Kangaroo Care

Yesterday I had a doctors appointment, and since I was at the hospital I decided to run up and say good morning to my munchkin. He starts his feeding at 8:30 am and I didn't get up there until 9:30am so I figured I would just check on him and go. Usually, we can only get him out at feeding time because that's when he's awake and we don't want to disturb him while he sleeps. Anyway, his nurse yesterday was Barb and she suggested we go ahead and get him out for Kangaroo Care. Kangaroo Care is a skin on skin contact where the baby lies directly on the mother or fathers bare chest. Studies show that preemies who KC grow faster and are healthier. Jaxon and I've done Kangaroo care a couple of other times (the last post was a Kangaroo Care) and he absolutely loves it. Yesterday he laid on my chest for 2 1/2 hours! He was so relaxed, we just lounged in the chair and took a morning nap together. It was very sweet. He could have tried nursing again, but the little guy was just too tuckered out to even try. I love that the NICU nurses really encourage us to participate in his care and they go above and beyond to help us bond with our baby.