"I also have used or encouraged Kangaroo Care to be used, but I must admit I can not picture (nor would it be allowed in our unit) a micronate on a ventilator participating. Some infants are just too unstable even off the vent." Here are two studies on the topic that look interesting: Franck LS, Bernal H, Gale G. "Infant holding policies and practices in neonatal units." Neonatal Netw 2002 Mar;21(2):13-20 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui ds=11923996&dopt=Abstract "Sixty-four percent of neonatal units offered parents the option to hold their intubated infants conventionally. In contrast, only 45 percent of the units offered parents to hold their intubated infants skin-to-skin." The abstract doesn't say what ages the intubated infants were. Engler AJ, Ludington-Hoe SM, Cusson RM, Adams R, Bahnsen M, Brumbaugh E, Coates P, Grieb J, McHargue L, Ryan DL, Settle M, Williams D. "Kangaroo care: national survey of practice, knowledge, barriers, and perceptions." MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 2002 May-Jun;27(3):146-53 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui ds=12015442&dopt=Abstract For PubMed searches generally: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed Barb Strange *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html