Kate wrote:  ((welcome back))
> the real problem,
> IMO, lies in those who think that Kangaroo care is
> "special" and to be done with babies who are stable
> and ready to move onto such an "unstable and unproven
> way" of dealing with them, instead of thinking of
> Kangaroo care as normal and expected.

I was fortunate to attend the International KMC Conf in Cape Town a few
months ago.  It was well-attended by many well-known researchers from around
the globe.  The vast majority of presentations focused on the benefits of
KMC for ALL babies -  healthy, term babies and tiny, sick babies hooked up
to all sorts of equipment.  (Perhaps we should begin talking about the
disadvantages of  going without skin-to-skin contact?)  Yes, indeed, KMC is
not "special" - some studies have actually been stopped because the control
group was too disadvantaged to ethically allow the research to continue!
Skin-to-skin is simply where babies expect to be in the first days of life.

In the hospital where I work part time- healthy babies are put into
incubators to "warm them up"!  And this is on Nils Bergman's doorstep!

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
Cape Town, South Africa
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