Incredible Photo of Young Boy Helping Dad Make Skin-to-Skin Contact with Siblings Goes Viral

A young boy has touched thousands of hearts as he helps his dad make skin-to-skin contact with his premature siblings.

This sweet photo of a boy making skin-to-skin contact with his premature sibling has now gone viral.

The photo was originally posted by a Danish family advocacy organisation called Forældre og Fødsel, which shows a father and his son practicing skin-to-skin contact with premature newborn twins.

Just recently, this photo was reposted in a South African Facebook page, NINO Birth, with the caption translated in English, which explains the Swedish practice in which babies around 700 grams (roughly 1.5 pounds) are placed on a parent’s bare chest for skin-to-skin contact instead of an incubator. The post reads:

“A Swedish Professor, Uwe Ewald, came to Hvidovre hospital (Denmark) to talk about his revolutionary practice, where even very small premature babies are taken out of the incubator to be skin to skin with their parents as much as possible.

“Uwe Ewald points out that the parent’s chest regulates the temperature better than an incubator…Skin-to-skin contact helps the baby to breathe better. The child becomes more calm and gains weight faster. Research shows that parents bacterial flora “” compared with hospital bacteria “” reduces the risk of serious infections in these delicate children.”

The amazing photo has now gained more than 32,000 reactions and over 22,700 shares, with parents on social media commending the family and sharing their own experiences.

User Rachael Westblade commented: “We practiced this ‘kangaroo’ care regularly with my micro preemies. One born at 25.3 weeks and the other at 23.5 weeks. They are now strong young adults at 20 and 19.” Mum Stephanie Savoie also reacted: “I love this and wish this could have been happening where I live when my daughter was born “” I cried looking at her in that machine.”

Source: Huffingtonpost.com