May 15 is International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day. Here are some of the resources I have found helpful in working with parents and with caregivers to inform them about the benefits of skin-to-skin and kangaroo care. Do others of you have additional ones to share with us all? Skin-to-Skin care to enhance early bonding, attachment and breastfeeding: S.O.F.T. web site: (poster for parents and hospital staff) http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/our-services/perinatal-services-network/for-health-professionals/for-patients-and-visitors/index.page Kangaroo Mother Care: www.kangaroomothercare.com Skin-to-Skin Contact: http://www.skintoskincontact.com/ “’It’s My Birthday, Give Me a Hug’: Skin to Skin Contact for You and Your Baby” http://massbreastfeeding.org/providers/SkinToSkin.pdf Photo of Skin-to-Skin Kangaroo Care with Twins: (My La Leche League group is made up of all mothers nursing twins and triplets, so I especially appreciate this photo, first shared here on Lactnet by Jacquie Nutt, I think). http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=168044889916803&set=a.168043906583568.58397.168034679917824&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash4%2F201402_168044889916803_5344550_o.jpg&smallsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash4%2F222033_168044889916803_5344550_n.jpg&size=1365%2C2048 2010 International Network of Kangaroo Mother Care Bibliography: http://fpb.case.edu/KangarooCare/KCBIB2010.pdf Isis Parenting is holding a free webinar titled "The Science of Skin to Skin and Kangaroo Care." You have to register at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/b22yw1zsma5 but it is free and you can view it in recorded form afterwards if you can't watch at the live time on May 15. Their other offerings that I have seen were very good. And it is worth rereading the Lactnet post by Diane Wiessinger of 28 April 2008, titled "Kangaroo Mother Care - not!" A profound statement we should all be aware of and familiar with. Maybe Diane would be willing to repost it. Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Madison, Wisconsin, USA *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome
