Author: Sumela Chatterjee (Sister Tutor, NSMS Nursing Institute)
Published On: 20-08-2024 | 3 min Read

More and more hospitals are supporting parents who want to room in with their baby. This practice keeps mothers and babies together following hospital or maternity center birth. This new initiative shows how rooming in promotes breastfeeding, supports better rest for mom and baby, and provides your family with a chance to bond.

ROOMING-IN: CREATING A BETTER EXPERIENCE

DO YOU KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT ROOMING IN ??????

Having a baby is exciting, exhausting work. That's why it's called "labor." Mothers and babies belong together. Rooming-In is provided as part of our family-centered care to help you learn how to rest and care for your newborn.

What is Rooming-In?

Rooming-In helps you prepare for going home with your new baby. Many women welcome the idea of getting as much sleep as possible after labor, and it can be tempting to send your baby to the nursery to get some rest. However, research shows you are just as likely to get the same amount of rest with your baby in the room. Having your baby with you right from the beginning is shown by research to be the best way for you and your baby to rest and establish a routine.

This is a wonderful time to get to know and connect with your new baby. Babies recognize their parent's voice, smell, and heartbeat. Having your baby within your presence helps your baby relax. Rooming- In helps you prepare for going home with your new baby and offers more opportunities to learn about your baby's behaviors and what they mean.

24 Hour Rooming-In benefits for mother:

• Better quality sleep
• Increased confidence in handling and caring for baby
• Ability to learn what your baby's cues are (sleepy, stressed, in need of quiet time, or hungry)
• Earlier identification of early feeding cues (rooting, opening mouth, and sucking on tongue, fingers, or hand)
• Improved breastfeeding experience
• Less infant crying and distress (they love to be near you)
• Less "baby blues" and postpartum depression
• Parents are better-rested
• Increases opportunity for skin-to-skin contact

 

24 Hour Rooming-In benefits for baby:

• Better quality sleep. Your baby will develop a more regular sleep-wake cycle earlier, and may help ease the transition to day/night routines
• More stable body temperatures
• Generally more content, less crying
• More stable blood sugar
• Breastfeed sooner, longer, and more easily
• Lower levels of stress hormones
• Babies exposed to normal bacteria on mother's skin, which may protect them from becoming sick due to harmful germs.

 The best advice we can give new parents is to learn how to rest when your baby sleeps day and night in the first days. Early in the newborn period, babies eat frequently, and find comfort and security in being close to you. Learning how to feed your infant can be easier when you learn to read your baby's early hunger cues and sleep/awake states. Keeping baby with you helps you learn how to feed and care for them while our expert staff is close by to assist you.

NSMS NURSING INSTITUTE supports the fact that Rooming-in creates a better experience for every mother and reduces postpartum complications which represents one of the current trends in field of child health nursing.

That’s all about a small informative about Rooming-in and let us spread this as an awareness for healthy maternal as well as child health care.