Kangaroo Mother Care: It's A Big Part Of Bonding With Your Newborn Baby

When you have a baby you can provide them with Kangaroo Mother Care and slept snuggled up with them. It's an ancient practice that some have lost touch with. It's simply a natural thing to do with your newborn baby and it has lasting benefits. Its an integral part of mother/father- infant bonding.

Instinctually, Mothers and father have always known that nature has prepared them and their baby to be able to commence their bonding attachment through Kangaroo Mother Care as soon as their baby is born: After your baby is born, certain hormones that are running around in you and your baby's body remain at high levels. These hormones play a crucial role in the formation of your relationship together. The hormones present in the very first moments after birth are promoted by keeping you and your new born baby warm, in skin to skin contact with each other doing Kangaroo Mother Care. At this time the focus should be on you and your baby in an environment free of distractions in which you as a mother, father and baby are exquisitely and biologically primed to fall in love with each other as a new family.

Through your birthing experience, nature will provide and allow more than a single chance to build the bond and loving relationship with your baby. Being together and learning to love is an ongoing process for mother, father and baby and hormones continue to play a crucial role in this development.

As you feed your baby you get an increase in the release of the love hormone oxytocin - which stimulates your reflex for milk ejection and prolactin Prolactin has a calming effect on you as a mother as you breastfeed your baby. Endorphins are the hormones of pleasure and transcendence. These are released during breastfeeding and help to help you want to repeat the breastfeeding experience. These hormones also flow through your milk to your baby, resulting in a contented baby.

Did you know that your prolactin levels are highest during night feeds which will also enhance your wanting to be in close proximity to your newborn through the night. As a Mom you want to Kangaroo Mother Care your baby, snuggling them against your body skin to skin. You and your baby are hardwired by nature to enjoy and want this experience of togetherness.

Through KMC you and your baby get to know each other. You both use all of your senses- eye contact, sound, touch and smell.

You are 'learning to love', and attach to each other through the bonding that KMC provides. Did you know that a newborn baby spends up to 60% of their time asleep and this need doesn't go away while they sleep? It is then that you and your baby can benefit even more through the sense of touch and smell with KMC.

As a Mom or Dad take this opportunity - enjoy sweet dreams with your baby through Kangaroo Mother Care

By: Nyrie

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