Over thirty years ago, Physicians found themselves disheartened by the rate of newborn infections, abandonment, and deaths in their hospitals. The hospitals' supply of incubators and medical providers could not keep up with the overwhelming demand for these resources.
One ingenious physician envisioned the concept of mothers serving as live incubators and active caregivers for their babies. Dr. Rey began strapping babies vertically on their mother's bare chest and under her clothes. Like baby kangaroos who find food, warmth, and a safe place to grow in their mother's pouch, Dr. Rey's patients matured and thrived in their mothers' "pouch." This revolutionary life-saving concept came to be known as kangaroo mother care (KMC).
Request a Consistent Nursing Team Neonatal intensive care units provide care to babies twenty-four hours a day. Nurses work eight- to twelve-hour shifts. Th is means that in one day, your babies may be cared for by up to three different nurses. The total number of nurses caring for your babies may multiply tremendously if the same nurses are not assigned to your babies each day. Request that the same set of nurses care for your babies every day if that is at all possible.
The greater exposure a nurse has to your babies, the more knowledgeable she or he will be about your twins' specific needs and temperament. Nurse-infant bonding also increases with time and can have advantageous effects on your babies' overall care. Finally, it will be easier for you to get to know the nurses if they stay consistently the same.
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