Tesse:  The best I can do for now on the references for touch enhancing
weight gain is a short list from the Kangaroo Care research:

Ludington-Hoe, SM, Golant, SK.  Kangaroo Care:  the best you can do to help
your preterm infant.  NY: Bantam, 1993.

Anderson, GC.  Current knowledge about skin-to-skin care for preterm
infants. J. Perinatol. 1991: 11;216-26.

Bergman, NJ., Juisso, LA.  the "kangaroo-method" for treating low birth
weight babies in a developing country.  Tropical Doctor, 1994: 344;782-85.

Sloan, NL, Camacho, LWL, Rojas, EP et al.  Kangaroo Mother method:
Randomised Controlled Trial of an alternative method of care for stabilised
low birth weight infants.  The Lancet, 1994: 344; 782-85

I do have the list for massage, but we're just at the end of a 1200 sq ft
addition (including a new office suite for me to see patients--for those who
want to come to me instead of vice versa).

I do hope this helps, as I am usually a reference fanatic.  I've been flying
unincumbered by all my paper these days.
Warmly,
Chris
--Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
1807 NW Beca Ave., Corvallis, Oregon 97330   541-753-7340
mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, homeschool mom, researcher,
scientist, author, organic gardener, photographer, wilderness adventurer,
lapidary creator, lousy cleaner;)

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