Kangarooing Jasmine “kangaroos” with her son Eddie in the neonatal intensive care unit. Kangarooing, or holding a premature baby to facilitate skin-to-skin contact, benefits both babies and parents. Some researchers have found that preemies who were kangarooed later performed better on tests of cognitive and motor skills than those kept in incubators (Feldman et al., 2002).
Jasmine Mitchell