The kangaroo-method in the direct skin contact between the Baby and the breast of a parent is made, promotes in preterm infants to neurological development. A study by researchers at the Florida Atlantic University shows that such a skin contact between the mother and the child even in Mature newborns positive effects.
The results of the study showed that the application of the kangaroo method stimulated a region of the Brain of the child for Learning and the Regulation of emotion in charge. Mother and child had higher levels of the "Kuschelhormons" Oxytocin, which affects the binding behavior in a positive and in mothers after the birth a positive effect on depression, effect. In addition, less stress, have been found signs, as in the case of mother-child pairs from the comparison group.
"Our results from several studies show a link between maternal nursing behaviour and the development of the left half of the brain, with heat and sensibility of the mother, say greater regulatory capabilities, and a secure bond before. To the normal time-born infants and their mothers will likely benefit from the positive interactive experiences with the extended use of the kangaroo method connected sind", Dr. Nancy Aaron Jones said.
While the mothers of the kangaroo method listed to your children about six weeks every day at least one hour of direct contact with the skin used and their experiences, the mothers of the control group, a normal infant care and logged the nutrition of the children. In the case of all mother-to-child-determined pairs, the concentrations of Oxytocin and the stress hormone Cortisol, and in addition, it was measured in the children after three months, the Gehrinaktivität in the EEG.
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