Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) – Benefits for Preterm Babies • Kangaroo Mother Care means keeping the baby skin-to-skin on the caregiver’s chest. • It can be done by the mother, father or any primary caregiver who is healthy and maintains basic cleanliness. • The baby’s body temperature stays stable and warm through direct skin contact — like a natural incubator. • The gentle rise and fall of the chest and rhythmic shoulder movements of the caregiver provide continuous stimulation to the baby. • Thi

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is simple skin-to-skin contact where the baby is placed upright on the mother’s chest. It is not just emotional — it is strong medical science. Benefits for Newborn: • Maintains body temperature naturally • Stabilizes heart rate & breathing • Improves weight gain • Promotes better breastfeeding • Reduces infections • Improves sleep • Builds strong emotional bonding Especially important for low birth weight and preterm babies, but beneficial for all newborns. Just 1–2 h