less than 70 in the early 1990s. On recent survey found that 82 percent of neonatal intensive care units use kangaroo care in the United States today. Researchers have found that the close physical contact with the parent can help to stabilize the preterm infant’s heartbeat, temperature, and breathing. Preterm infants often have difficult
