For Preemies and Parents, Kangaroo Care Is More Than a Calming Touch—It’s Treatment
A practice once born of necessity, kangaroo care is now backed by science—which is why it’s recommended by neonatologists at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
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Kangaroo Care for Premature Babies in the NICU
Innovative i-Rainbow guide helps parents and caregivers know when the time is right for vital skin-to-skin care.
The Novel Idea of Reading to Infants: How an Annual Reading Program Helps NICU Babies and Caregivers
George Rivosecchi says Stanford Medicine Children’s Health NICU Reading Program provides him and his daughter a great bonding experience.
Increasing Rates of Kangaroo Care for Everyone
At Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, a team of neonatologists are tackling health equity—making sure every patient has the same opportunity to be healthy—especially when it comes to kangaroo care (holding your baby with your skin touching).
Snuggling Your Newborn Against Your Skin Not Only Feels Good—It’s Doing Good
Our expert neonatologist-researcher and director of small baby-unit addresses the most common questions about the benefits of skin-to-skin care in this Q&A article.
Reading, skin-to-skin bonding offer developmental benefits to NICU babies
Programs offered by the development department promote important benefits of reading and skin-to-skin bonding in furthering development of the hospital’s most fragile babies.
Mom of ‘surprise’ twins takes skin-to-skin time seriously in the intensive care nursery.
Vanessa Applegate was not expecting twins. The very day she discovered her one baby was in fact, one of two growing in-utero, she was admitted into Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
