In the 1950s, the American psychologist Harry Harlow provided a stark demonstration of the importance of a mother's touch. He famously—and controversially—showed that rhesus monkeys would rather cling ...

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review. The review ...

Targeted training interventions for both health professionals and parents significantly increase the amount of skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their parents in the first 48 hours after birth ...

More premature babies who had early skin-to-skin contact with their mother were being breastfed at the time of discharge from hospital and for up to one year afterwards. However, this is far from the ...

Premature infants who received more skin-to-skin contact while in NICU showed significantly greater brain growth on discharge than preemies who received little or no skin-to-skin contact, based on ...

A randomized trial finds that early skin-to-skin care can ease newborn stress and support breastfeeding, but its role in reducing jaundice remains unclear. Study: Effect of early skin-to-skin contact ...

Two hours of skin-to-skin contact between premature babies and their mothers immediately after birth significantly increases breastfeeding rates without affecting long-term development, according to a ...

All mammals have a set sequence of behaviors at birth – all with a single purpose – to breastfeed. Baby mammals are born to breastfeed! Surprisingly, it is the newborn that initiates breastfeeding, ...

When my wife gave birth recently the nurses stressed the significance of skin-to-skin contact with our son. On a physical level they tell us the contact helps regulate the baby’s temperature, heart ...