kangaroo care

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Definition of kangaroo care in English English dictionary

Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult. Kangaroo care for pre-term infants may be restricted to a few hours per day, but if they are medically stable that time may be extended. Some parents may keep their babies in-arms for many hours per day. Kangaroo care, named for the similarity to how certain marsupials carry their young, was initially developed to care for preterm infants in areas where incubators are either unavailable or unreliable

{i} neonatal care of holding a premature baby on the chest of the parent or caregiver with skin-to-skin contact

Hyphenation

kan·ga·roo care

Turkish pronunciation

känggıru ker

Pronunciation

/ˌkaɴɢgərˈo͞o ˈker/ /ˌkæŋɡɜrˈuː ˈkɛr/