早产儿的皮肤接触护理有助于宝宝康复
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美国儿科协会建议家长尽早开始对宝宝的皮肤接触，有利于早产儿的健康。
早产儿一旦生命体征稳定，或者准备喂奶时，家长就可能被允许在NICU里抱自己的宝宝。也许你会对皮肤接触护理感兴趣，这种护理方法就做袋鼠护理。这个词非常形象，源自南非，是让早产宝宝感觉温暖的护理方法。通过袋鼠护理，宝宝恢复的更快，可以缩短住院时间。母亲接受指导，将只围尿布的宝宝贴身抱住，让她轻轻地偎依在胸口。这样做的效果是惊人的，包括让宝宝感到温暖、宝宝心率和呼吸更为稳定、深睡眠时间延长、安静的清醒时间延长、啼哭减少、体重增加、母乳食量增加。即使每天只有几分钟时间做袋鼠护理，这些效果依然十分明显。
父母都可以做袋鼠护理，注意大人穿的衣服是前面下摆开口的，宝宝不要用毯子包裹，也不要给他穿衣服，只需要尿布，这样他的肌肤才能与父母的肌肤充分接触，才能更好地感受父母的体温。可以直立抱着宝宝，让她靠住胸口，也可以横抱宝宝，让她的头靠着您的胸口。
在NICU里贴身抱着宝宝，有助于您了解自己的宝宝，这种贴近感对大人而言也是一种难以言表的感受。特别是当宝宝受多人照顾的时候，袋鼠护理让您感受到只可意会不可言传的归属感。
About Skin-to-Skin Care
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You may be able to hold your baby in the NICU as soon as she is
stable and before she is ready to begin feedings. If so, you may be
interested in skin-to-skin care, also called kangaroo care.
Kangaroo care was developed in South America as a way to keep
premature infants warm so that they could be released early from
overcrowded hospitals. Mothers
were instructed to hold their diaper-clad premature infants beneath
their clothing, skin-to-skin, snuggled between their warm
breasts.
The surprising benefits of kangaroo care for the infant include
warmth, stability of heartbeat and breathing, increased time spent
in the deep sleep and quiet alert states, decreased crying,
increased weight gain, and increased breastfeeding. These benefits
are apparent even when kangaroo care occurs for only a few minutes
each day.
Both mothers and fathers can give kangaroo care. Most nurseries
have comfortable rocking chairs and screens that can be placed
around your chair or the baby’s care area. Simply wear a layer of
clothing that opens down the front, and sit behind the screen or
with your back to the room. Don’t bother to dress your baby or wrap
her in a blanket—all she needs is a diaper because she will stay
warm next to your body. You may notice that your infant tolerates
these holding sessions much better when they are not preceded by
undressing, diaper changing, temperature taking, dressing again,
and swaddling in blankets. Snuggle your baby upright on your chest,
or lay your baby with her head against your chest.
Kangaroo care is a nice way for you to get acquainted with your
baby in the NICU. The feeling of your baby’s warm skin against
yours is a special closeness and comfort for you both. At a time
when so many people are caring for your baby, kangaroo care
provides special moments of belonging that only you can experience
with your baby.
