NEW:  State of the ART as applied in SWEDEN!!
        UPPSALA University Hospital       " A New way of Starting Life!"
                           Peter's lesson:             SIZE is not an issue
                           Jakob's lesson:            TECHNOLOGY is not an issue
                           Anna's lesson:             SLEEP is essential
                           Erik's lesson:              Skin-to-Skin Contact has
                                                                     NO CONTRAINDICATIONS

 

• Why the title "Kangaroo Mother Care"?
• Dad's and KMC
• Twins / Multiples
• Hilda has jaundice !

 

• Paradigm shift images
 

"The instinct of a mother to hold and care for her baby is primordial and primitive, and an overwhelmingly powerful feeling."  - Jane Davis, Bogota, Dec 1998 who kangarooed her prem baby.
Humour How Babies are Delivered

BC 2000	"Here, eat this root."
AD 1000	"That root is heathen. Say this prayer."
AD 1850	"That prayer is superstition. Drink this potion."
AD 1940	"That potion is snake oil. Swallow this pill."
AD 1985	"That pill is ineffective. Take this antibiotic."
AD 2000	"That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root".
(Origin unknown)

BC 2000	“Just carry it next to your skin. Breastfeed it whenever it is hungry.”
AD1660	“Breastfeeding is undignified. Hand it over to a wet-nurse.”
AD 1850	“Wet-nurses are low class and have an undesirable influence on the child. Get a good experienced nanny to bottle feed it cow’s milk, and wean it on to a cup as soon as possible.”
AD 1930	"Cow’s milk is unsuitable for babies. It must be bottle fed on a special infant formula.”
AD 1950	“Bottle feeding at all hours is bad for the baby. Follow a strict routine, let it sleep in its own room and ignore it when it cries at other times.”
AD 2000	“Bottle feeding is unsuitable, a strict time-table is nonsense, babies don’t like being alone, and crying is stressful. Just carry it next to your skin. Breastfeed it whenever it is hungry.”
(Joan Norton, 2001)