kangaroo care

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noun

a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.

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Also called kan·ga·roo·ing

[kang-guh-roo-ing]. /ˌkæŋ gəˈru ɪŋ/.

Origin of kangaroo care

First recorded in 1990-95; with reference to a baby kangaroo carried in its mother's pouch

Carla Luana da Silva, a 27-year-old woman from the state of São Paulo, was not just prevented from practicing kangaroo care with her extremely premature baby—she was blocked from having any contact with her whatsoever.
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In a March study, WHO and partner researchers found that kangaroo care made babies born to covid-infected mothers far more likely to survive, and the benefits far outweighed the small risk of dying from the virus.
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He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
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Who among Scalise's constituents could possibly care if he supported naming a post office for a black judge who died in 1988?
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Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
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In these regions, men are now doing between 30 and 45 percent of the care work.
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I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Polavieja, as everybody knew, was the chosen executive of the friars, whose only care was to secure their own position.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.
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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
Confidence|Henry James